IBPS PO General Awareness: Environmental Issues questions with solutions

Q1. The very science that the world is (###Q106###) to reach the moon, Mars and beyond, is now telling us that we might have to abandon ship if we keep polluting and abusing the environment and have leaders who ignore science.

1. outgrowing
2. illustrating
3. warping
4. abusing

Answer: abusing

The sentence talks about harming the environment, so the word should mean mistreating it. "Abusing" fits both grammatically and semantically, while the other options do not convey the intended meaning.