At the time of the June 2015 UGC NET examination, India’s contribution to…
2015
At the time of the June 2015 UGC NET examination, India’s contribution to total global carbon dioxide emissions was about:
Answer: B. ~ 6% — ConceptA country’s share of global annual carbon dioxide emissions compares that country’s emissions with the world total for the same year. Share (%) =…
- A.
~ 3%
- B.
~ 6%
- C.
~ 10%
- D.
~ 15%
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
Concept
A country’s share of global annual carbon dioxide emissions compares that country’s emissions with the world total for the same year.
Share (%) = (country emissions ÷ global emissions) × 100. This annual share must not be confused with per-capita emissions or cumulative historical contribution.
Application
This is a UGC NET June 2015 Paper I item, so its intended reference is the annual-emissions context at the time of that examination.
Use the final key for the exact June 2015 Paper I stem as the canonical source.
The final key resolves the source value as approximately 6%.
In this question record, that verified value is written as ~ 6%.
Contrast
~ 3% can arise in discussions of India’s cumulative historical contribution, which uses a different time aggregation.
~ 10% would represent one-tenth of the annual global total, a larger share than the contemporaneous value.
~ 15% would represent fifteen parts per hundred of the annual global total, also larger than the contemporaneous value.
Cross-check and result
Contemporaneous 2015 reporting also placed India at about 6% of annual global emissions. Thus the exam key and the period evidence agree: India’s contribution was about 6%.