UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 88

2018General Studies Paper-IEnvironment & EcologyClimate ChangeClimate Mitigationmoderate
Q88

Question

“Momentum for Change : Climate Neutral Now” is an initiative launched by

Options

A
The Intergovernmentai Panel on Climate Change
B
The UNEP Secretariat
C
The UNFCCC Secretariat✓ Correct Answer
D
The World Meteorological Organisation
AnswerOption C

Explanation

**Concept and analysis:** Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now is an initiative of the UNFCCC Secretariat that encourages organisations, companies and governments to measure, reduce and compensate greenhouse-gas emissions with the goal of climate neutrality. It is therefore associated with the UN climate convention process rather than the IPCC, UNEP Secretariat or WMO. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Incorrect. The Intergovernmentai Panel on Climate Change is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option B:** Incorrect. The UNEP Secretariat is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option C:** Correct. The UNFCCC Secretariat directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **Option D:** Incorrect. The World Meteorological Organisation is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.

Question Classification

SubjectEnvironment & Ecology
TopicClimate Change
SubtopicClimate Mitigation
Question TypeDirect MCQ
Difficultymoderate
VerificationVerified