Consider the following statements:1.The International Solar Alliance was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015.2.The Alliance includes all the member countries of the United Nations.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. A

   1 only

   The International Solar Alliance was launched by India and France at the UNFCCC COP-21 in Paris in 2015. Statement 1 is therefore correct. Statement 2 is not: membership was originally for countries lying fully or partly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, not every UN member. 1 only is the official key.

2. B

   2 only

   Statement 2 alone would treat ISA as a UN-universal body. That was not the founding rule. 2 only is wrong.

3. C

   Both 1 and 2

   Both would require all UN members to be included. They were not, so both is not the key.

4. D

   Neither 1 nor 2

   Neither would deny the Paris 2015 launch, which is correct. This option is therefore wrong.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 only. ISA was unveiled at COP-21 as a coalition of sunshine countries to promote solar generation and lower technology costs. Headquarters is at Gurugram (National Institute of Solar Energy campus). It is a treaty-based international organisation, later opened more widely, but the 2016 exam statement that it includes all UN members is false. Only the launch statement stands.