UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NITI Aayog Releases Study Reports on Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero
Q1. In the 'Panchamrit' announced by India at COP26, what was the headline target set for the country's total non-fossil energy installed capacity to be achieved by 2030?
- A. 450 GW
- B. 500 GW
- C. 280 GW
- D. 175 GW
Q2. India's 'Panchamrit' set of climate commitments, including the pledge of net zero by 2070, was announced by the Prime Minister at which of the following?
- A. COP21, Paris (2015)
- B. COP26, Glasgow (2021)
- C. COP27, Sharm El-Sheikh (2022)
- D. COP28, Dubai (2023)
Q3. The eleven-volume study 'Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero' (February 2026) — India's first government-led integrated development-climate assessment — was released by which of the following bodies?
- A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- B. NITI Aayog
- C. Central Electricity Authority
- D. Ministry of Power
Q4. According to NITI Aayog's 2026 study, the cumulative investment required to simultaneously achieve Viksit Bharat 2047 and Net Zero is estimated to be of the order of:
- A. USD 6 trillion
- B. USD 14.7 trillion
- C. USD 22 trillion
- D. USD 30 trillion
Q5. India communicated its updated Nationally Determined Contribution — translating the Panchamrit into enhanced 2030 targets — to the UNFCCC in which year?
- A. 2015
- B. 2021
- C. 2022
- D. 2023
Q6. Under its 2022 updated NDC, by what percentage did India commit to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 2030 from the 2005 level?
- A. 33–35 per cent
- B. 40 per cent
- C. 45 per cent
- D. 50 per cent
Q7. In the context of India's climate policy submitted to the UNFCCC, 'LT-LEDS' precisely refers to which of the following?
- A. Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy
- B. Long-Term Low Energy Deployment Scheme
- C. Low-Transition Low-Emission Development Standard
- D. Long-Term Low-carbon Economic Diversification Strategy
Q8. India's LT-LEDS emphasises the principle of equity by noting that India is home to the largest such share — approximately what proportion of the world's population — despite having contributed minimally to historical global warming?
- A. About 10 per cent
- B. About 17 per cent
- C. About 25 per cent
- D. About 5 per cent
Q9. With reference to NITI Aayog and the body it replaced, consider the following statements:
1. NITI Aayog was constituted in 2015 to replace the erstwhile Planning Commission.
2. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairperson of NITI Aayog.
3. Unlike the Planning Commission, NITI Aayog is empowered to allocate plan funds to States and central ministries.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- NITI Aayog was constituted in 2015 to replace the erstwhile Planning Commission.
- The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairperson of NITI Aayog.
- Unlike the Planning Commission, NITI Aayog is empowered to allocate plan funds to States and central ministries.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q10. The principle of 'Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities' (CBDR-RC), reaffirmed by India at the study's release, is enshrined in which of the following?
- A. Article 3 of the UNFCCC, 1992
- B. Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, 2015
- C. Annex I of the Kyoto Protocol, 1997
- D. The Montreal Protocol, 1987
Q11. The 'Viksit Bharat @2047' vision targets India's transformation into a developed nation by 2047 because that year marks which of the following?
- A. The 75th year of Independence
- B. The 100th year of Independence
- C. The 100th year of the Republic
- D. The 80th year of Independence
Q12. Among the four key levers identified in the study, the lever termed 'circularity' primarily refers to which of the following?
- A. Reuse, recycling and resource efficiency in a circular economy
- B. Capturing and permanently storing carbon dioxide underground
- C. Expanding forest and mangrove carbon sinks
- D. Reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel for reuse