Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Member States express their commitment to protect the planet from degradation and take urgent action on climate change.

Option 1: pollution

Option 2: hazard

Option 3: degeneration

Option 4: approval

Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
The outcome document of the Rio+20 Conference, the Future We Want, underscores climate change as "an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries". Through the document, Member States express their concern about the continuous rising of emissions of greenhouse gases and the vulnerability of all countries, particularly developing countries, to the adverse impacts of climate change.

Option 1: immemorable

Option 2: undeniable

Option 3: adventurous

Option 4: escapable

Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

The internationally agreed Declaration of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action, the so-called S.A.M.O.A Pathway, recognises that SIDS remains a special case for sustainable development in view of their unique and particular vulnerabilities.

Option 1: vast

Option 2: unsuitable

Option 3: rare

Option 4: imperishable

Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

For many, a warming climatic system is expected to impact the availability of basic necessities like freshwater, food security, and energy, while efforts to redress climate change, both through adaptation and mitigation, will similarly inform and shape the global development agenda.

Option 1: rise

Option 2: cure

Option 3: balance

Option 4: reduction

Question : Select the most appropriate SYNONYM of the underlined word.

No one was prepared for the environmental calamity that hit the town in the middle of the night.

Option 1: Damage

Option 2: Catastrophe

Option 3: Degradation

Option 4: Stress

Question : Who among the following is not a member of the National Development Council?

Option 1: The Prime Minister

Option 2: The Member of NITI Aayog

Option 3: The Chief Ministers of States

Option 4: The President of India