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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
221	Which activity is widely considered the largest driver of deforestation in the Amazon?	Environmental Studies Case studies	Easy
222	Chico Mendes is remembered for campaigning for:	Environmental Studies Case studies	Medium
223	The international agreement that regulates trade in endangered species such as elephants is:	Environmental Studies Case studies	Easy
224	Farmers who clear Amazon forest often find crop yields falling within a few years. The main reason is that:	Environmental Studies Case studies	Medium
225	Conservationists opposed CITES-approved one-off sales of stockpiled ivory mainly because such sales could:	Environmental Studies Case studies	Hard
226	A limit on the quantity of a good that may be imported in a year is called:	Environmental Studies International trade and the environment	Easy
227	The theory that each country should specialise in goods it produces at a relatively lower opportunity cost wa…	Environmental Studies International trade and the environment	Medium
228	A tannery company closes its plant in a country with strict effluent rules and reopens it in a country with w…	Environmental Studies International trade and the environment	Medium
229	The Bhopal gas disaster of 1984 involved a leak of which chemical from a pesticide factory?	Environmental Studies International trade and the environment	Easy
230	Rising trade increases total shipping and factory output, but the same trade also spreads cleaner technology …	Environmental Studies International trade and the environment	Hard
231	The World Trade Organization came into existence on:	Environmental Studies Globalisation and the WTO	Easy
232	Country X lowers its tariff on Brazilian coffee and must then apply the same lower tariff to coffee from all …	Environmental Studies Globalisation and the WTO	Medium
233	A rule requiring a foreign car maker to use at least 60% locally made parts would conflict with which WTO agr…	Environmental Studies Globalisation and the WTO	Medium
234	The GATT round of negotiations that led to the creation of the WTO was the:	Environmental Studies Globalisation and the WTO	Easy
235	Which concern of developing countries is most directly linked to the TRIPS agreement?	Environmental Studies Globalisation and the WTO	Hard
236	In India, a patent is normally granted for a term of:	Environmental Studies Intellectual property rights	Easy
237	The first product to receive a geographical indication tag in India was:	Environmental Studies Intellectual property rights	Easy
238	A soft-drink company never registers its recipe but keeps it known to only a few employees under strict contr…	Environmental Studies Intellectual property rights	Medium
239	The unique curved shape of a new water bottle, which gives it a distinctive look, can best be protected as:	Environmental Studies Intellectual property rights	Medium
240	India's challenge to the US turmeric patent succeeded mainly because:	Environmental Studies Intellectual property rights	Hard