Environment › Climate Change

(a)

long-term damage done by a tonne of CO2, emissions in a given year.

(b)

requirement of fossil fuels for a country to provide goods and services to its citizens,

(c)

efforts put in by a climate refugee to adapt to live in a new place.

(d)

contribution of an individual person to the carbon footprint on the planet Earth.

(a)

Creating the artificial rains in some regions

(b)

Reducing the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones

(c)

Reducing the adverse effects of solar wind on the Earth

(d)

Reducing the global warming

(a)

Widespread monoculture practices in agriculture and large-scale commercial farming with indiscriminate use of chemicals in many parts of the world that may result in the loss of good native ecosystems.

(b)

Fears of a possible collision of a meteorite with the Earth in the near future in the manner it happened 65 million years ago that caused the mass extinction of many species including those of dinosaurs.

(c)

Large scale cultivation of genetically modified crops in many parts of the world and promoting their cultivation in other parts of the world which may cause the disappearance of good native crop plants and the loss of food biodiversity.

(d)

Mankind’s over-exploitation/misuse of natural resources, fragmentation/loss of natural habitats, destruction of ecosystems, pollution and global climate change.

(a)

Increased plant growth due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

(b)

Increased temperature of Earth due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

(c)

Increased acidity of oceans as a result of increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

(d)

Adaptation of all living beings on Earth to the climate change brought about by the increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

(a)

1 and 2 only

(b)

3 only

(c)

1 and 3 only

(d)

1, 2 and 3

(a)

pledges made by the European countries to rehabilitate refugees from the war-affected Middle East

(b)

plan of action outlined by the countries of the world to combat climate change

(c)

capital contributed by the member countries in the establishment of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

(d)

plan of action outlined by the countries of the world regarding Sustainable Development Goals

(a)

1 only

(b)

1 and 2 only

(c)

2, 3 and 4 only

(d)

1, 2, 3 and 4 only

(a)

the water vapour of the air and retains its heat.

(b)

the UV part of the solar radiation.

(c)

all the solar radiations.

(d)

the infrared part of the solar radiation.

(a)

1, 2 and 3 only

(b)

2 and 3 only

(c)

1 and 4 only

(d)

1, 2, 3 and 4

(a)

1 and 2 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

2 and 3 only

(d)

3 only