{"id":1744,"date":"2024-03-29T14:45:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:42:59","slug":"q-consider-the-following-countries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-countries-2","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0Consider the following countries:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>China<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>USA<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the above are among the&nbsp;<strong>\u2018free-trade partners<\/strong>\u2019 of ASEAN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2, 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3, 4, 5 and 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3, 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3, 4 and 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) 1, 3, 4 and 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-66067f79bcb65\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/asean-upsc\/\">ASEAN<\/a>, officially an abbreviation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a&nbsp;<strong>political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on\u00a0<strong>8 August 1967 in Bangkok<\/strong>, Thailand, with the signing of the\u00a0<strong>ASEAN Declaration<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>Bangkok Declaration<\/strong>) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN:\u00a0<strong>Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the&nbsp;<strong>ten Member States<\/strong>&nbsp;of ASEAN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASEAN has five free trade agreements (FTAs) with six Dialogue Partners, namely&nbsp;<strong>China, Japan, Republic of Korea, India, and Australia and New Zealand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/India-ASEAN-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"ASEAN\" class=\"wp-image-28720\" style=\"width:790px;height:auto\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: indian economy 2018 2\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/asean-upsc\/\">ASEAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the above are among the&nbsp;\u2018free-trade partners\u2019 of ASEAN? 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