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UPPSC 2021 GS-I Indian Polity
Question

With reference to "NET – ZERO" goal for 2050, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. It means that a country will bring down its emissions to zero by 2050.
2. It means that a country’s emissions will be compensated by absorption and removal of green house gases from the atmosphere.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Only 2

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Only 2”.
Net zero means achieving a balance between the greenhouse gases put into the atmosphere and those taken out.

Net zero looks at emissions overall, allowing for the removal of any unavoidable emissions, such as those from aviation or manufacturing.

Similar Questions:

With reference to the radioactivity, which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Radioactivity is a nuclear property.
2. Hydrogen bomb is prepared on the principle of nuclear fission.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Only 2
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Which Article of the Indian Constitution protects person's right to travel abroad?
  1. A) 14
  2. B) 19
  3. C) 21
  4. D) None of the above
With reference to the joint sitting of Parliament, which statement/s is/are correct?

(1) Article 109 provides for the joint sitting of both Houses in certain cases.
(2) The Speaker presides the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.

Select the correct answer using the code given below -
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Only 2
  3. C) Both 1 and 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Which one of the following is included in the State List under seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution?
  1. A) Education
  2. B) Electricity
  3. C) Railway Police
  4. D) Forest
In the absence of president and vice-president, who holds the office of president?
  1. A) Chief judge of Supreme court
  2. B) Chairman of Lok Sabha
  3. C) Council of Ministers
  4. D) Cabinet of Prime minister
No money bill can be introduced in the Legislative Assembly of a State, except on the recommendations of
  1. A) the Parliament
  2. B) the Governor of the State
  3. C) the President of India
  4. D) a Special Committee of Ministers
Consider following statements and state which of them is/are correct with the help of given codes:

1. The term "Union of States" has been used in the Constitution because Indian States have no right to recede.
2. The S.K. Dhar Commission preferred reorganisation of States on administrative convenience rather than on linguistic basis.
3. The Congress Committee under Pt. Nehru, Sardar Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya did not favour linguistic basis for reorganisation of States.

Codes:
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Only 1 and 2
  3. C) Only 1 and 3
  4. D) All the three
Tapa cloth is obtained from the plants of which one of the following family?
  1. A) Asclepiadaceae
  2. B) Moraceae
  3. C) Graminae
  4. D) Malvaceae
Assertion (A): Federalism is not practical in India.
Reason (R): India is not a federal State.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
The Council of States has exclusive powers in relation to which of the following?
  1. A) To initiate proceedings for the removal of the President
  2. B) To initiate proceedings for the removal of a judges of the Supreme Court
  3. C) To recommend creation of a new All India Service
  4. D) None of the above
Consider the following Committees on Panchayati Raj and arrange these in chronological order:

I. Ashok Mehta Committee
II. L.M. Singhvi Committee
III. B.R. Mehta Committee
IV. G.K.V. Rao Committee

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) I, II, III, IV
  2. B) III, I, IV, II
  3. C) II, I, III, IV
  4. D) III, II, IV, I
Which one of the following did NOT serve as Vice President before assuming the office of the President of India ?
  1. A) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
  2. B) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
  3. C) Dr. Zakir Hussain
  4. D) R. Venkatraman