What is the primary purpose of satellite tagging the Ganges river dolphin under Project Dolphin?
- A) To monitor its feeding habits
- B) To understand its migratory patterns, range, and habitat utilization
- C) To identify its predators
- D) To track its genetic diversity
What are some of the key threats to the Ganges river dolphin’s survival?
- A) Overfishing and natural predators
- B) River pollution, construction of dams, and poaching
- C) Lack of prey and habitat overcrowding
- D) Melting glaciers and rising sea levels
What conservation initiative was launched in 2020 to protect the Ganges river dolphin, modeled after Project Tiger?
- A) Project Aquatic Life
- B) Project Ganga Revival
- C) Project Dolphin
- D) River Life Conservation Plan
What is the primary goal of the Climate Action Tracker (CAT)?
- A) To provide climate finance for developing countries
- B) To track global temperature rise and assess countries' climate actions
- C) To reduce global carbon emissions
- D) To implement national climate policies
Which two organizations run the Climate Action Tracker (CAT)?
- A) Climate Institute and UNFCCC
- B) Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute
- C) IPCC and UNEP
- D) Greenpeace and WWF
How does CAT assess countries' climate actions?
- A) By analyzing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
- B) By measuring the actual reduction in emissions
- C) By examining national climate laws and regulations
- D) By conducting surveys of national leaders
What is the exchange rate?
- A) The value of one country’s currency relative to another currency
- B) The value of a country's stock market
- C) The rate at which a country’s goods are traded
- D) The rate at which interest is charged on loans
What determines the exchange rate between two currencies?
- A) The number of goods each country produces
- B) The demand for each currency
- C) The political system of the countries involved
- D) The GDP of each country
What happens to the exchange rate if demand for the US dollar exceeds demand for the Indian rupee?
- A) The rupee appreciates
- B) The rupee depreciates
- C) The dollar loses value
- D) The rupee remains stable
Which of the following factors can lead to a weakening of the Indian rupee against the US dollar?
- A) Increased Indian exports to the US
- B) Higher Indian investments in the US
- C) Higher demand for US services in India
- D) Increased tariffs on US goods in India
If India imports more goods from the US than it exports to the US, what is likely to happen?
- A) The Indian rupee will strengthen
- B) The Indian rupee will weaken
- C) The exchange rate will remain unchanged
- D) The US dollar will weaken
How does inflation affect currency value?
- A) It strengthens the currency
- B) It weakens the currency
- C) It has no effect on the currency
- D) It makes the currency more stable
What could happen if inflation in India remains high while inflation in the US is reduced to zero?
- A) The Indian rupee would appreciate against the US dollar
- B) The Indian rupee would depreciate against the US dollar
- C) The US dollar would depreciate
- D) The exchange rate would remain stable
What is one potential impact of the US slapping high tariffs on Indian goods?
- A) Increased demand for the Indian rupee
- B) Decreased demand for the Indian rupee
- C) Increased demand for the US dollar
- D) No change in the exchange rate
Which of the following factors can affect demand for the Indian rupee?
- A) The interest rate in the US
- B) High tariffs on Indian exports
- C) Increased demand for Indian services in the US
- D) The US government’s budget deficit
What could cause investors to pull out money from India, weakening the Indian rupee?
- A) High inflation in India
- B) Strong economic performance in India
- C) Low inflation in India
- D) Increased foreign investment in India
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