Question

QQ41. Directions for the following 4 (four) items : Read the following two passages and answer the items that follow the passages. Your answers to these items should be based on the passages only. Passage Over the next 30 years, many countries are promising to move to net-zero carbon, implying that household emissions will have to be cut to close to nothing. A leading climate scientist reckons that, at best, half the reduction might be achieved through demand-side measures, such as behavioural changes by individuals and households. And even that would require companies and governments to provide more incentives to change through supply-side investments to make low-carbon options cheaper and more widely available. Which one of the following statements best reflects the central idea conveyed by the passage ?

Options

1. A Moving to net-zero carbon is possible only by the reduction in household emissions.
2. B Low-carbon behaviour in people can be brought about by incentivising them.
3. C Cheaper goods and services can be made available to people by using low-carbon technologies.
4. D Manufacturing industries that use low-carbon technologies should be provided with subsidies.