Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Climate policy must now put health at the centre and promote climate change mitigation policies that bring health benefits simultaneously. Health-focused climate policy would help bring about a planet that has cleaner air, more abundant and safer fresh water and food, more effective and fairer health and social protection systems, and, as a result, healthier people. Investments in clean energy will yield health gains that repay those investments twice over. There are proven interventions able to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, for instance, applying higher standards for vehicle emissions, which have been calculated to save approximately 2.4 million lives per year, through improved air quality and reduce global warming by about 0.5°C by 2050. The cost of renewable sources of energy has decreased significantly in the last few years, and solar energy is now cheaper than coal or gas in most major economies.
Question:
What is the ANTONYM for the word ‘promote’, from the passage?
Option 1: Conduct
Option 2: Obstruct
Option 3: Invade
Option 4: Exclude
Correct Answer: Obstruct
Solution : The correct answer to this question is the second option.
Explanation: In the given passage, the word promote is used in the context of advocating for or supporting climate change mitigation policies that bring health benefits. The antonym, therefore, would be a word that signifies opposing or working against such policies, whereas hinder or inhibit conveys the idea of obstructing or impeding progress, which contrasts with the positive action implied by "promote" in this context.
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