India's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan translates the global framework into how many National Biodiversity Targets?
- A.17 targets
- B.23 targets
- C.30 targets
- D.42 targets
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Explanation
The correct answer is 23 targets. India's minister told the High-Level Segment that the country's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan converts the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework into 23 National Biodiversity Targets, and that progress against them is measured through 142 indicators. Option A is wrong because seventeen is the number of the Conference of the Parties itself, and mixing the edition number with the target count is the trap this question sets. Option C is wrong because thirty is not the figure India reported, even though round numbers feel plausible in such statements. Option D is wrong because forty-two is close to the indicator count of 142 and not to the number of targets. For revision, store the two numbers as a pair: twenty-three targets and one hundred forty-two indicators, both drawn from the same plan, and note that they are national translations of a framework agreed globally.
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Practice Questions
CBD COP-17, where India delivered its National Statement, was held in which city?
- A.Baku, Azerbaijan
- B.Yerevan, Armenia
- C.Tbilisi, Georgia
- D.Cali, Colombia
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The 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity met at Yerevan, and the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change thanked the Government of Armenia for hosting the seventeenth meeting of the Convention.
Read the full explanation →As stated by India at CBD COP-17, how many Ramsar sites does the country have?
- A.57
- B.75
- C.103
- D.112
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In its National Statement India listed its conservation network as 1,134 Protected Areas, 103 Ramsar sites, 57 Biodiversity Heritage Sites and 18 Biosphere Reserves, of which 13 belong to the Man and the Biosphere network of UNESCO.
Read the full explanation →'One Nation, One Time', referred to at the CIML meeting, is the name of which Indian project?
- A.A single time zone for the whole country
- B.The National Time Dissemination Project
- C.A single financial year for all states
- D.A common clock for railway timetables
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Smt. Nidhi Khare, Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, described 'One Nation, One Time' as this project, whose aim is to make accurate, reliable and traceable Indian Standard Time available throughout the country.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the international seminar held at the opening of the CIML meeting in New Delhi?
- A.Measures for a Viksit Bharat
- B.Evolutions in Legal Metrology
- C.Standards for Fair Trade
- D.Metrology in the Digital Age
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The programme in New Delhi began with an international seminar on that theme, and the first session of the committee followed it.
Read the full explanation →The International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) is the governing committee of which international organisation?
- A.International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML)
- B.International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- C.World Trade Organization (WTO)
- D.International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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CIML is the committee of the OIML, and the meeting in New Delhi brings together delegates, officials and technical experts from member countries to take forward cooperation on measurement standards, protection of consumers and fair trade.
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