Carbon | MCQs

Explanation

• The concept of Carbon Credits originated from the Kyoto Protocol.
• The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005.
• It introduced mechanisms like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that allow for the trading of carbon credits as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally.

Explanation

Diamond is a solid form of pure carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal.

Explanation

Singapore has imposed Carbon Tax from 2019 to cut its green house gas emissions. 

The 27 countries with significant carbon tax include

• Argentina, Canada,
• Chile, China,
• Colombia, Denmark,
• The European Union, Japan,
• Kazakhstan, South Korea,
• Mexico, New Zealand,
• Norway, Singapore,
• South Africa, Sweden,
• the UK, and Ukraine.

Explanation

New Zealand is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax.

for its people to address global warming in the year 2005.

New Zealand is first to levy carbon tax.

when the country becomes the first in the world to introduce a carbon tax to address global warming.

Explanation

The word "effervescent" means energetic

Effervescent: پرجوش یا ببلے دار

Energetic: توانائی سے بھرپور