Global Warming and Change in Atmospheric Chemistry

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1. 1972
2. 1988
3. 1990
4. 1997

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1. To reduce the production of ozone-depleting chemicals
2. To reduce the emission of carbon dioxide
3. To combat global warming
4. To evaluate the implementation of Agenda 21

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1. Agreement on the fixing of amount of emission of carbon dioxide by different countries
2. Reduction in the emission of carbon dioxide by 20%
3. Formation of Intergovernmental Agreement Committee
4. No agreement could be arrived at for the fixing of amount of emission of carbon dioxide by different countries

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1. Desertification Agreement
2. Stockholm Agreement
3. Kyoto Agreement
4. Hague Declaration

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1. To combat global warming and implement Kyoto Protocol
2. To reduce the production of ozone-depleting chemicals
3. To decrease the production of synthetic chemical compounds by 50%
4. To evaluate the implementation of Agenda 21

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1. 150
2. 158
3. 178
4. 199

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1. June 3-14, 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. June 3-14, 1997, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3. June 14-25, 1992, in New York, USA
4. June 14-25, 1997, in New York, USA

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1. Protection of the earth and its environment, maintenance of ecological balance, and to enrich biodiversity.
2. Promotion of economic growth, increased consumption of natural resources, and expansion of industrialization.
3. Development of new technologies, increase in energy consumption, and exploration of new resources.
4. None of the above.

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1. 150
2. 158
3. 178
4. 199

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1. Rise in global temperature (global warming), forest protection, biodiversity, agenda 21, and Rio declaration.
2. Protection of human rights, promotion of economic growth, increase in industrialization, exploration of new resources, and reduction of poverty.
3. Development of new technologies, increase in energy consumption, expansion of urbanization, reduction of deforestation, and promotion of tourism.
4. None of the above.

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1. Carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbon, nitrous oxide
2. Oxygen, nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide
3. Carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, neon
4. None of the above

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1. 51%, 20%, 16%, and 16% respectively
2. 20%, 51%, 16%, and 16% respectively
3. 16%, 16%, 20%, and 51% respectively
4. 16%, 20%, 51%, and 16% respectively

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1. Because they did not have the resources to maintain private forests.
2. Because most forests in the U.S. come under private ownership.
3. Because they did not believe in the concept of forest conservation.
4. None of the above.

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1. Because they believed forests are their national property and cannot be brought under any international law.
2. Because they did not care about forest conservation.
3. Because they believed the U.S. was trying to claim their forest resources.
4. None of the above.

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1. To evaluate the progress and implementation of proposals and Agenda 21 agreed during the First Earth Summit.
2. To discuss and review the programmes and action plans accepted during the Rio Summit.
3. To agree on concrete and fruitful results for various agenda endorsed during the Rio Summit.
4. None of the above.

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1. Concrete and fruitful results were achieved for various agenda endorsed during the Rio Summit.
2. No agreement could be made on any agend
3. The pace of deforestation got accelerate
4. None of the above.

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1. To conserve and maintain forests as a shared property of the world community.
2. To reduce global warming by cutting down the emission of carbon dioxide.
3. To evaluate the progress and implementation of proposals and Agenda 21 agreed during the First Earth Summit.
4. None of the above.

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1. To reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 30% by 2008-12
2. To conserve and maintain forests as a shared property of the world community.
3. To control the emission of carbon dioxide in developing countries.
4. None of the above.

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1. An agreement between countries to transfer carbon dioxide from one country to another
2. An agreement between countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions
3. An agreement between countries to increase greenhouse gas emissions
4. An agreement between countries to sell unused carbon quotas to other countries

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1. The protocol will still be effective
2. The protocol will be automatically invalidated
3. The protocol will be renegotiated
4. The protocol will be enforced by the United Nations

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