Correct answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- A
1 only
(a) 1 only. The first APMCHUD was held in New Delhi in 2006, but the theme given — ‘Emerging Urban Forms – Policy Responses and Governance Structure’ — is not that inaugural theme. Statement 1 therefore fails as written.
- B
2 only
(b) 2 only. India does not host all the ministerial conferences, nor in a standing partnership that stages every annual meet with ADB, APEC and ASEAN. Statement 2 is false.
- C
Both 1 and 2
(c) Both 1 and 2. Both the wrong theme and the ‘India hosts all’ claim fail.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2. The 2006 Delhi meet’s theme is misquoted, and India is not the permanent annual host with those three organisations. This is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) neither 1 nor 2. APMCHUD is an ESCAP-region ministerial process on housing and urban development. The first conference was in New Delhi in 2006, but not under the ‘Emerging Urban Forms…’ title used in statement 1. Later sessions rotated among member countries; India is not the host of every annual conference with ADB, APEC and ASEAN. Both statements fall. Habitat III is a neighbouring global urban summit.
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