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Subject: Current Affairs Chapter: Climate Conferences & Summits

2015 PYQ

Question 87

What is Rio+20 Conference, often mentioned in the news?

Choose one answer AIt is the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development BIt is a Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization CIt is a Conference of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change DIt is a Conference of the Member Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Correct answer: A

Correct Option: A Explanation: Rio+20 was the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro, twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit. Option-wise Analysis: A: Correct - Rio+20 was a UN summit about sustainable development. B: Incorrect - It was not a WTO ministerial trade meeting. C: Incorrect - It was not an IPCC scientific assessment conference. D: Incorrect - It was not restricted to the parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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