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In which year was the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed?

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  1. 1980

  2. 1991

  3. 1989

  4. 1995

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

After the failure of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), a treaty was signed in 1991 which was called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001resulted in the removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence.

Anti-Arrack movement was started in ______ district of Andhra Pradesh.

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  1. East Godavari

  2. Nellore

  3. Srikakulam

  4. Vijayanagaram

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Correct Option: B

_________ was the president of USA who signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

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  1. George H.W. Bush

  2. Jimmy Carter

  3. Ronald Reagen

  4. Bill Clinton

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START, was signed on July 31, 1991 by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001 resulted in the removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence.

Name the chemical that leaked and caused the disaster.

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  1. Methyl Isocyanide

  2. Methyl Isocyanate

  3. Methyl Isocarbonate

  4. Methyl Chloride

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Correct Option: B

UN climate change conference held between $30^{th} Nov, 2015$ to $12^{th} Dec, 2015$ led to the ___________.

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  1. Paris Agreement

  2. French Agreement

  3. EU Agreement

  4. Climate Agreement

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that has hampered the food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall on agricultural production. There was a United nations climate change conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is known as Paris agreement. 

Global climatic changes will affect ___________ in many places, due to affects of soil erosion and reduced rainfall, on agricultural production.

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  1. incomes of people

  2. food security

  3. employment level

  4. demand of goods

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Global warming refers to an increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that have hampered food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall, or events of extreme rainfall. 

The key element of the Paris Agreement is to set a goal of limiting _________ to less than 2 degree celsius compared to pre-industrial level. 

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  1. global warming

  2. urban temperature

  3. rural temperature

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: A

UN climate change conference was held in the year _________ in Paris, France.

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  1. 2015

  2. 2012

  3. 2009

  4. 2013

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated. Global warming has caused global climatic changes that has hampered the food security as a result of soil erosion and reduced rainfall on agricultural production. There was a United nations climate change conference that was held in the year 2015 in Paris, France which is known as Paris agreement. 

Global warming refers to increase in the average ___________ globally.

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  1. income

  2. standard of living

  3. temperature

  4. population

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Correct Option: C
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Global warming refers to increase in the average temperature of the globe due to heat that gets trapped in the atmosphere because of which the surface of the earth is heated.

The Paris Agreement was signed to take action to curb ____________.

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  1. population

  2. greenhouse gas emissions

  3. trade restrictions

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B