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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 introduction to twentieth century and world war one the twentieth century and great war history

Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?

  1. Treaty of Nanjing

  2. Balfour Declaration

  3. Kyoto Protocol

  4. Treaty of Vienna
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Britain issues the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which calls for "Support of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people....it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine."

Multiple choice evs earth - our home need to conserve biodiversity protecting our environment rules are for everyone

"Nagoya Protocol " is related to which among the following?

  1. International Finance

  2. Biodiversity

  3. Pharmaceutical Industry

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

The Nagoya Protocol is an international agreement that implements the Convention on Biological Diversity, focusing on access to genetic resources and the fair sharing of benefits.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Select the correct match.

  1. Monetreal protocol - to reduce emission of greenhouse gases

  2. Kyoto protocol - to control emission of ozone depleting substances
  3. DDT - disturbs $Fe$ and $Mg$ metabolism in birds
  4. Environment protection Act, India - $1986$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Montreal protocol was introduced to control the emission of ozone-depleting substances.
  • Kyoto protocol was introduced to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
  • DDT disturbs calcium metabolism in birds which resulted in thinning of eggshell.
  • The government of India enacted the Environment Protection Act of 1986 under article 253 of the constitution.
So, the correct match is 'Environment Protection Act, India - 1986.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

An international treaty known as Montreal Protocol was signed to control emission of _______________.

  1. $UV\quad rays$
  2. $Ozone$
  3. $CFC$
  4. $Oxygen$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

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. Montreal Protocol is a landmark agreement that has successfully reduced global production, consumption, and emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). ODSs are also greenhouse gases that contribute to the radiative forcing of climate change. 

So, the correct answer is 'Ozone'.
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Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

According to Kyoto protocol, the major nations abide to reduce concentration of green house gases by

  1. 2008

  2. 2010

  3. 2012

  4. 2018
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kyoto protocol was concluded in December, 1997 in the international conference held in Kyoto, Japan. The Kyoto protocol obtained commitments from different countries for reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions to a level 5 percent below 1990 level in between the years 2008 to 2012. In 2012 the period was extended till 2020.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Identify the correctly matched pair. 

  1. Montreal Protocol - Global warming

  2. Kyoto Protocol - Climatic change

  3. Ramsar Convention - Ground water pollution

  4. Basel Convention - Biodiversity Conservation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Montreal Protocol on substances, that deplete 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. 

The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. 
The Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations. 
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on climate change(UNFCCC). 

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

Kyoto protocol is to 

  1. Mitigate the climatic change

  2. Check depletion of ozone layer

  3. Check soil erosion

  4. Preserve water resources
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Kyoto protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 'United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change' (UNFCCC), that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions. The Kyoto protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to a level, that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.

Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

World Environment Day coincides with commemoration of

  1. Montreal Protocol

  2. Vienna Convention

  3. First United Nations Conference on Human Environment

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

The Stockholm Conference, known officially as the United Nations Conference on Human Environment was the UN's first conference on the international environmental issues and it was held between 5$^{th}$ to 16$^{th}$ June 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden. The United Nations began celebrating the World Environment Day on 5$^{th}$ June every year fro 1974. So, the World Environment Day coincides with the First  United Nations Conference on Human Environment.

Hence, the correct answer is 'First United Nations Conference on Human Environment'.

Multiple choice zoology human influences on the environment carbon cycle ozone layer depletion and causes depletion of ozone layer

The legally binding international agreement to reduce Greenhouse gases by 5% 2012 is ___________

  1. Vienna convention

  2. Montreal Protocol

  3. Kyoto Protocol

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

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

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

UN climate change conference held between $30^{th} Nov, 2015$ to $12^{th} Dec, 2015$ led to the ___________.

  1. Paris Agreement

  2. French Agreement

  3. EU Agreement

  4. Climate Agreement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that has hampered the food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall on agricultural production. There was a United nations climate change conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is known as Paris agreement. 

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

The key element of the Paris Agreement is to set a goal of limiting _________ to less than 2 degree celsius compared to pre-industrial level. 

  1. global warming

  2. urban temperature

  3. rural temperature

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Paris Agreement aims to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to mitigate the effects of global warming.

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

The Paris Agreement was signed to take action to curb ____________.

  1. population

  2. greenhouse gas emissions

  3. trade restrictions

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The primary goal of the Paris Agreement is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

How many countries signed the Paris Agreement, which is a global agreement for the reduction of climate change?

  1. 125

  2. 196

  3. 188

  4. 157
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that have hampered food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall. There was a United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is also known as the Paris agreement. It was signed by around 196 countries. 

Multiple choice economics sustainable development with equity liberalisation objectives of economic planning in india need for sustainable development introduction to social movements and its types social movements

____________ marks the beginning of international cooperation to protect the health of our planet.

  1. Paris Agreement

  2. Climate Control Cooperation

  3. Association for Control of Global Warming

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

While there were earlier efforts, the Paris Agreement is widely recognized as a landmark international cooperation effort to address global climate change.