3181: What is 'Greenhouse Gas Protocol'?

(a) It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions

(b) It is an initiative of the United Nations to offer financial incentives to developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt eco-friendly technologies

(c) It is an inter-governmental agreement ratified by all the member countries of the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to specified levels by the year 2022

(d) It is one of the multilateral REDD+ initiatives hosted by the World Bank
3182: Assertion (A):

In 1916, Maulana Mohammad Ali and Abul Kalam Azad resigned from the Legislative Council.

Reason (R):

The Rowlatt Act was passed by the government in spite of being opposed by all Indian members of the Legislative Council.

(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

(c) A is true but R is false

(d) A is false but R is true
3183: The Parliament of India exercises control over the functions of the Council of Ministers through

1. Adjournment motion
2. Question hour
3. Supplementary questions

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3184: Mixed cropping is useful when:

(a) Crops with varying maturity periods are sown together

(b) Crops with same maturity period are sown together

(c) Different soils are used for the same crops

(d) Crops with different nutritional requirements are grown
3185: Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

(a) Brahmi

(b) Nandnagari

(c) Sharada

(d) Kharoshti