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1 How many Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are there?

	12
	17
	14

2 What does Goal 7 (energy for all) include?

	Increase the share of renewables in the global energy mix
	Universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
	Double the improvement rate in energy efficiency
	All above

3 How many people do not have access to electricity worldwide in 2018?

	1 billion
	100 million
	1.1 billion

4 Complete the following sentence: Having an open fire in your house for cooking is like:

	Smoking 400 cigarettes an hour
	No effect at all
	Smoking 40 cigarettes a day

5 95% of staple food needs to be cooked before they can be eaten. How many people die from household indoor air pollution, due to inefficient cooking practices using polluting fuels such as kerosene, wood etc?

	1 million every year
	4 million every year
	14 million every year

6 How much is the global fossil fuel subsidy in 2017 and how much investment is needed to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030 (Goal 7)?

	Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 100 billion & Investment needed: 30 billion
	Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 200 billion & Investment needed: 40 billion
	Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 300 billion & Investment needed: 52 billion

7 How does Goal 7 (energy for all) improve people’s live?

	All above.
	Energy services reduce the time spent by women and girls on basic survival activities (gathering firewood, fetching water, cooking, etc.)
	Solar lanterns increase the number of productive hours in the evening so that people can work longer at night and children can also study longer at night
	Renewables help to tackle climate change
	Mini-grids promote productive activities – resulting in increase in income
	Water desalination and purification using renewables can aid the availability of clean water