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International Solar Alliance establishment

Curr. AffairsInternational climate and renewable energy initiativesStatement-basedMediumCurrent-affairs-linked

Question

Consider the following statements:

1The International Solar Alliance was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015.
2The Alliance includes all the member countries of the United Nations.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1.

    The International Solar Alliance was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015.

  2. 2.

    The Alliance includes all the member countries of the United Nations.

Options

a

1 only

Answer
b

2 only

c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

The International Solar Alliance was indeed launched at the UNFCCC meeting in Paris in December 2015, making statement 1 correct. However, statement 2 is incorrect because the ISA does not include all UN member countries; it is a coalition of countries primarily from the tropical and subtropical regions with high solar potential. The Alliance was initiated by India and France. Statement 2 fails because membership is selective and voluntary, not universal. > ISA: launched at Paris 2015, selective coalition not all UN members. Answer: (a).

Question details

Year

2016

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q81

Subject

Current Affairs

Sub-topic

International climate and renewable energy initiatives

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Current Affairs 2015

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