Current Affairs Questions

Consider the following statements in the context of 'The Lancet countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels' report:

1. Between 2012-2021, infants under one year old experienced a higher number of heatwave days compared to 1985–2005.
2. Globally, between 2017-21, heat-related deaths increased 40%, reaching 3.1 lakh deaths per year.
3. In India, the number of heat-related deaths among those over 65 increased by 55% between 2000-04 and 2017-21.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, India's Prime Minister along with the Secretary General of the United Nations launched Mission LiFE.
2. It is a new initiative for sustainable and healthy lifestyle.
3. The Mission incorporates the spirit of the P3 model, i.e., Pro Planet People, as it is premised on the basic principles of ‘Lifestyle of the planet, for the planet and by the planet’.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. According to a new study, in 2022, glaciers in the Swiss Alps melted more than any other year on record.
2. This year, Switzerland’s glaciers have lost an average of 8.2 per cent of their ice.
3. The last time glaciers had an extreme melt season was in 2003, when 3.8 % of glacier ice melted across Switzerland.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. According to a recent study, the climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple disastrous tipping points.
2. Climate Tipping Points (CTPs) are markers of a larger climate system which when triggered beyond a threshold, perpetuate warming on their own.
3. According to the study, five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1°C of global heating caused by humanity to date.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.
2. The new rules will replace Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.
3. The rules cover all types of batteries except industrial batteries.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India as part of the NDC-Transport Initiative for Asia (NDC-TIA) project.
2. The project aims to bring down the peak level of GHG emissions (from transport sector) in Asia resulting in problems like congestion and air pollution.
3. India’s transport sector is the country’s third largest CO2 emitter.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international agreement that was adopted in 1982. It is also known as the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty.
2. It lays down a comprehensive regime of law and order in the world's oceans and seas establishing rules governing all uses of the oceans and their resources.
3. India is not associated with UNCLOS.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Ramsar Convention refers to the Convention on Wetlands held in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971.
2. An intergovernmental treaty was adopted in the Convention. It came into force in 1985.
3. The Convention aims for the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of a country extends from its coast to about 200 nautical miles or 370 km into the sea, till where it has special rights for exploration. Waters beyond that are known as open seas or high seas.
2. The high seas comprise nearly 60% of the Earth’s surface.
3. Typically the focus of mining activity in the high seas has been for gas hydrates, precious metals and other fossil fuel resources.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?

Consider the following statements:

1. Recently, Government of India and Government of the Republic of Namibia entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilization for establishing the cheetah in its historical range in India.
2. The main goal of Cheetah reintroduction project in India is to establish viable cheetah metapopulation in India that allows the cheetah to perform its functional role as a top predator and provides space for the expansion of the cheetah within its historical range.
3. Bringing the cheetah back to India would have important conservation ramifications.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are true?