GATE ES concept:climate-change PYQs & Answers

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Read the following statements with reference to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

i) Each signatory (country) has common and equal responsibility. ii) Clean development mechanism (CDM), joint implementation (JI) and international emission trading are the three mechanisms under Kyoto Protocol to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. iii) Under Kyoto Protocol, India has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2050 as compared to 2005 emissions.

Which one of the following is correct choice?

Your answerChoose one option.

only i) is TRUE

only ii) is TRUE

only i) and ii) are TRUE

only ii) and iii) are TRUE

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Which of the following international multilateral agreements (conventions, protocols) from Column I match with the entries in Column II?

Column I	Column II
P. Ramsar Convention	(i) Ozone depletion
Q. Kyoto Protocol	(ii) Trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes
R. Basel Convention	(iii) Climate change
S. Montreal Protocol	(iv) Conservation of wetlands

Your answerChoose one option.

P-(iv), Q-(iii), R-(ii), S-(i)

P-(iv), Q-(ii), R-(iii), S-(i)

P-(iii), Q-(i), R-(ii), S-(iv)

P-(i), Q-(iii), R-(iv), S-(ii)

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