Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2023 · Current Affairs · Question 50

Consider the following infrastructure sectors:

  1. Affordable housing
  2. Mass rapid transport
  3. Health care
  4. Renewable energy. On how many of the above does UNOPS Sustainable Investments in Infrastructure and Innovation (S3i) initiative focus for its investments?
  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four

Answer

Only three

Re-examination of S3i sectors:

  1. Affordable housing — Included. UNOPS S3i explicitly targeted affordable housing. Verdict: Correct.
  2. Mass rapid transport — Included. S3i covered transport infrastructure/public transit. Verdict: Correct.
  3. Health care — Not a core listed S3i investment focus in the standard description used for this question. The initiative was mainly cited for housing, renewable energy, and transport-related infrastructure. Verdict: Incorrect.
  4. Renewable energy — Included. Renewable energy was a clear S3i focus area. Verdict: Correct.

So, three of the four sectors are covered; hence (c) Only three.

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