6. Which of these International agreements was adopted with the objective to ensure access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their use:
Nagoya Protocol 2010
Paris Agreement 2015
Rio Declaration 1992
Kyoto Protocol 1997
7. The book “Poor Economics: Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty” was written by:
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Amartya Sen and Manmohan Singh
Jagdish Bhagwati
Raghuram Rajan
8. Consider the following statements: Statement I: Over hundreds of millions of years, photosynthetic organisms converted what was once a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere to one in which oxygen is the most common component. Statement II: A balance between oxygen-producing photosynthesis and oxygen-using respiration maintains the current level of oxygen. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
Statement 1 is correct but Statement 2 is incorrect
Statement 1 is incorrect but Statement 2 is correct
Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect
9. The examples of Lentic ecosystem are:
1. lakes
2. rivers
3. ponds
4. streams
Which of the following is a correct option?
1 and 2 only
2 and 4 only
1 and 3 only
1 and 4 only
10. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R Assertion A: Some greenhouse gases contain halogens. Reason R: Halogens are commonly used as fumigants and disinfectants. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is correct but R is not correct
A is not correct but R is correct