UPSC International Relations – Chapter 17: Global and Regional Groupings – G20, BRICS, SCO, BIMSTEC and Others (26 MCQs)
UPSC International Relations – Chapter 17: Global and Regional Groupings – G20, BRICS, SCO, BIMSTEC and Others (26 MCQs) – 26 questions, subject: International Relations. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The G20 held its first leaders' summit in 2008 at:
Correct Answer: B [Washington, D.C.]
Explanation:
The first G20 leaders' summit, on financial markets and the world economy, met at Washington, D.C., in November 2008.
Iran became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in 2023 under the chairmanship of:
Correct Answer: A [India]
Explanation:
Iran was admitted at the SCO summit of July 2023, held virtually under India's chairmanship.
The 'Bangkok Vision 2030' was adopted in April 2025 at the summit of:
Correct Answer: B [BIMSTEC]
Explanation:
the 6th BIMSTEC summit, held at Bangkok in April 2025, adopted the Bangkok Vision 2030.
South Africa joined the BRIC grouping in:
Correct Answer: D [2010]
Explanation:
South Africa was admitted at the BRIC foreign ministers' meeting of September 2010, turning BRIC into BRICS.
The New Development Bank is headquartered at:
Correct Answer: A [Shanghai]
Explanation:
The Agreement on the New Development Bank, signed at Fortaleza in 2014, placed the bank's headquarters at Shanghai, China.
The size of the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement is:
Correct Answer: C [US $100 billion]
Explanation:
The treaty signed at Fortaleza in 2014 set the total committed resources of the Contingent Reserve Arrangement at US $100 billion.
Which of the following joined BRICS as a full member in January 2025?
Correct Answer: A [Indonesia]
Explanation:
Indonesia was admitted as a full member of BRICS in January 2025, during Brazil's chairship.
The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the SCO is located at:
Correct Answer: A [Tashkent]
Explanation:
The SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, one of its two permanent bodies, has its executive committee at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
India became a full member of the SCO in 2017 at the summit held in:
Correct Answer: D [Astana]
Explanation:
India and Pakistan were admitted as full members of the SCO at the Astana summit of June 2017.
Consider the following statements:
1. BIMSTEC was formed by the Bangkok Declaration of 1997.
2. The BIMSTEC Secretariat is in Dhaka.
3. Nepal and Bhutan were founding members of BIMSTEC.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
BIMSTEC began with the 1997 Bangkok Declaration and its secretariat is at Dhaka; Nepal and Bhutan joined only in 2004.
Assertion (A): India does not endorse the Belt and Road Initiative in SCO statements.
Reason (R): The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, part of the BRI, passes through territory that India claims.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
India holds that CPEC violates its sovereignty in territory it claims, which is why it will not endorse the BRI in SCO texts.
The BIMSTEC Charter came into force in:
Correct Answer: C [2024]
Explanation:
The BIMSTEC Charter, signed at the Colombo summit of 2022, entered into force in 2024 after ratification by all seven members.
India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime in:
Correct Answer: D [2016]
Explanation:
India became the 35th member of the Missile Technology Control Regime in June 2016.
The Global Biofuels Alliance was launched during the G20 summit held in:
Correct Answer: A [New Delhi]
Explanation:
2023.
The G20 was first set up in 1999 as a forum of:
Correct Answer: A [finance ministers and central bank governors]
Explanation:
The G20 was created in 1999, after the Asian financial crisis, as a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Founding of the SCO
2. Bangkok Declaration forming BIST-EC
3. First G20 leaders' summit
4. Fortaleza Declaration
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-1-3-4]
Explanation:
1997, 2001, 2008, 2014.
Which of the following groupings has its secretariat in Dhaka?
Correct Answer: D [BIMSTEC]
Explanation:
The BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat was set up at Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2014.
The 16th BRICS summit, which created the category of partner countries, was held in 2024 at:
Correct Answer: D [Kazan]
Explanation:
Russia hosted the 16th BRICS summit at Kazan in October 2024, where the category of partner countries was created.
In which country is the headquarters of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
Correct Answer: D [China]
Explanation:
Beijing.
Consider the following statements about G-20:
1. The G-20 group was originally established as a platform for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss international economic and financial issues.
2. Digital public infrastructure is one of India's G-20 priorities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: C [Both 1 and 2]
Explanation:
The G20 began in 1999 as a finance ministers' forum, and digital public infrastructure was a priority of India's 2023 presidency.
With reference to the "G20 Common Framework", consider the following statements:
1. It is an initiative endorsed by the G20 together with the Paris Club.
2. It is an initiative to support Low Income Countries with unsustainable debt.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: C [Both 1 and 2]
Explanation:
The Common Framework, agreed by the G20 with the Paris Club in November 2020, helps low-income countries restructure unsustainable debt.
Consider the following:
1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
2. Missile Technology Control Regime
3. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
India is a member of which of the above?
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 and 3]
Explanation:
AIIB (2016), MTCR (2016) and SCO (2017).
Consider the following statements with regard to BRICS:
I. 16th BRICS Summit was held under the Chairship of Russia in Kazan.
II. Indonesia has become a full member of BRICS.
III. The theme of the 16th BRICS Summit was Strengthening Multiculturalism for Just Global Development and Security.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: A [I and II]
Explanation:
the theme was "Strengthening Multilateralism", not "Multiculturalism".
With reference to a grouping of countries known as BRICS, consider the following statements:
1. The First Summit of BRICS was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2009.
2. South Africa was the last to join the BRICS grouping.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [2 only]
Explanation:
true when the question was set (2014); five more countries joined in 2024–25.
The 'Fortaleza Declaration', recently in the news, is related to the affairs of:
Correct Answer: B [BRICS]
Explanation:
6th BRICS summit, 2014; set up the NDB.
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India's link with the G7 grouping of advanced economies is best described as:
Correct Answer: D [a regular outreach invitee to its summits]
Explanation:
India is not a G7 member but is regularly invited to the outreach sessions of G7 summits.
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