📘 Recent Current Affairs – February 2026
Page 5 – Environment & Climate
🔹 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Q1. India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission primarily aims to:
A) Increase coal-based energy production
B) Promote clean fuel for hard-to-abate sectors
C) Expand thermal power subsidies
D) Replace solar energy completely
Answer: B
Explanation: The mission promotes green hydrogen as a clean fuel alternative for industries like steel, cement, and transport, supporting decarbonization.
A) Increase coal-based energy production
B) Promote clean fuel for hard-to-abate sectors
C) Expand thermal power subsidies
D) Replace solar energy completely
Answer: B
Explanation: The mission promotes green hydrogen as a clean fuel alternative for industries like steel, cement, and transport, supporting decarbonization.
Q2. Carbon markets function primarily through:
1. Emission trading mechanisms
2. Incentivizing emission reduction
3. Direct fossil fuel subsidies
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: B
Explanation: Carbon markets allow trading of emission credits to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions efficiently.
1. Emission trading mechanisms
2. Incentivizing emission reduction
3. Direct fossil fuel subsidies
A) 1 only
B) 1 and 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: B
Explanation: Carbon markets allow trading of emission credits to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions efficiently.
Q3. Climate adaptation primarily refers to:
A) Eliminating all fossil fuels immediately
B) Adjusting systems to reduce climate vulnerability
C) Increasing industrial emissions
D) Reducing biodiversity
Answer: B
Explanation: Adaptation includes resilient infrastructure, drought-resistant crops, and coastal protection measures to minimize climate impacts.
A) Eliminating all fossil fuels immediately
B) Adjusting systems to reduce climate vulnerability
C) Increasing industrial emissions
D) Reducing biodiversity
Answer: B
Explanation: Adaptation includes resilient infrastructure, drought-resistant crops, and coastal protection measures to minimize climate impacts.
Q4. The concept of “Loss and Damage” in climate negotiations relates to:
A) Trade deficits
B) Compensation for climate-induced damages
C) Carbon taxation
D) Agricultural subsidies
Answer: B
Explanation: Loss and Damage refers to financial support for vulnerable countries suffering irreversible climate impacts.
A) Trade deficits
B) Compensation for climate-induced damages
C) Carbon taxation
D) Agricultural subsidies
Answer: B
Explanation: Loss and Damage refers to financial support for vulnerable countries suffering irreversible climate impacts.
🔹 Analytical Questions
Q5. Examine the difference between climate mitigation and climate adaptation.
Explanation: Mitigation focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (renewables, EVs, carbon capture), while adaptation prepares societies to cope with unavoidable impacts (flood barriers, resilient agriculture).
Explanation: Mitigation focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (renewables, EVs, carbon capture), while adaptation prepares societies to cope with unavoidable impacts (flood barriers, resilient agriculture).
Q6. How can carbon markets accelerate India’s transition to a green economy?
Explanation: Carbon markets create financial incentives for industries to reduce emissions, attract green investments, and promote sustainable industrial practices.
Explanation: Carbon markets create financial incentives for industries to reduce emissions, attract green investments, and promote sustainable industrial practices.
15 Marks Mains Model Answer
Q7. “Climate action is both an environmental necessity and an economic opportunity.” Discuss.
Introduction: Climate change poses serious ecological and developmental challenges globally.
Body:
Introduction: Climate change poses serious ecological and developmental challenges globally.
Body:
- Green hydrogen and renewable energy expansion
- Electric mobility and sustainable infrastructure
- Carbon markets and green finance
- Climate resilience and disaster preparedness
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