GATE 2020 PI – Question 6

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Reading Comprehension and Narrative Sequencing · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Climate change and resilience deal with reducing nonrenewable-energy sources and reducing vulnerability to climate-change impacts. “Mitigation” and “adaptation” refer respectively to these aspects. Which assertion follows?

Mitigation deals with climate-change consequences.
Adaptation deals with climate-change causes.
Mitigation includes reducing fossil-fuel use.
Adaptation includes combating greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Correct answer: (C) Mitigation includes reducing fossil-fuel use.

Explanation

The passage associates mitigation with reducing sources and adaptation with vulnerability to consequences. Fossil-fuel reduction addresses the cause of emissions, so C follows. The other choices interchange cause reduction and impact adaptation.

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