UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 49/60 SAMVEG IAS

UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 49/60 SAMVEG IAS

Q1. India’s first indigenous Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile is

1. BRAHMOS
2. ARIHANT
3. NIRBHAY
4. RUSTOM

 
Q2 Consider the following statements about Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)

1. The report ranks 56 countries and the European Union, which together are responsible for 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
2. India has been ranked 14th in Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) on  account for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions  and adopting more clean sources of energy

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

 
Q3 Consider the following statements.

1. Over the last 10 years, India’s SO2 emissions have spiked by  50% and it could become the world’s largest  emitter of the toxic air pollutant
2. India has been releasing the  harmful pollutant by burning coal – which  contains about 3% of sulphur – to generate electricity.
3. Major sources of are Burning fuels – coal, oil and gases containing sulphur – and by smelting metals like copper, zinc, lead & nickel and motor vehicle emissions.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 2 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

 
Q4 Consider the following fact about UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report

1. It is prepared by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
2. It focuses on the “gap” between the emissions reductions necessary to achieve the agreed targets at lowest cost and the likely emission reductions from full implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs),

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2