UPSC Prelims 2014 · Question 59 of 100
UPSC Prelims 2014 question on Earth Hour
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2014
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectEnvironment and Ecology
- TopicEnvironmental Organisations
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeStatement
Consider the following statements regarding 'Earth Hour':
1. It is an initiative of UNEP and UNESCO.
2. It is a movement in which the participants switch off the lights for one hour on a certain day every year.
3. It is a movement to raise the awareness about the climate change and the need to save the planet.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Show answer
Answer: C. 2 and 3 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 and 3 only. Earth Hour is a WWF initiative, not a UNEP or UNESCO one, though the description of the switch off and its purpose is accurate.
Analysis
Statement 1 is INCORRECT. Earth Hour is organised by WWF, the World Wide Fund for Nature, and began in Sydney in 2007. Statement 2 is CORRECT. Participants switch off non essential lights for one hour on a designated evening each year. Statement 3 is CORRECT. The purpose is to raise public awareness of climate change and of the need for individual and collective action.
Source
Earth Hour official material.
How to crack it
The organiser is the tested fact in almost every campaign question, so log initiative, organiser and year as one line whenever a global campaign appears in the news. Note the structural giveaway too: statements 2 and 3 simply describe what everyone knows the campaign does, so the question cannot turn on them, and the examiner's real target must be statement 1. Identifying which statement is doing the work is often faster than evaluating all three.
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