Match List I (Goals/Targets of MDGs and SDGs) with List II (Number of Goals/Targets) and choose the correct answer from the options given below.

List I

i.Goals in Millennium Development Goals

ii.Targets in Millennium Development Goals

iii.Goals in Sustainable Development Goals

iv.Targets in Sustainable Development Goals

List II

a.8

b.17

c.21

d.169

Ai-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d ✓ Correct

Bi-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d

Ci-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c

Di-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a

Correct answer: (A) i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-d

Explanation

The Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals differ sharply in their counts.

The Millennium Development Goals numbered eight in all.

The Millennium Development Goals carried twenty-one targets.

The Sustainable Development Goals number seventeen.

The Sustainable Development Goals set out one hundred sixty-nine targets.

The MDGs ran from 2000 to 2015, after which the broader SDGs took their place.

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