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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 141 of 200

Q141
General ScienceEnvironment & Ecology
The Global Warming Potential of CO$_2$ is
  1. a.1
  2. b.2
  3. c.3
  4. d.4

Answer: (A) 1

Global warming potential compares the heat trapped by a gas with that trapped by the same mass of CO$_2$, so CO$_2$ is the reference with a GWP of exactly 1. Methane and other gases are expressed as multiples of it.

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