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Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established in the year ________.

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  1. 1990

  2. 1991

  3. 1992

  4. 2000

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Global environmental facility was established in the year 1991, December. It assists in the prevention of environmental pollution and in achieving the sustainable development.

Which of the following are true regarding 'The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)?

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  1. Coalition consists of countries sharing similar developmental challenges

  2. It is concerned about the environmental problems like climate change

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is an intergovernmental organization of low-lying coastal and small island countries. Main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global warming. 
  • It consists of countries sharing similar developmental challenges and is concerned about the environmental problems like climate change.

CFCs (chloro-fluoro-carbons) are greenhouse gases that have caused a rise of 0.3-degree centigrade in the global temperatures in the past century. Name the CFC that is used in refrigerators.

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  1. Carbon dioxide

  2. Freon

  3. Methane

  4. Ammonia

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Correct Option: B

Climate change can be prevented by _____________.

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  1. using energy efficient products

  2. make wise transportation choices like low smoke emitting vehicles

  3. planting more trees

  4. all the above

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a country included in Environmental Integrity Group (EIG)?

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  1. Mexico

  2. Republic of Korea

  3. Switzerland

  4. India

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Switzerland along with Mexico and Republic of Korea forms Environment Integrity Group. Among the given options India is not included in the group. This ensures the conserved use of resources and maintain environmental stability.

Which of the following is the most widely discussed impact of climate change?

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  1. Increase in average sea level

  2. Deforestation

  3. Soil erosion

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Change in global or regional climatic patterns is called climate change. The main impact of climate change is the increase in sea level. This is because of melting of ice due to increase of global temperature as a result of climatic change.

Which among the following is a cryogenic indicator of climate change?

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  1. Ice sheets and ice chores

  2. Sea level changes

  3. Lacustrine deposits

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cryogenic is nothing but the quantities that are involved with very low temperatures like ice. Among the given options ice sheets and ice chores are the examples of cryogenic indicators of climate change because ice and glaciers react to atmospheric changes and give clear signals about alterations in global climate.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty drawn at __________.

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  1. United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972

  2. UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992

  3. World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002

  4. UN Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty  negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, then entered into force on 21 March 1994. 

Which among the following are exhaustible resources?

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  1. Non-renewable resources

  2. Renewable resources

  3. Potential resources

  4. Developed resources

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A non-renewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal are considered nonrenewable resources because their reformation takes billions of years.

What, among the following, do not contain metals in their ore form?

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  1. Metallic minerals

  2. Non-metallic minerals

  3. Power minerals

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Non-metallic minerals are minerals that have no metallic luster and break easily. These are also called industrial materials and are typically some form of sediment. Non-metallic minerals are not malleable.
  • Nonmetallic minerals/ rocks like limestone, magnesite, dolomite, phosphorite, talc, quartz, mica, clay, silica sand, gemstones, decorative and dimension stones, construction materials etc. are the common nonmetallic minerals.