Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET December 2022 (05.03.2023) Shift-I
Given below are two statements. Statement I: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was framed during the Kyoto Protocol, 1997. Statement II: The Kyoto Protocol set up different limits of carbon for individual nations, depending on their output before 1990. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Statement I: The UNFCCC was framed during the Kyoto Protocol, 1997.
- Statement II: The Kyoto Protocol set up different carbon limits for individual nations, depending on their output before 1990.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true — Statement I is false and Statement II is true, so the answer is Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Explanation
★Statement I is false and Statement II is true, so the answer is Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
★The UNFCCC came into force in 1994, before the Kyoto Protocol.
★The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 operationalized the already-existing UNFCCC, so statement I is false.
★The Kyoto Protocol committed industrialized nations to limit their emissions.
★It set different carbon limits for each nation based on output before 1990.
★So statement II is true.
★Therefore statement I is false while statement II is true.
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