Environment topic analysis

Environmental Governance & Laws UPSC PYQs

These PYQs focus on environmental statutes, regulatory bodies, standards, rules, forest and wildlife law, rights, compliance, and institutional accountability. This live collection contains 21 classified questions across 11 exam years, from 2014 to 2024.

Year-by-year frequency

Counts show how many questions in this library were assigned to the category in each represented exam year. A zero is not implied for omitted years, and frequency alone is not a prediction of a future paper.

Source topic labels in this cluster

Environmental Governance4
Environmental Legislation2
Biodiversity Governance1
Environment - Wildlife Protection Act1
Environmental Conventions & Laws1
Environmental Ethics / Corporate Responsibility1
Environmental Governance / Legislation1
Environmental Governance & Bodies1
Environmental Governance & Finance1
Environmental Governance & Institutions1

Recurrent concept labels

Legal frameworks · 4Environmental law · 3Corporate social responsibility · 2Environmental legislation · 2Statutory Bodies · 2Wildlife conservation · 2Animal rights · 1Biodiversity conservation · 1Biodiversity governance · 1Biodiversity legislation · 1Biosafety · 1Biotechnology Regulation · 1

Representative solved questions

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UPSC 2024 · Environment

Which one of the following launched the 'Nature Solutions Finance Hub for Asia and the Pacific'?

UPSC 2023 · Environment

Consider the following statements : Once the Central Government notifies an area as a 'Community Reserve' 1. the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State becomes the governing autho...

UPSC 2022 · Environment

Which one of the following statements best describes the 'Polar Code' ?

UPSC 2021 · Environment

'R2 Code of Practices' constitutes a tool available for promoting the adoption of

UPSC 2020 · Environment

If a particular plant species is placed under Schedule VI of The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, what is the implication?

UPSC 2019 · Environment

Consider the following statements : 1. Under Ramsar Convention, it is mandatory on the part of the Government of India to protect and conserve all the wetlands in the territor...

UPSC 2018 · Environment

Consider the following statements : 1. The definition of "Critical Wildlife Habitat" is incorporated in the Forest Rights Act, 2006. 2. For the first time in India, Baigas hav...

UPSC 2017 · Environment

In India, if a species of tortoise is declared protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, what does it imply?

UPSC 2016 · Environment

Which of the following are the key features of 'National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA)'? 1. River basin is the unit of planning and management. 2. It spearheads the rive...

UPSC 2015 · Environment

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is constituted under the

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.