Match List-I (strategy for sustainable development) with List-II (the…

Match List-I (strategy for sustainable development) with List-II (the problem it helps to solve):

List-I	List-II
(A) CNG in public transport	(I) Contamination of food, soil and water by chemical pesticides
(B) Subsidised LPG for rural households	(II) Air pollution in cities such as Delhi
(C) Pesticides based on neem	(III) Productive land and ground water harmed by chemical fertilisers
(D) Compost made from organic wastes	(IV) Household pollution from burning wood and dung cake

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

Each strategy was brought in to deal with a particular problem.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) CNG in public transport	(II) Air pollution in cities such as Delhi	CNG in Delhi’s public transport has significantly lowered air pollution.
(B) Subsidised LPG for rural households	(IV) Household pollution from burning wood and dung cake	LPG is a clean fuel that reduces household pollution.
(C) Pesticides based on neem	(I) Contamination of food, soil and water by chemical pesticides	Plant-based pesticides are a better method of pest control than chemicals.
(D) Compost made from organic wastes	(III) Productive land and ground water harmed by chemical fertilisers	Farmers have gone back to compost after chemical fertilisers harmed land and water.

CNG and LPG are both gas fuels, but CNG is used in urban public transport, while LPG replaces wood and dung cake in rural homes.

NCERT (2026-27): “7.5 Strategies for Sustainable Development … Households in rural areas generally use wood, dung cake or other biomass as fuel. This practice has several adverse implications like deforestation, reduction in green cover, wastage of cattle dung and air pollution. To rectify the situation, subsidised LPG is being provided. In addition, gobar gas plants are being provided through easy loans and subsidy. As far as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is concerned, it is a clean fuel — it reduces household pollution to a large extent. …”

“CNG in Urban Areas: In Delhi, the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as fuel in public transport system has significantly lowered air pollution and the air has become cleaner. …”

“… Biocomposting: In our quest to increase agricultural production during the last five decades or so, we almost totally neglected the use of compost and completely switched over to chemical fertilisers. The result is that large tracts of productive land have been adversely affected, water bodies including ground water system have suffered due to chemical contamination and demand for irrigation has been going up year after year. Farmers, in large numbers all over the country, have again started using compost made from organic wastes of different types. …”

“… Biopest Control: With the advent of green revolution, the entire country entered into a frenzy to use more and more chemical pesticides for higher yield. Soon, the adverse impacts began to show; food products were contaminated, soil, water bodies and even ground water were polluted with pesticides. … One such step is the use of pesticides based on plant products. Neem trees are proving to be quite useful. …”