Daily Quiz – 20th Feb 2024

Daily Quiz - 20th Feb 2024

Daily Quiz - 20th Feb 2024

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Which of the following International Treaties was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs)?

2 / 5

Consider the following statements regarding Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol:

  1. The Kigali Agreement was adopted in 2016 to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
  2. It is a legally binding agreement designed to create rights and obligations in international law.
  3. India is not a signatory to this agreement.
  4. It divides nations into 3 groups with a four-step path to achieve 80% reduction in HFCs consumption by 2047.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3 / 5

Consider the following statements regarding World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF):

  1. It is a specialised agency of the United Nations that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
  2. It was founded as a result of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972 and has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
  3. It mainly focuses on the protection of endangered species while Pollution, Climate change issues are kept out of its ambit.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4 / 5

As the leading global environmental authority, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) administers and provides secretariat functions for which of the following multilateral environmental agreements and other entities?

  1. Minamata convention on mercury
  2. Convention on Biological Diversity
  3. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
  4. Vienna convention on protection of ozone layer

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

5 / 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. As per recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to sell the bamboos grown on forest areas.
  2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
  3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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