Match List - I with List - II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Antarctic Treaty | (I) | 1992 |
| (B) | UN Conference on Environment and Development | (II) | 1987 |
| (C) | Antarctic Environmental Protocol | (III) | 1959 |
| (D) | Montreal Protocol | (IV) | 1991 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) The Antarctic Treaty — this matches (III) 1959.
(B) The UN Conference on Environment and Development — this matches (I) 1992. It was held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 and was also called the Earth Summit.
(C) The Antarctic Environmental Protocol — this matches (IV) 1991.
(D) The Montreal Protocol — this matches (II) 1987.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| – | – | – | 30-05 S1* 13-06 S1 02-07 S3* | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “Environmental Concerns in Global Politics … The growing focus on environmental issues within the arena of global politics was firmly consolidated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. This was also called the Earth Summit.… The Protection of Global Commons … Cooperation over the global commons is not easy. There have been many path-breaking agreements such as the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, the 1987 Montreal Protocol, and the 1991 Antarctic Environmental Protocol.…” |