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UPSC Prelims 2016 · GS Paper I

Question 33: Environment and Ecology

Which of the following best describes/describe the aim of ‘Green India Mission’ of the Government of India?

  1. 1.Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the ‘green accounting’
  2. 2.Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future
  3. 3.Restoring and enhancing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

a1 only
b2 and 3 only
c3 only
d1, 2 and 3

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).

The Green India Mission is one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. Its aim is to protect, restore and enhance India's forest cover and to respond to climate change through a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures. Green accounting in the Union and State budgets and a second green revolution in agriculture are not its aims.

  • 1. Green accounting in budgets is not part of the mission.
  • 2. A second green revolution for food security is an agriculture aim, not this mission's.
  • 3. Restoring and enhancing forest cover with adaptation and mitigation is the mission's aim.

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: A second green revolution for food security is an agriculture aim, not this mission's.

    The red flag in statement 2 is “all”. In UPSC’s papers, statements with “all” were true 41% of the time (76 statements). A hint, not a rule.

  2. Then, if you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a) goes: it includes 1.

    What you needed to know: Green accounting in budgets is not part of the mission.

Only (c) is left. You didn’t need statement 3.

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) Green accounting in budgets is not the mission's aim.
  • (b) A second green revolution is not the mission's aim, though statement 3 is correct.
  • (c) Right: only restoring forest cover and responding to climate change is its aim.
  • (d) Statements 1 and 2 are not aims of the mission.

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

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.