UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India’s patchy industrial climate strategy

Question 1

The Enhanced Transparency Framework, under which India submits its Biennial Transparency Report, is established by which one of the following Articles of the Paris Agreement?

Accepted Answer

Article 13

Answer

Article 2

Answer

Article 4

Answer

Article 14

Question 2

In India's national greenhouse gas inventory, the category 'Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)' refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Non-energy emissions arising from chemical and physical transformation of materials in industry (e.g. clinker calcination in cement) and from product use

Answer

All emissions arising from the combustion of fossil fuels to generate energy within industrial plants

Answer

Emissions from the transport of industrial goods through pipelines and road freight only

Answer

The entire emissions footprint of the manufacturing sector, including its electricity consumption

Question 3

The multi-volume study 'Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero', including its dedicated volume on industrial decarbonisation, was released in February 2026 by which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

NITI Aayog

Answer

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Answer

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Answer

Central Electricity Authority

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India’s patchy industrial climate strategy

Q1. The Enhanced Transparency Framework, under which India submits its Biennial Transparency Report, is established by which one of the following Articles of the Paris Agreement?

Q2. In India's national greenhouse gas inventory, the category 'Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU)' refers to which one of the following?

Q3. The multi-volume study 'Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero', including its dedicated volume on industrial decarbonisation, was released in February 2026 by which one of the following bodies?