UPSC PYQPrelims 2025

Civil Services Examination · Question 16

With reference to 'Direct Air Capture', an emerging technology, which of the following statements is/are correct? I. It can be used as a way of carbon sequestration. II. It can be a valuable approach for plastic production and in food processing. III. In aviation, it can be a source of carbon for combining with hydrogen to create synthetic low-carbon fuel. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. I and II only
  2. III only
  3. I, II and III
  4. None of the above statements is correct
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Answer: (C) I, II and III

Explanation

Captured CO2 can be sequestered, used as feedstock in plastics/food carbonation, and converted with hydrogen into synthetic aviation fuel.