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Intergovernmental Org United Nations Environment Programme
Asked 6 times across 3 UPSC exams over 7 years (2016–2023), peaking in 2023.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 6 PYQs
- Most asked in 2023
- Recurs across 4 years (2016–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2016 → CDS 2020 → GEO 2023
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (5 of 6) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2023
Who among the following is honoured with the UN Environment Programme's 2022 Champions of the Earth Award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category?
- A Ela Bhatt
- B Amit Dasgupta
- C Purnima Devi Barman ✓
- D Vanshika Parmar
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Current Affairs & Static GK › Awards & Honours
GEO2023
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), one of the recent large-scale accidental releases of methane gas into the ocean occurred in
- A Exxon Valdez
- B Nord Stream ✓
- C Deepwater Horizon
- D Atlantic Empress
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Environment & Ecology › Pollution & Waste
CSE2021
The 'Common Carbon Metric', supported by UNEP, has been developed for
- A assessing the carbon footprint of building operations around the world ✓
- B enabling commercial farming entities around the world to enter carbon emission trading
- C enabling governments to assess the overall carbon footprint caused by their countries
- D assessing the overall carbon footprint caused by the use of fossil fuels by the world in a unit time
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Environment & Ecology › Climate Change
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