MCQs 2026

The chairmanship significantly boosts India's soft power and its role as a responsible global stakeholder in cultural diplomacy and heritage advocacy.

The committee's focus is on heritage preservation, sustainable tourism, management of World Heritage Sites, and challenges like climate change impacts. Space exploration technologies are outside its purview.

Chairing the committee provides India with a prominent platform to advocate for its heritage conservation policies and best practices on a global stage, enhancing its soft power and role in cultural diplomacy.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is responsible for implementing the World Heritage Convention, determining the inscription of new sites on the World Heritage List, and reviewing the state of conservation of existing sites.

India has been nominated to chair the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the 2026-2027 session. UNESCO is the parent organization responsible for the World Heritage Convention.

Captured CO2 can be utilized in various applications, creating value and contributing to a circular economy, such as in the production of fuels, chemicals, and construction materials.

The high capital investment required for CCUS infrastructure and the energy consumed by the capture process (energy penalty) are significant barriers to its widespread adoption.

Direct Air Capture (DAC) is a technology that removes CO2 directly from the ambient air, offering a way to address historical emissions and diffuse sources of pollution.

Sectors like cement and steel production have inherent process emissions that are difficult to eliminate through electrification alone, making CCUS a vital solution for their decarbonization.

CCUS technologies are designed to capture CO2 emissions from industrial processes and power plants, thereby preventing their release into the atmosphere and mitigating climate change.