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The document lists the Environment & Ecology Mains previous year questions from 2013 to 2024, covering various topics such as pollution, climate change, and conservation programs. Each entry includes the year, question, topic, and marks allocated. The questions emphasize the importance of environmental issues in India and the government's initiatives to address them.

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Mains PYQ

The document lists the Environment & Ecology Mains previous year questions from 2013 to 2024, covering various topics such as pollution, climate change, and conservation programs. Each entry includes the year, question, topic, and marks allocated. The questions emphasize the importance of environmental issues in India and the government's initiatives to address them.

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Environment & Ecology Mains PYQ 2013-2024

Year Question Topic Marks


2024 Industrial pollution of river water is a significant environmental Pollution 10
issue in India. Discuss the various mitigation measures to deal
with this problem and also the government’s initiatives in this
regard
2024 What role do environmental NGOs and activists play in EIA 10
influencing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes
for major projects in India? Cite four examples with all
important details
2024 The world is facing an acute shortage of clean and safe Water Crisis 15
freshwater. What are the alternative technologies which can
solve this crisis? Briefly discuss any three such technologies
citing their key merits and demerits.
2023 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has International 15
predicted a global sea level rise of about one metre by AD 2100. Mechanisms
What would be its impact in India and the other
countries in the Indian Ocean region?
2023 Comment on the National Wetland Conservation Programme Programme
initiated by the Government of India and name a few India’s
wetlands of international importance
included in the Ramsar Sites.
2023 What is oil pollution? What are its impacts on the marine Pollution 10
ecosystem? In what way is pollution particularly harmful for a
country like India.
2022 Discuss global warming and mention its effects on the global International 15
climate. Explain the control measures to bring down the level of Mechanisms
greenhouse gases which cause global warming, in the light of
the Kyoto Protocol, 1997.
2022 Discuss in detail the photochemical smog emphasizing its International 10
Mechanisms
formation, effects and mitigation. Explain the 1999 Gothenburg
Protocol.

Aby Mathews | Faculty : Environment & Ecology | Fortune IAS


2022 Each year a large amount of plant material, cellulose, is Concept 10
deposited on the surface of Planet Earth. What are the natural
processes this cellulose undergoes before yielding carbon
dioxide, water and other end products?
2021 Describe the major outcomes of the 26th session of the International 15
Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Mechanisms
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). What are
the commitments made by India in this conference?
2021 Describe the key points of the revised Global Air Quality International 10
Guidelines (AQGs) recently released by the World Health Mechanisms
Organisation (WHO). How are these different from its last
update in 2005? What changes in India’s National Clean Air
Programme are required to achieve these revised standards?
2021 Explain the purpose of the Green Grid Initiative launched at the International 10
World Leaders Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Mechanisms
Conference in Glasgow in November 2021. When was this idea
first floated in the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
2020 What are the key features of the National Clean Air Programme 15
(NCAP) initiated by the Government of India? Programmes

2020 Describe the benefits of deriving electric energy from sunlight in 15


contrast to the conventional energy generation. What are the Programmes
initiatives offered by our Government for this purpose?

2020 What are the salient features of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan 10
launches by the Government of India for water conservation Programmes
and water security?

2020 How does the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) EIA 10
Notification, 2020 differ from the existing EIA Notification,
2006?
2019 Coastal sand mining, whether legal or illegal, poses one of the Mining 10
biggest threats to our environment. Analyse the impact of sand
mining along the Indian coasts, citing specific examples.

Aby Mathews | Faculty : Environment & Ecology | Fortune IAS


2019 Define the concept of carrying capacity of an ecosystem as Concept 15
relevant to an environment. Explain how understanding this
concept is vital while planning for sustainable development of a
region.

2018 How does biodiversity vary in India? How is the Biological Act 15
Diversity Act, 2002 helpful in conservation of flora and fauna?
2018 What is wetland? Explain the Ramsar concept of ‘wise use’ in International 10
the context of wetland conservation. Cite two examples of Mechanisms
Ramsar sites from India.
2018 What are the impediments in disposing the huge quantities of Waste 10
discarded solid wastes which are continuously being generated?
How do we remove safely the toxic wastes that have been
accumulating in our habitable environment?
2017 ‘Climate Change’ is a global problem. How India will be affected Impact 15
by climate change? How Himalayan and coastal states of India
will be affected by climate change?
2017 Not many years ago, river linking was a concept but it is Projects 10
becoming reality in the country. Discuss the advantages of river
linking and its possible impact on the environment.
2016 Rehabilitation of human settlements is one of the important EIA 12.5
environmental impacts which always attracts controversy while
planning major projects. Discuss the measures suggested for
mitigation of this impact while proposing major developmental
projects.
2016 Give an account of the current status and the targets to be Programmes 12.5
achieved pertaining to renewable energy sources in the country.
Discuss in brief the importance of National Programme on Light
Emitting Diodes (LEDs).
2015 The Namami Gange and National mission for clean Ganga Power 12.5
(NMCG) programmes and causes of mixed results from the Industry
previous schemes. What quantum leaps can help preserve the
river Ganga better than incremental inputs?
2015 To what factors can the recent dramatic fall in equipment costs Projects 12.5
and tariff of solar energy be attributed? What implications does
the trend have for the thermal power producers and the related
industry?

Aby Mathews | Faculty : Environment & Ecology | Fortune IAS


2014 Environmental impact assessment studies are increasingly EIA 12.5
undertaken before project is cleared by the government.
Discuss the environmental impacts of coal-fired thermal plants
located at Pitheads.
2014 Should the pursuit of carbon credit and clean development International 12.5
mechanism set up under UNFCCC be maintained even through Mechanisms
there has been a massive slide in the value of carbon credit?
Discuss with respect to India’s energy needs for economic
growth
2013 What are the consequences of illegal mining? Discuss the Mining 10
ministry of environment and forests’ concept of “GO AND NO
GO” zones for coal mining.
2013 Write a note on India’s green energy corridor to alleviate the Alleviation 10
problems of conventional energy. Measures
2013 What do you understand by run of the river hydroelectricity Projects 5
project? How is it different from any other hydroelectricity
project?
2013 Enumerate the National Water Policy of India. Taking river Programmes 10
Ganges as an example, discuss the strategies which may be
adopted for river water pollution control and management.
What are the legal provisions for management and handling of
hazardous wastes in India?

Aby Mathews | Faculty : Environment & Ecology | Fortune IAS

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