Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:The ISA is an alliance of countries most of which lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the pole.
Statement II:Presently, ISA is headed by India.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Explanation
The first statement is wrong, since the alliance mainly gathers countries lying between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, not up to the pole.
The second statement is correct that India currently heads the alliance.
The sunshine belt between the two tropics defines the alliance's core membership.
India, as host and co-founder, holds a leading role in the alliance.
The geographic claim fails while the leadership claim holds.
The alliance now includes many countries beyond the tropical belt as well.
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