Consider the following statements : Statement 1 : The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Arbor Day Foundation have recently recognized Hyderabad as 2020 Tree City of the World. Statement 2 : Hyderabad was selected for the recognition for a year following its commitment to grow and maintain the urban forests. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Lists United Nations development agencies and shows that multiple UN bodies engage with social/environmental issues.

A student could use this to justify checking whether UNCDF (as a UN agency) partners with other organizations on city recognitions and then look up UNCDF's announcements or partner lists for 2020.

Describes the UN's role in addressing global issues and issuing declarations/initiatives.

Use this pattern to infer that UN-affiliated funds (like UNCDF) sometimes participate in city-level recognitions, so one should search UN/UNCDF communications for a Tree City collaboration in 2020.

Notes that environmental protection is on the UN's international agenda and that states/institutions take substantive steps after UN events.

A student could treat this as a general rule that UN-related environmental recognitions exist and therefore check UN/partner records (e.g., UNCDF press releases) for Tree City of the World entries for 2020.

Gives an example of India engaging with UN climate/forest programs (REDD+), showing Indian cities or institutions do participate in UN-linked forestry initiatives.

Combine this with knowledge that Indian cities engage internationally to motivate checking whether Hyderabad appears on international tree/city lists for 2020 (Arbor Day Foundation/UNCDF announcements).

Identifies Hyderabad as an administrative city of India, implying it is the kind of urban entity that could be nominated for city-level recognitions.

A student can use this to restrict searches to Hyderabad (the city) in Arbor Day Foundation/UNCDF 2020 city recognition lists or press releases.

Mentions 'Improvement in forest and tree cover in urban/ peri-urban lands' as an explicit goal/element of forest/afforestation missions.

A student could check the Tree City of the World criteria (which emphasize urban tree management) and then look for 2020 Hyderabad programs or targets that match this 'improvement in urban tree cover' objective.

Describes town planning goals for making cities 'livable, clean, safe and healthy', implying urban planning tools (like urban forestry) are part of such efforts.

Use this principle to examine whether Hyderabad's urban planning documents or initiatives in 2020 included commitments to urban forests as part of making the city more livable.

States that fast urbanisation and industrialisation lead to forest degradation, highlighting a common urban problem that would motivate urban tree-planting/maintenance programs.

A student could infer that cities with significant urbanisation (e.g., Hyderabad) might adopt urban forest commitments to counteract this degradation and then verify Hyderabad's specific actions or recognition.

Notes rapid urban growth in Hyderabad (listed among fast-growing metros), indicating pressures that often prompt urban greening/forestry responses.

Combine this fact with knowledge that fast-growing cities often pursue urban forest programs; then search for Hyderabad's 2020 urban forestry initiatives or application to Tree City programmes.

Identifies Hyderabad as high risk for urban disasters, a condition that can encourage cities to adopt tree/green infrastructure for resilience.

Use the disaster-risk context to hypothesize that Hyderabad might have implemented/claimed urban-forest measures for resilience and then check whether such measures were cited in its 2020 Tree City recognition.

Mentions that Eco‑City conferences have been organized annually, establishing that some urban environmental recognitions/events follow an annual cadence.

A student could infer that environmental city programs sometimes operate on yearly cycles and therefore check whether Tree Cities follows a similar annual designation model (e.g., by comparing program language or yearly lists).

Repeats that Eco‑City conferences were held repeatedly at listed locations, reinforcing the pattern of recurring (often annual) events for urban environmental initiatives.

Use the example of recurring eco‑city events to hypothesize Tree Cities might publish annual cohorts; then verify by looking for year‑tagged lists or annual reports.

Gives a concrete example of an urban award (Swachh Survekshan) being conferred year‑by‑year — Indore won 'cleanest city' for seven years in a row — showing that national urban recognitions are often annual.

By analogy, a student could treat Tree Cities as likely to have yearly awards and look for '2020 Tree Cities' listings or 'annual' wording on program materials to confirm whether status is year‑specific.

Describes a multi‑year mission with a defined duration (seven years), indicating urban environmental programs often have explicit timeframes and periodic milestones.

A student could use this pattern to expect explicit temporal wording (annual, multi‑year) for Tree Cities and seek such timebound language or year‑specific designations to judge if 2020 status is time‑limited.