India’s Role in Tackling Climate Change UPSC Questions

General Issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity & Climate Change

India’s Role in Tackling Climate Change MCQ Questions


1.

What was India’s per capita GHG emission in 2010?

A.

1.56 tCO2

B.

2.56 tCO2

C.

3.56 tCO2

D.

4.56 tCO2

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ANSWER :

A. 1.56 tCO2

2.
Which sector was the prime contributor to India's emissions in 2010?
A.
Agriculture
B.
Energy
C.
Waste
D.
Industrial processes
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ANSWER :
B. Energy
3.
How much of India's 2010 emissions were offset by carbon sink action?
A.
8%
B.
12%
C.
18%
D.
3%
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ANSWER :
B. 12%
4.
Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, who shall be the authority to initiate, the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?

UPSC - 2013

A.
State Forest Department
B.
District Collector / Deputy Commissioner
C.
Tahsildar / Block Development Officer / Mandal Revenue Officer
D.
Gram Sabha
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ANSWER :
D. Gram Sabha
5.
What has been India’s focus regarding climate change response?
A.
Only mitigation
B.
Neither mitigation nor adaptation
C.
Adaptation with focus on mitigation
D.
Only adaptation
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ANSWER :
C. Adaptation with focus on mitigation
6.
Which region showed a decreasing trend in monsoon rainfall over the last 100 years?
A.
West coast
B.
Eastern Madhya Pradesh
C.
Northern Andhra Pradesh
D.
North-western India
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ANSWER :
B. Eastern Madhya Pradesh