GS Sectional Test 12: Climate Change, Pollution and Environmental Governance

Product Details

This test covers the environment as a question of policy, from the science of climate change and the ozone layer, the climate treaties and carbon markets, India's commitments and energy transition, the main kinds of pollution and the rules on waste and chemicals, and the laws and bodies that govern clearances.

Topics in Sectional Test 12

• 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, with each statement and each option marked correct or incorrect and the reason, and the sources for the facts used.
• Marking as in the Prelims: 2 marks for a correct answer and one-third of that deducted for a wrong one.
• Your copy: PDFs licensed to you, with your name and order number printed on every page.

Sources Used

The questions are prepared from official government publications, the IPCC and UN treaty texts, and Acts and Rules.

Not Included

• No online test, ranking or printed copy. The tests are PDFs to print or to read on screen.
• Current affairs, which has its own monthly tests.

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