UPSC Prelims 2018— Question 26

**Concept and analysis:** India's Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 was enacted in the context of India's obligations under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Geographical indications identify goods whose qualities or reputation are linked to a particular geographical origin. The relevant international institution for the obligation in the question is therefore the WTO. The question is testing precise UPSC-level identification rather than a broad association. The key is to distinguish the exact institutional, constitutional, historical, geographical, economic or scientific feature being asked. **Option-wise evaluation** **Option A:** Incorrect. ILO is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option B:** Incorrect. IMF is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option C:** Incorrect. UNCTAD is a different institution, place, definition, proposition or description and does not satisfy the specific requirement of the question. **Option D:** Correct. WTO directly matches the concept or factual identification established in the analysis. **UPSC takeaway:** The safest way to solve this type of question is to anchor the answer in the defining feature of the concept and then test every option against that feature. Closely related institutions or terms are often used as distractors. In statement-based questions, do not judge the option as a whole before checking each statement independently. In factual questions, compare the wording of each option with the exact definition, location, institutional role, chronology or scientific property. The correct answer follows from that verification rather than from familiarity with a keyword.