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UPSC Prelims 2015 · GS Paper I

Question 74: Environment and Ecology

With reference to 'Forest Carbon Partnership Facility', which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. 1.It is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples.
  2. 2.It provides financial aid to universities, individual scientists and institutions involved in scientific forestry research to develop eco-friendly and climate adaptation technologies for sustainable forest management.
  3. 3.It assists the countries in their 'REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+)' efforts by providing them with financial and technical assistance.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a1 only
b2 and 3 only
c1 and 3 only
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).

The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples, hosted by the World Bank, so statement 1 is correct. It helps developing countries prepare for REDD+ and pays for verified emission reductions, with financial and technical support, so statement 3 is correct. It does not finance research by universities and scientists, so statement 2 is wrong.

  • 1. It is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples.
  • 2. It does not give aid to universities and scientists for forestry research.
  • 3. It assists countries' REDD+ efforts with financial and technical help.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 2 is not correct, (b) and (d) go: each of them includes 2.

    What you needed to know: It does not give aid to universities and scientists for forestry research.

  2. Then, if you were sure statement 3 is correct, (a) goes: it leaves 3 out.

    What you needed to know: It assists countries' REDD+ efforts with financial and technical help.

Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statement 1.

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) Incomplete: statement 3 is also correct.
  • (b) Wrong: statement 2 is false.
  • (c) Correct: it is a global partnership that supports countries' REDD+ efforts.
  • (d) Wrong: statement 2 is false.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2015, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.