MCQs 2026

Climate resilience refers to the ability of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend, responding or reorganizing in ways that maintain their essential function, identity, and structure.

The coalition's work focuses on building resilience to the impacts of climate change, which involves significant global cooperation.

The 2026 Global Peace Prize was awarded to the International Climate Resilience Coalition for its significant contributions to addressing climate change impacts.

The Fields Medal recognizes outstanding mathematical research in any of the recognized fields of mathematics, not exclusively applied mathematics.

The Fields Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to mathematics and for the promise of future achievement, with a strict age limit of 40 years.

The Fields Medal is awarded every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40. In 2026, it was awarded to four mathematicians.

The IPCC's 6th Assessment Report Synthesis Report (2023) highlighted that global greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest and be reduced by 43% by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5°C with no or limited overshoot.

The Paris Agreement and subsequent UN climate reports, including the IPCC's 6th Assessment Report, emphasize the goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. Its comprehensive assessment reports are crucial for informing policymakers and the public about climate change.

The MISHTI scheme focuses on coastal states and Union Territories with existing or potential mangrove areas. Punjab is a landlocked state and does not have natural mangrove ecosystems, unlike West Bengal, Gujarat, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands which have significant mangrove cover.