Q35 · UPSC Prelims 2018 · Set A · Environment and Ecology

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With reference to the 'Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)', which of the following statements is/are correct?1.GACSA is an outcome of the Climate Summit held in Paris in 2015.2.Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations.3.India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA.Select the correct answer using the code given below:

A 1 and 3 only
B 2 only
C 2 and 3 only
D 1, 2 and 3

Correct answer: (b) 2 only

Explanation

  1. A

    1 and 3 only

    (a) 1 and 3 only. GACSA was launched at the UN Climate Summit in New York in 2014, not as an outcome of Paris 2015, and India was not instrumental in creating it. Both 1 and 3 fail, so this is not the key.

  2. B

    2 only

    (b) 2 only. (b) Official key: Membership is voluntary and creates no binding obligations. Statements 1 and 3 are false. Only statement 2 is correct.

  3. C

    2 and 3 only

    (c) 2 and 3 only. Statement 2 is right; India’s founding role is not. This is not the key.

  4. D

    1, 2 and 3

    (d) 1, 2 and 3. Paris-origin and India-founder claims are wrong, so the all-correct code is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) 2 only. GACSA is a voluntary alliance from the 2014 UN Climate Summit, not Paris 2015, and India did not create it. There are no binding member duties. Honour the stored letter (b).

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