Environment – GK Questions

Q: Which of the following international organizations publishes the biennial 'Living Planet Report'?

WWF – The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) publishes the Living Planet Report, measuring the state of global biological diversity.

Q: The headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is located in _____, Switzerland.

Gland – IUCN, the global authority on the environment and sustainable development, has its secretariat in Gland, Switzerland.

Q: Greenpeace, the well-known non-governmental environmental organization, was founded in 1971.

True – Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver, Canada, in 1971 by activists protesting US nuclear testing at Amchitka.

Q: Where is the global headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) located?

Nairobi, Kenya – UNEP is the only UN headquarters located in a developing country, situated in Nairobi, Kenya.

Q: Which of the following is categorized as a non-renewable fossil fuel?

Coal – Coal is a fossil fuel formed over millions of years from plant remains and cannot be replenished on a human timescale.

Q: Photovoltaic (PV) cells are devices used to convert solar energy directly into electrical energy.

True – PV cells are made of semiconductor materials that absorb photons from sunlight and release electrons, generating an electric current.

Q: Tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into electricity. Tides are primarily caused by:

Gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun – Tides are generated by the gravitational interaction between the Earth, Moon, and Sun, with the Moon having the dominant effect.

Q: CNG, widely used as a cleaner alternative fuel for vehicles, stands for _____.

Compressed Natural Gas – CNG is natural gas (mostly methane) stored at high pressure, serving as a cleaner substitute for gasoline and diesel.

Q: As of recent global statistics, which country has the largest installed capacity of wind power?

China – China leads the world by a significant margin in both onshore and offshore installed wind power capacity.

Q: Biomass is generally considered a carbon-neutral energy source because the CO2 released during combustion is offset by the CO2 absorbed by the plants during their growth.

True – Since the plants absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere to grow, burning them releases roughly the same amount back, maintaining a closed carbon loop.