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International Environmental Treaties

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International environmental treaties are critical agreements governing global sustainability, waste management, and climate change protocols. These topics are essential components of the general awareness syllabus for UPSC, banking, and SSC exams. Practice these questions to master global conventions.

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International Environmental Treaties Questions

Multiple choice

Which one of the following subjects is mainly dealt by Montreal Protocol?

  1. Undersea cable network

  2. International cooperation against terrorism

  3. Depletion of Ozone layer

  4. Exploration of outer space
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.

Multiple choice

Open skies pact is signed between nations which

  1. allows free movement of satellites

  2. gives free access to each others aviation space

  3. allows beaming of various television channels

  4. allows mutual Air Force exercise
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An Open Skies agreement is a bilateral or multilateral air transport agreement that liberalizes the rules for international aviation markets, allowing airlines to fly between the countries involved.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The first international earth summit took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1990. b. More than 100 Heads of States assembled and signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity. c. The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century.

  1. a only

  2. b and c

  3. a and b

  4. a and c

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

The Masstrich treaty is for

  1. Nuclear weapons free world

  2. Chemical weapons free world

  3. Biological weapons free world

  4. Common European Union
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Masstrich treaty (formally known as the Treaty on European Union) reflected the serious intentions of all the countries to create a common economic and monetary union.

Multiple choice

CFCs were phased out via which of the following environment protection treaty?

  1. Montreal Protocol

  2. Kyoto Protocol

  3. Geneva Protocol

  4. Bonn Agreement

  5. Waigani Convention
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

CFCs were phased out via the Montreal Protocol due to their part in ozone depletion. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer) is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.

Multiple choice

Kyoto Protocol which took effect in February 2005 is related to which of the following issues?

  1. Subsidy to agriculture

  2. Cloning

  3. Global warming

  4. Enrichment of uranium

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, committing parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring.

Multiple choice

What is Kyoto Protocol?

  1. An agreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases

  2. An agreement to reduce acid rain

  3. An agreement to reduce the use of CFCs

  4. An agreement to reduce the use of petrol and diesel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Global warming has become a major concern for governments worldwide. Kyoto Protocol is one of such agreements which aim to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement II?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Delegates since almost 200 countries have extended the Kyoto Protocol.               statement I

The document, adopted in 1997, were due to expire by the end of the year.           statement II

The meeting had to be extended as nations faced off on several points, including

the kyoto deal, finance, and compensation for climate damage.                              statement III

The President of the Doha Climate Conference said, ___________________           statement IV 

  1. has been

  2. are

  3. is

  4. was
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

‘The document’ is singular and therefore, was will be used with it. Hence, replace were with was.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Delegates since almost 200 countries have extended the Kyoto Protocol.               statement I

The document, adopted in 1997, were due to expire by the end of the year.           statement II

The meeting had to be extended as nations faced off on several points, including

the kyoto deal, finance, and compensation for climate damage.                              statement III

The President of the Doha Climate Conference said, ___________________           statement IV 

  1. Comma required after ‘extended’

  2. Capital letter required for ‘nations’

  3. Comma not required after ‘finance’

  4. Capital letter required to begin ‘kyoto’

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

’Kyoto’ is a noun. Therefore, it will start with a capital letter.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement I?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Delegates since almost 200 countries have extended the Kyoto Protocol.               statement I

The document, adopted in 1997, were due to expire by the end of the year.           statement II

The meeting had to be extended as nations faced off on several points, including

the kyoto deal, finance, and compensation for climate damage.                              statement III

The President of the Doha Climate Conference said, ___________________           statement IV 

  1. in

  2. on

  3. from

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

‘From’ should be used in the place of since. Since tells about some time span whereas in the sentence, we are talking about belongingness. Therefore, delegates from 200 countries…

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.

Delegates since almost 200 countries have extended the Kyoto Protocol.               statement I

The document, adopted in 1997, were due to expire by the end of the year.           statement II

The meeting had to be extended as nations faced off on several points, including

the kyoto deal, finance, and compensation for climate damage.                              statement III

The President of the Doha Climate Conference said, ___________________           statement IV 

  1. “that the deal would help to combat Global Warming.”

  2. “The deal would help to combat global warming.”

  3. “The Deal would help combating global warming.”

  4. The deal would help combating global warming.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Direct speech should be quoted within double quotes and should start with capital letter.

Multiple choice

Kyoto Treaty is associated with

  1. Banning of Landmines

  2. Global Warming

  3. Human Cloning

  4. Unification of Germany
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty that extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, primarily to combat global warming.

Multiple choice

Ramsar Convention was related to which of the following?

  1. Protection of wetlands

  2. Protection of wildlife

  3. Protection of forests

  4. Protection of soils
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ramsar Convention was related to wetlands protection. The Ramsar Convention launched its focus on tourism and wetlands on 2 February 2012, World Wetlands Day, with the slogan Wetlands and Tourism, a Great Experience, in partnership with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).  

Multiple choice

The principle of “Common but Differentiated responsibility” is a product of which of the following?

  1. Vienna Protocol

  2. Kyoto Protocol

  3. Moscow Protocol

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

The principle of “Common but Differentiated responsibility” is a product of Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aimed at fighting global warming. The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving the stabilization of greenhouse concentrations” in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.