Topic Biosafety
Asked 3 times across 3 UPSC exams over 11 years (2009–2020), peaking in 2009.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 1 of 3 PYQs
- Most asked in 2009
- Recurs across 3 years (2009–2020)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2009 → CDS 2019 → CAPF 2020
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (2 of 3) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2020
The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related to
- A combat the green house gasses and to reduce the global warming and climate change
- B biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity ✓
- C combat the ozone depleting substances to protect the human lives from diseases
- D combat the phenomenon of desertification by improving dry land farming in dry regions
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Environment & Ecology › International Environmental Agreements
CDS2019
The city of Cartagena, which is famous for Protocol on Biosafety, is located in
- A Colombia ✓
- B Venezuela
- C Brazil
- D Guyana
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Environment & Ecology › International Environmental Agreements
CSE2009
Which one of the following Union Ministries implements the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety?
- A Ministry of Science and Technology ✓
- B Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C Ministry of Environment and Forests
- D Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Environment & Ecology › International Environmental Agreements
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