1) Majuli is the world's _________ river island.
a. Smallest
b. Greenest
c. Biggest
d. Most pollution-free
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ANSWER: Biggest
Explanation:
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal rolled out a carbon free tourism project in the world's largest river island Majuli.
The project 'Majuli Sustainable Tourism Development Project' is aimed at encouraging a carbon free tourism experience in the island along with creating an environment protocol for the tourism industry, an official release said.
The project also envisages different levels of interventions, starting from promoting carbon free travel to capacity building programmes and creating environment protocol for tourism industry to act as catalyst in funding for women and indigenous communities.
The project is a joint initiative between Assam Tourism Development Corporation and the NGO Root Bridge Foundation.
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2) Cultivation of greenhouse technologies is been promoted under which of the following?
a. Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
b. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
c. Integrated Scheme on Agriculture Cooperation
d. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
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ANSWER: Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
Explanation:
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India under the scheme Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture promotes greenhouse technologies under the component ‘protected cultivation’.
- Assistance to the extent of 50% is provided to the farmers for establishment of various types of greenhouses upto 4000 sq. mts. per beneficiary.
- The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has standardized low cost net and poly houses for cultivation of important high value vegetable crops like green and coloured capsicum, english cucumber, bottle gourd, brinjal and tomato which are being disseminated to the farming community.
- These protected structures are good for off-season production, help in improvement of yield by 65-80%, improve quality and protect from insects and diseases.
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3) Which of the following is the correct arrangement of sources of Global GHG Emissions in increasing order of their percentage of the total share?
a. Transportation < Industry < Agriculture, forestry and other land use < Energy Supply
b. Transportation < Agriculture, forestry and other land use < Industry < Energy Supply
c. Energy Supply < Industry < Agriculture, forestry and other land use < Transportation
d. Energy Supply < Industry < Transportation < Agriculture, forestry and other land use
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ANSWER: Transportation < Industry < Agriculture, forestry and other land use < Energy Supply
Explanation:
Transportation=14%; Agriculture, forestry and other land use = 24%; Industry = 21 %; Energy Supply = 25%
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4) Which of the following acts as carbon sinks?
1) Blue carbon
2) Brown Carbon
3) Green Carbon
4) Yellow Carbon
5) Black Carbon
a. Only 1 and 3
b. Only 1, 2 and 3
c. Only 1, 2, 3 and 5
d. All of the above
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ANSWER: Only 1 and 3
Explanation:
Blue Carbon refers to coastal, aquatic and marine carbon sinks held by indicative vegetation, marine organisms and sediments. Green Carbon refers to carbon removed and stored in plants and soil by processes like photosynthesis. Black and Brown Carbon contribute to atmospheric green house gases.
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5) As per the studies by Scientists, by what year glaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas can shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely if greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise?
a. 2050
b. 2029
c. 2100
d. 2190
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ANSWER: 2100
Explanation:
A team of researchers in Nepal, France and the Netherlands have found that the Everest glaciers can be very sensitive to future warming. They have predicted that sustained ice loss through the 21st century is likely. Joseph Shea, a glacier hydrologist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development at Kathmandu, and leader of the study said that the signal of future glacier change in the region is clear. The glacier model used by Shea and his team shows that glacier volume could be reduced between 70 per cent and 99 percent by 2100.
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