Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Environment and Natural Resources

Question:

Match the following years in List 1 with the protocol/treaty related to it in List 2

List 1- Year

List 2- Treaty/Protocol

(a) 1987

(i) Antarctic Treaty

(b) 1991

(ii) Montreal Protocol

(c) 1959

(iii) Antarctic Environmental Protocol

(d) 1997

(iv) Kyoto Protocol

Options:

(a)- (iv), (b)- (iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)

(a)- (i), (b)- (iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

(a)- (iii), (b)- (ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

(a)- (ii), (b)- (iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)

Correct Answer:

(a)- (ii), (b)- (iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv)

Explanation:

Here's the matching of the years in List 1 with the corresponding treaty/protocol in List 2:

(a) 1987 - (ii) Montreal Protocol

(b) 1991 - (iii) Antarctic Environmental Protocol

(c) 1959 - (i) Antarctic Treaty

(d) 1997 - (iv) Kyoto Protocol

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The Montreal Protocol, finalized in 1987, is a global agreement to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. It is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances responsible for ozone depletion, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed on October 4, 1991. It sets out environmental principles for human activities in Antarctica to protect the region's unique ecosystem.

Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959.  It establishes Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty that extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997, and it entered into force on February 16, 2005.