2023 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2023 · GS Paper I

Question 13: Environment and Ecology

'Invasive Species Specialist Group' (that develops Global Invasive Species Database) belongs to which one of the following organizations?

aThe International Union for Conservation of Nature
bThe United Nations Environment Programme
cThe United Nations World Commission for Environment and Development
dThe World Wide Fund for Nature

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).

The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) is part of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It maintains the Global Invasive Species Database and compiled the list of 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species. UNEP, the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) and WWF are separate bodies with different mandates.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Correct: ISSG sits within the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
  • (b) UNEP is a UN programme and does not host the ISSG.
  • (c) The World Commission on Environment and Development produced the Brundtland Report and is not the ISSG's parent.
  • (d) WWF is a conservation NGO; ISSG belongs to the IUCN.

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

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2023, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.