6: With reference to the Agreement at the UNFCCC Meeting in Paris in 2015, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Agreement was signed by all the member countries of the UN and it will go into effect in 2017.

2. The Agreement aims to limit the greenhouse gas emissions so that the rise in average global temperature by the end of this century does not exceed 2 °C or even 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.

3. Developed countries acknowledged their historical responsibility in global warming and committed to donate $ 1000 billion a year from 2020 to help developing countries to cope with climate change.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
7: Consider the following schemes launched by the Union Government :

I. Antyodaya Anna
II. Gram Sadak Yojana
III. Sarvapriya
IV. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana.

Which of these were announced in the year 2000 ?

(a) I and II
(b) II and IV
(c) III and IV
(d) I, II and III
8: The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic duties in their homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64 years) was the highest in 1996 in

(a) USA
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) S. Korea
9: Who is the scientist in whose honour the Chandra X-ray telescope has been named ?

(a) Chandrasekhar Venkat Raman

(b) Jagdish Chandra Bose

(c) Prafulla Chandra Roy

(d) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
10: Canola refers to special type of oil seed mustard varieties bred for human consumption. The main characteristic of these varieties is that the

(a) seeds have very high oil content
(b) oil is rich in unsaturated fatty acids
(c) oil has long shelf-life
(d) oil has very low Erucic acid content