Project ForgeGeneral Aptitude
Verbal Aptitude
GATE 2020
Medium
Climate change and resilience deal with two aspects - reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources and reducing vulnerability of climate change aspects. The terms 'mitigation' and 'adaptation' are used to refer to these aspects, respectively.
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information?
- AMitigation deals with consequences of climate change.
- BAdaptation deals with causes of climate change.
- Mitigation deals with actions taken to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
- DAdaptation deals with actions taken to combat green-house gas emissions.
Explanation
'Mitigation' is defined in the passage as reduction of sources of non-renewable energy resources — i.e. reducing use of fossil fuels — matching option C directly. Options A, B, and D swap the two terms' actual definitions from the passage.
Source: GATE ME 2020 Session 2 (ME-2) (2020)
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