MCQ for environment-2

The correct sequence of the following Greenhouse Gases in order of increasing global warming potential (in a time horizon of 20 years) is:

1. Methane

2. Carbon dioxide

3. Nitrous Oxide

4. Sulphur hexafluoride

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the statements given below with reference to the Green Climate Fund:

1. It is the world’s largest climate fund mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions.

2. It is mandated to invest 50% of its resources to mitigation and 50% to adaptation in grant equivalent.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

With reference to the recently concluded COP14 of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), consider the following statements:

1. It led to the New Delhi Declaration which aims at achieving Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030.

2. India took over COP Presidency from China for the next two years.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the statements given below with reference to the India’s INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions):

1. India has pledged to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030, below 2005 levels. 

2. India’s pledge to install 40 per cent of its total electricity capacity from fossil fuel-based energy sources.

3. It intends to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2through additional forests by 2030.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

Which of the following techniques can be equipped to reduce GHG emissions in thermal power plants?

1. Flue-gas desulfurization

2. Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction

3. Electro-Static Precipitators

4. Installation of cooling towers

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

With reference to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), consider the following statements:

1. It sets no mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries.

2. It contains no enforcement mechanism as it is legally binding to all member countries.

3. Parties to it are classified as Annex-I and Annex-II countries only.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Urban Heat Islands:

1. It is formed due to the use of different construction materials in urban areas as compared to rural areas.

2. It decreases the colonization of lizards and geckos.

3. It decreases air quality by increasing the production of pollutants such as ozone.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

Consider the pairs given below with reference to the Climate Conventions and their location:

1. Basel: Hazardous waste.

2. Rotterdam: Hazardous Chemicals & Pesticides

3. Stockholm: Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following statements with reference to "Montreal Protocol":

1. It is a protocol to the Vienna Convention.

2. It came into force in 1989.

3. Its objective is to phase out substances that deplete ozone.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017:

1. It includes river channels, paddy fields, man-made water bodies/tanks in its definition.

2. The definition of wetlands and their inclusion is done by the respective state/ Union Territories.

3. There is no provision of appealing to the National Green Tribunal against the decision of the Central Wetlands Regulatory Authority.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?