UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — ‘Hop-on, hop-off’ — the state of climate governance

Q1. The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance, agreed in November 2024, was adopted under which one of the following legal instruments of the UNFCCC architecture?

  • A. The UNFCCC Convention, 1992
  • B. The Kyoto Protocol, 1997
  • C. The Paris Agreement, 2015
  • D. The Copenhagen Accord, 2009

Q2. In the climate governance architecture of the UNFCCC, the abbreviation 'CMA' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
  • B. Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement
  • C. Climate Mitigation Assembly that approves Nationally Determined Contributions
  • D. Committee on Multilateral Adaptation under the Loss and Damage Fund

Q3. In the Government of India, the nodal ministry that leads India's official delegations and negotiating positions at every UNFCCC Conference of the Parties is:

  • A. The Ministry of External Affairs
  • B. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  • C. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
  • D. NITI Aayog