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 ?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 3 only
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3 ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• India is a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (2016) and its second-largest shareholder after China.
• India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime in June 2016, its first multilateral export-control grouping.
• India became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in June 2017 alongside Pakistan, and chaired it in 2023.
• India is also in the Wassenaar Arrangement and Australia Group, but not the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
• Hence 1, 2 and 3, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- India is also an SCO member.
- (b) 3 only
- India is also in the AIIB and MTCR.
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- India is also a founding AIIB member.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.