Environment topic analysis

Climate Change UPSC PYQs

These questions cover greenhouse gases, warming impacts, carbon sinks and markets, mitigation technologies, climate finance, negotiations, and national action. This live collection contains 31 classified questions across 12 exam years, from 2014 to 2025.

Year-by-year frequency

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Source topic labels in this cluster

Climate Change Mitigation8
Climate Change Conventions4
Climate Change3
Carbon Sequestration2
Climate Change Finance2
Climate Change Initiatives2
Greenhouse Gas Emissions2
Climate Change & Forest Conservation1
Climate Change Conferences1
Climate Change Economics1

Recurrent concept labels

Climate Change Mitigation · 4Climate Finance · 4Climate change · 3Climate change mitigation · 3Carbon capture and storage (CCS) · 2Carbon cycle · 2Carbon Sequestration · 2Carbon Trading · 2Ecosystem services · 2Geoengineering · 2Greenhouse gases · 2Afforestation · 1

Representative solved questions

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UPSC 2025 · Environment

With reference to 'Blue Carbon', which of the following statements is correct?

UPSC 2024 · Environment

Consider the following statements: 1. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India are less than 0.5 t CO2/capita. 2. In terms of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, India ranks se...

UPSC 2023 · Environment

Consider the following statements : Statement-I : Carbon markets are likely to be one of the most widespread tools in the fight against climate change. Statement-II : Carbon m...

UPSC 2022 · Environment

"Climate Action Tracker" which monitors the emission reduction pledges of different countries is a :

UPSC 2021 · Environment

What is blue carbon?

UPSC 2020 · Environment

Which one of the following statements best describes the term 'Social Cost of Carbon'? It is a measure, in monetary value, of the

UPSC 2019 · Environment

Which of the following statements are correct about the deposits of 'methane hydrate'? 1. Global warming might trigger the release of methane gas from these deposits. 2. Large...

UPSC 2018 · Environment

Which of the following statements best describes "carbon fertilization" ?

UPSC 2017 · Environment

Consider the following statements : 1. Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants is a unique initiative of G20 group of countries. 2. The...

UPSC 2016 · Environment

Which of the following best describes/describe the aim of 'Green India Mission' of the Government of India? 1. Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union an...

How this page is built

Topic and concept labels are AI-assisted enrichment, not official UPSC classifications. We map them into a conservative editorial taxonomy using deterministic label rules, publish a category only when it has at least 10 questions across at least three exam years, and keep ambiguous records out of topic pages. Counts update with the question bank. See the full methodology and correction policy.