{"id":2304,"date":"2024-05-01T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2304"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:56:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:26:36","slug":"q-with-reference-to-bimstec-consider-the-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-bimstec-consider-the-following","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to \u2018BIMSTEC\u2019, consider the following:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a regional organization comprising seven Member States lying in the littoral and adjacent areas of the Bay of Bengal constituting a contiguous regional unity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It constitutes seven Member States: five deriving from South Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and two from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and\u00a0<strong>Indonesia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sri Lanka to host 5th BIMSTEC Summit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the above statements is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All of the above<\/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: (b) 1 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-663208876766f\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)<\/strong>\u00a0is a regional organization comprising of\u00a0<strong>7 member states\u00a0<\/strong>which are in the littoral and\u00a0<strong>adjacent areas of Bay of Bengal<\/strong>, thus constituting a contiguous regional unity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Formation:\u00a0<\/strong>Formed in<strong>\u00a01997 through the Bangkok Declaration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was\u00a0<strong>initially formed with 4 member states (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand)<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Myanmar became a member in 1997,<\/strong>\u00a0followed by\u00a0<strong>Nepal\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Bhutan<\/strong>\u00a0in 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 30 Mar\u201922, attends the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit hosted in virtual mode by Sri Lanka.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The theme of the summit was\u00a0<strong>\u201cTowards a Resilient Region, Prosperous Economies, Healthy People\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-1-1024x697.png\" alt=\"image 1\" class=\"wp-image-50788\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: international relations 2021 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more:&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/bimstec-upsc\/\">BIMSTEC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the above statements is\/are correct? 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