MCQ on Global warming

1. One of the following is not a greenhouse gas, according to the Kyoto Protocol

a. Carbon Dioxide
b. Sulphur Hexa Flouride
c. Nitrous oxide
d. Hydroflouro carbons(HFCs)

a. a and b only
b. a,b and c
c. c and d only
d. all the above

2. Kyoto Protocol binds the industrialised countries to cut down the greenhouse gas emissions by the following extent on the following base year

a. 10.2%, 1997
b. 5.%, 1992
c.10%, 1990
d.5.2%, 1990

3. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the basis for global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Conference of Parties ( COP ) is held every year since 1995 to devise ways of implementing the Convention. India is a signatory. All countries endorsing the Convention take part in the COPs. The 2006 Conference- COP 12- was held in the following place
a. New Delhi
b. Beunos Aires
c.Nairobi
d. Cancun

4. One of the following is not a finding of the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) as contained in the Fourth Assessment Report report submitted in February 2007 on the climate change
a. it is caused by humans
b. sufficient damage is already done for the greenhouse effect to be a planetary problem for decades to come
c. average temperate of the planet will go up by 7 degrees C by the turn of the century in the best case scenario
d. None of the above

5. Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) is a group of about 2500 scientists, climatologists, atmosphere scientists etc drawn from about 130 countries. It was set up in set up in 1988 by the
a. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
b. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and United nations Development Programme(UNDP)
c. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Management Committee and United nationas Environment Programme
d. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Management Committee and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)