Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (UN related events) | LIST-II (Year) | ||
| A. | UN Human Development Report that confirmed that 663 million people in developing countries have no access to safe water. | I. | 1972 |
| B. | ‘Limits of Growth’ | II. | 1992 |
| C. | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro | III. | 1991 |
| D. | Antarctic Environmental Protocol | IV. | 2016 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A - IV, B - I, C - II, D - III
(A) UN Human Development Report that confirmed that 663 million people in developing countries have no access to safe water — this matches (IV) 2016.
(B) ‘Limits of Growth’ — this matches (I) 1972, when the Club of Rome published Limits to Growth.
(C) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro — this matches (II) 1992, the Earth Summit.
(D) Antarctic Environmental Protocol — this matches (III) 1991.
NCERT (2025-26): “Environmental Concerns in Global Politics … According to the Human Development Report 2016 of the United Nations Development Programme, 663 million people in developing countries have no access to safe water and 2.4 billion have no access to sanitation, resulting in the death of more than three million children every year. … … The Club of Rome, a global think tank, published a book in 1972 entitled Limits to Growth, dramatising the potential depletion of the Earth’s resources against the backdrop of rapidly growing world population. … … 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. … … 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.” |