Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Brundtland Report | (I) | 1992 |
| (B) | Antarctic Treaty | (II) | 1991 |
| (C) | Antarctic Environmental Protocol | (III) | 1959 |
| (D) | Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro | (IV) | 1987 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Brundtland Report — this matches (IV) 1987.
(B) Antarctic Treaty — this matches (III) 1959.
(C) Antarctic Environmental Protocol — this matches (II) 1991.
(D) Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro — this matches (I) 1992.
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.… Environmental Concerns in Global Politics … Five years earlier, the 1987 Brundtland Report, Our Common Future, had warned that traditional patterns of economic growth were not sustainable in the long term, especially in view of the demands of the South for further industrial development.… 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.…” |