Economic & Strategic Multilateral Groupings — Practice MCQs

With reference to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025, consider the following statements:

1. The Tianjin Declaration and the SCO Development Strategy until 2035 were adopted at the 25th SCO Summit.
2. Laos was admitted as a partner country, taking SCO membership to 10 full members and 17 partner countries.
3. India became a full member of the SCO in 2005.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements about IMF lending instruments:

1. The Extended Fund Facility (EFF) supports countries with serious payment imbalances due to structural impediments or weak BoP.
2. Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is an international currency that can be held by individuals and private entities.
3. The SDR's value is based on a basket of five currencies: US Dollar, Euro, Chinese Renminbi, Japanese Yen, and British Pound Sterling.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Match the following groupings with their headquarters / chair-related fact:

Choose the correct match:

With reference to the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, consider the following statements:

1. It is the WTO's first multilateral agreement centred on environmental sustainability.
2. It was adopted at the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference in 2022.
3. India has joined the agreement to support the protection of small fishers.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Regarding the BRICS Rio Declaration (17th Summit), consider the following statements:

1. Indonesia joined as a new full member of BRICS.
2. Vietnam was added as a new partner country.
3. The Tropical Forest Forever Fund (TFFF) was launched at COP28 in the UAE.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Examine the following Assertion (A) and Reason (R):

Assertion (A): India hosts four BIMSTEC Centres of Excellence covering disaster management, sustainable maritime transport, traditional medicine, and agriculture research and training.

Reason (R): India is the largest economy and the geographic anchor of the Bay of Bengal community.

Consider the following statements about ASEAN:

1. Timor-Leste became the 11th member of ASEAN at the 47th ASEAN Summit.
2. The five founding members of ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
3. Timor-Leste is the only Asian nation located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the QUAD and the Wilmington Declaration, consider the following statements:

1. The QUAD Cancer Moonshot initially focuses on breast cancer in the Indo-Pacific.
2. MAITRI is a regional partnership to enhance maritime monitoring and law enforcement using IPMDA.
3. The QUAD-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission was launched by the Coast Guards of the four QUAD nations.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding NATO and the Dayton Peace Agreement:

1. NATO operates on the principle of collective defence under Article 5 of the Washington Treaty.
2. Sweden is the latest entrant to NATO, taking the membership to 32 countries.
3. The Dayton Peace Agreement of 1995 ended the Bosnian War, and its Annex 4 forms the current Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Which of the statements given above are correct?