UPSC Prelims 2014 · GS Paper I
Question 79: Environment and Ecology
Consider the following statements regarding 'Earth Hour' :
- 1.It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
- 2.It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
- 3.It is a movement to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
Earth Hour is a movement begun by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Sydney in 2007, not by UNEP and UNESCO. People, businesses and cities switch off non-essential lights for one hour on a chosen evening each year, usually the last Saturday of March, to show concern about climate change and the need to protect the planet. So statements 2 and 3 are correct.
- 1. It is an initiative of WWF, not UNEP and UNESCO.
- 2. Participants switch off lights for one hour each year.
- 3. It raises awareness about climate change and protecting the planet.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.
What you needed to know: It is an initiative of WWF, not UNEP and UNESCO.
- Then, if you were sure statement 3 is correct, (b) goes: it leaves 3 out.
What you needed to know: It raises awareness about climate change and protecting the planet.
Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statement 2.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong. Statement 1 is false because Earth Hour is a WWF initiative.
- (b) Wrong. Statement 3 is also true.
- (c) Right. It is a lights-off movement for climate awareness.
- (d) Wrong. Statement 1 is false.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2014, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.