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 International Solar Alliance was launched on the sidelines of COP 24.
Statement II:ISA was launched by PM Modi and France President Emmanuel Macron.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
Explanation
The International Solar Alliance was actually launched at COP21 in Paris in 2015, not at COP24.
Statement 1 is wrong because it links the launch to COP24 instead of the Paris climate summit.
Statement 2 is wrong because the alliance was jointly launched by PM Modi and the then French President Francois Hollande, not Emmanuel Macron.
Macron later became closely associated with the alliance, but he was not present at its founding.
The alliance is headquartered at Gurugram, India, and promotes solar energy among sun-rich countries.
It targets mobilising large-scale investment to expand solar power in member nations.
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