Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – June 1, 2018

‘Carbon Credit’: A permit that allows the holder to emit one ton of carbon dioxide. Credits are awarded to countries or group that have reduced their green house gases below their emission quota. Carbon credits can be traded in the international market at their current market price. The carbon credit system was ratified in conjunction with the Kyoto Protocol. Its goal is to stop the increase of carbon dioxide emissions.

The United Nations Framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit , held in Rio de Janeiro from June, 1992. The objective of the treaty is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system,

Ambient temperature means when the temperature of the surrounding and will be the same as room temperature. Soot mostly form diesel engines is blocking snow and ice from reflecting sunlight, which is contributing to “ near worldwide melting of ice” and as a quarter of all observed global warming.

SF6 is the most potent greenhouse gas that has been evaluated with a global warming potential of 22,800 times that of CO2 when compared over a 100 year period.

Greenhouse effect is caused by atmosphere trace gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), ozone (O2)and water vapour (H2O). Infrared radiation from the earth stored temporarily in the atmosphere. Of all these trace gases, water vapour represent the most important constituent.It contributes to the natural greenhouse warming process by approximately 60%

Sustainable development is an organising principle for human life on a finite planet, it ties together the concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social and economic challenges faced by humanity.

The term “ sustainable development” rose to significance after it was used by Brundtland Commission in its 1978 report ‘our common future’ in the report, commission coined what has become the most after – quoted definition  of sustainable development “ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

The concept of sustainable development has in the past most often been broken out into three constituent domains: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability and social sustainability.

Mustard, wheat are Rabi crops. Whereas Cotton, Groundunt, Maize are Kharif crops.

The largest Buddhist monastery in India is In Arunachal Pradesh. Tawang Monastery in Aruncachal Pradesh is the largest Monastery in India. It was founded near the small town of tawang in the North-Western part of Arunachal Pradesh by Merak Lama Godrej Gyatso in 1980-81

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is the first multipurpose river valley project of independent Indian, in 1948, on the river Damodar the DVC’s main projects include four dams at Maitho, Panchet and Konar, with connected hydroelectric power stations, Thermal Power Station at Bokarow, Chandrapura, Durgapura, Mejia and also one gas turbine.