UPSC Prelims Environment Test: Climate and Pollution (GS Sectional 12)

Product Details

The UPSC Prelims Environment Test on Climate and Pollution covers the environment as a subject of policy, including the science of climate change and the ozone layer, the climate treaties and carbon markets, India's commitments and energy transition, the main forms of pollution and the rules on waste and chemicals, and the laws and bodies that govern environmental clearances.

Topics Covered in the Environment Test on Climate and Pollution

• Climate science and the ozone layer
• The UNFCCC, Kyoto and Paris, climate finance and carbon markets
• India's climate policy and energy transition
• Air, water, soil, noise and marine pollution
• Waste rules and the chemicals conventions
• Environmental laws and bodies, EIA and CRZ

Ecology, biodiversity and conservation are in Sectional Test 11.

What You Get

• Questions booklet: 100 questions, 200 marks, two hours, in English and Hindi, with an answer sheet to print at the end.
• Answers and Explanations booklet: The answer key, then every question solved: each statement and each option is marked correct or incorrect with the reason, followed by the sources for the facts used.
• Marking as in the Prelims: 2 marks for a correct answer, and 0.66 (one-third of 2) deducted for a wrong one.
• Your copy: PDFs licensed to you, with your name and order number printed on every page.
• Difficulty: 31 easy, 33 medium, 24 hard and 12 very hard questions.

All tests are provided as downloadable PDF booklets, which you can print and attempt on paper or read and answer directly on your screen.

Sources and References

Every question and explanation is prepared from official and standard sources, among them:

• Press Information Bureau (PIB)
• Central Pollution Control Board
• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
• The Gazette of India
• Bureau of Energy Efficiency
• Judgments of the Supreme Court of India, up to 2026
• Central Consumer Protection Authority
• Commission for Air Quality Management
• NIOS course material
• NCERT textbooks for Class XI (current editions)