UPSC Prelims 2014— Question 86

Correct answer: Option A. The Global Environment Facility is a major multilateral financial mechanism serving several environmental conventions, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and UNFCCC. It finances projects and programmes rather than functioning primarily as an OECD scientific research agency. Therefore statement (a) alone is correct. Option A: Correct. This option is consistent with the governing fact or the valid combination identified in the question. The option reads: “It serves as financial mechanism for ‘Convention on Biological Diversity’ and ‘United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’” Option B: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “It undertakes scientific research on environmental issues at global level” Option C: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “It is an agency under OECD to facilitate the transfer of technology and funds to underdeveloped countries with specific aim to protect their environment.” Option D: Incorrect. This option does not match the verified answer because its proposition, location, institution, sequence, or combination conflicts with the relevant fact tested in the question. The option reads: “Both (a) and (b)” The key Prelims lesson is to test each proposition independently before selecting the combination. Where the question uses words such as 'only', 'all', 'none', 'always' or a precise institutional/geographical association, a single inaccurate component is sufficient to eliminate the option. The answer recorded here follows the official answer key for the question-paper series represented by the uploaded source and has been cross-checked against an independent published key. The explanation is intended for conceptual revision rather than as a reproduction of any third-party solution.