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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 41 of 200

Q41
General ScienceEnvironment & Ecology
The highest global warming potential is observed in
  1. a.CO$_2$
  2. b.NO$_2$
  3. c.CFC
  4. d.SF$_6$

Answer: (D) SF$_6$

Sulphur hexafluoride has a 100-year global warming potential of about 23,500 times that of CO$_2$, the highest of any gas assessed by the IPCC. CFCs have GWPs in the thousands, while CO$_2$ is the reference value of 1.

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