Environmental Studies · General Awareness

Climate Change Mitigation

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Climate change mitigation involves strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to environmental shifts. This subject covers rural adaptation, climate finance, water conservation, and mangrove protection. These topics are highly relevant for the environment and ecology sections of civil services and banking exams.

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Climate Change Mitigation Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Turning off the tap while brushing your teeth,could save about 3 kg CO2 per year.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Turning off the tap while brushing teeth reduces both water consumption and the energy needed to pump, treat, and heat that water. This energy saving translates to approximately 3 kg of CO2 emissions prevented per year. It's a simple behavioral change that collectively makes a significant environmental impact when practiced by many people.

Multiple choice general knowledge history

Which country had organized its cabinet meeting under the sea in 2009 to drag attention of the world towards Global warming and its threats?

  1. Sri Lanka

  2. Maldives

  3. Fiji

  4. Jamaica
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed held a historic cabinet meeting underwater in October 2009 to highlight the existential threat of sea-level rise to low-lying island nations. This dramatic protest was aimed at drawing global attention to climate change impacts.

Multiple choice general knowledge

United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is of?cially referred to as the ... session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

  1. 18th

  2. 17th

  3. 16th

  4. 15th
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, was officially the 16th session of the Conference of Parties (COP16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP meetings are numbered sequentially from 1995.

Multiple choice

Directions: The statement below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the given arguments is/are ‘strong'.

Statement: Developed countries are more obligated to combat climate change instead of developing countries. Arguments: I. Yes, as the developed countries are responsible for the climate change in the first place. II. No, as climate change affects everyone equally and so, developing countries should also participate in combating it.

  1. Only I is strong.

  2. Only II is strong.

  3. Both I and II are strong.

  4. Neither I nor II is strong.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is correct as both arguments are strong.

Multiple choice

What is IPCC?

  1. It is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change.

  2. It conducts research and monitors climate related data or parameters.

  3. It is open to all the countries of the world.

  4. It was established in 1990.

  5. Its headquarters are in New York.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change.

Multiple choice

If the green house effect is not checked in the next 100 years, it would result in

  1. freezing of earth

  2. rise in temperature of earth but not in sea level

  3. rise in sea level but not in temperature of earth

  4. rise in both sea level and temperature of earth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Unchecked greenhouse effect causes global warming, leading to both rising atmospheric temperatures and rising sea levels. Higher temperatures melt polar ice and cause thermal expansion of oceans. This dual impact threatens coastal areas, ecosystems, and weather patterns worldwide.

Multiple choice

Who was in news recently for his new book “Energy Security and Climate Change”?

  1. Sunil Mitra

  2. K. Basu

  3. H. S. Brahma

  4. R.V. Shahi
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

“Energy Security and Climate Change” a book written by R.V. Shahi, former Secretary in the Ministry of Power was released recently. His earlier works include “Indian Power Sector - Challenge and Response (2005)” and “Towards Powering India: Policy Initiatives and Implementation Strategy (2007)”.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a useful application of greenhouse effect?

  1. The level of seawater rises and submerges islands.

  2. The temperature of the earth increases.

  3. The polar ice caps melt.

  4. Plants and vegetables can be grown in specially designed glass houses.

  5. Carbon dioxide level in the air increases.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the only advantageous application of greenhouse effect.

Multiple choice

When does Global Warming occur?

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Global Warming occurs when the concentration of greenhouse gases increases in the atmosphere. The main greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. These gases stop all the radiations from the Earth to escape back into space. This is known as the Greenhouse Effect. This trapped radiation or heat helps to keep the Earth at a constant temperature. Greenhouse effect plays a very important role in maintaining the temperature of the Earth at a habitable level. For the last 100 years, human have been burning trees and fossil fuels, thereby releasing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Due to increase in level of carbon dioxide the temperature of the earth’s surface rises. This, in turn, causes more water to evaporate into the atmosphere. Water vapour is also very good at absorbing heat. This causes the Earth’s atmosphere to become even warmer. Scientist has called this effect ‘Global Warming’. They have warned that Global Warming could change rainfall patterns, raise the sea level and disturb the ecological balance.

  1. When the earth becomes hot

  2. When the concentration of green house gases increases

  3. When water vapor increases

  4. When the sun absorbs water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, "Global Warming occurs when the concentration of greenhouse gases increases in the atmosphere." So, option 2 is correct.

Multiple choice speech/debate writing english

You have been asked to deliver a speech on 'Climate Change and Strategies'. Select the most appropriate line to include in the speech.

  1. The topic of my speech is 'Climate Change and Strategies.'

  2. I am going to talk about climate change and strategies.

  3. Are you aware that climate change has already damaged...

  4. Strategies are methods or ways one can...
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The appropriate line to include in the speech is Option C. When speaking on 'Climate change and strategies', it is important to discuss the present problems faced and then about the strategies to cope with this problem. Option C introduces the problem well.
Options A and B are incorrect as they just mention the topic and are not explanatory.
Option D is incorrect as the speech is not about 'Strategies'.
Multiple choice zoology global environmental change causes of greenhouse effect global warming adaptation in animals

Which of the following strategy is not useful for global warming?

  1. Use of fossil fuel in limit

  2. Increase in forest

  3. Increasing use of nitrogen fertilizers

  4. Use of other options in the place of CFC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Strategies to deal with global warming include (i) Complete replacement of chlorofluorocarbons with substitutes that have little effect on ozone and global warming, (ii) Increasing vegetation cover or forests for photosynthetic utilisation of carbon dioxide, (iii) Reduction in the use of nitrogen fertilizers and instead relying more on nitrogen fixation, (iv) Limiting use of fossil fuels by developing alternate sources of energy eg Solar energy, wind energy etc.