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UPSC 2008 · Q20 · Environment & Ecology › Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases · Save

Consider the following:

  1. Rice fields
  2. Coal mining
  3. Domestic animals
  4. Wetlands

Which of the above are sources of methane, a major greenhouse gas?

(a) 1 and 4 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
UPSC 2008 · Q96 · Environment & Ecology › Climate Change & Greenhouse Gases · Save

Consider the following statements:

  1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.
  2. Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (a) 1 only