UPSC PYQPrelims 2024

Civil Services Examination · Question 16

One of the following regions has the world's largest tropical peat-land, which holds about three years worth of the global carbon emissions from fossil fuels; and the possible destruction of which can exert detrimental effect on the global climate. Which one of the following denotes that region?

  1. Amazon Basin
  2. Congo Basin
  3. Kikori Basin
  4. Rio de la Plata Basin
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Answer: (B) Congo Basin