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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
201	Pollination of crops by wild bees is classified as which type of ecosystem service?	Environmental Studies Natural capital regeneration	Easy
202	Soil formation and nutrient cycling belong to which category of ecosystem services?	Environmental Studies Natural capital regeneration	Easy
203	The ecological footprint is expressed in which unit?	Environmental Studies Natural capital regeneration	Medium
204	A region's ecological footprint is 4 global hectares per person while its biocapacity is 2.5 global hectares …	Environmental Studies Natural capital regeneration	Medium
205	A downstream city pays upland villagers to protect forests that keep its water supply clean. This arrangement…	Environmental Studies Natural capital regeneration	Hard
206	Stratospheric ozone is measured in:	Environmental Studies Ozone depletion	Easy
207	In the chlorine cycle Cl + O₃ → ClO + O₂ followed by ClO + O → Cl + O₂, chlorine acts as:	Environmental Studies Ozone depletion	Medium
208	The international treaty that set timetables to phase out CFCs and halons is the:	Environmental Studies Ozone depletion	Easy
209	The Kigali Amendment of 2016 brought which gases under the Montreal Protocol?	Environmental Studies Ozone depletion	Medium
210	Why does the most severe ozone loss occur over Antarctica in spring rather than over the tropics?	Environmental Studies Ozone depletion	Hard
211	Greenhouse gases warm the Earth mainly by absorbing:	Environmental Studies Global warming and climate agreements	Easy
212	Which agricultural practice is a major source of methane?	Environmental Studies Global warming and climate agreements	Easy
213	Under the Kyoto Protocol, legally binding emission targets applied to:	Environmental Studies Global warming and climate agreements	Medium
214	The Paris Agreement differs from the Kyoto Protocol mainly because under Paris:	Environmental Studies Global warming and climate agreements	Medium
215	Arrange these in chronological order: (1) Paris Agreement adopted (2) Kyoto Protocol adopted (3) IPCC establi…	Environmental Studies Global warming and climate agreements	Hard
216	The international convention that aims to eliminate or restrict persistent organic pollutants is the:	Environmental Studies Waste dumping and POPs	Easy
217	The Bamako Convention differs from the Basel Convention because it:	Environmental Studies Waste dumping and POPs	Medium
218	POPs have been detected in polar bears and Inuit people far from any industry. This is mainly due to their:	Environmental Studies Waste dumping and POPs	Medium
219	Which group of substances was part of the original "dirty dozen" POPs?	Environmental Studies Waste dumping and POPs	Easy
220	A European firm ships drums of toxic sludge to a developing country that has agreed in writing to receive it …	Environmental Studies Waste dumping and POPs	Hard
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
241	Aid that must be spent on buying goods and services from the donor country is called:	Environmental Studies International aid	Easy
242	The UN target for official development assistance by rich countries is:	Environmental Studies International aid	Medium
243	A loan from the World Bank funded by contributions from many countries is an example of:	Environmental Studies International aid	Easy
244	A country receives a grant to build a power plant on the condition that turbines are bought from the donor, t…	Environmental Studies International aid	Medium
245	Which institution serves as a financial mechanism for global environmental conventions such as those on biodi…	Environmental Studies International aid	Hard