Static Quiz 12 May 2025 (International Relation) 

Answer : (c) Only three
EXPLANATION:
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999).
The AU is made up of 55 Member States, representing all the countries on the African continent.
The AU Member States are divided into five geographic regions, which were defined by the OAU in 1976. The five geographic regions are Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa and Northern Africa.
AU headquarters is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. So, Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct.
After the EU, the African Union became a full member of the G-20 in 2023 under India’s G20 presidency. the African Union is the second regional bloc to join the G20. Therefore, G20 now becomes G21.
The permanent members of the G20 are now Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France,
Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and the United States, along with the EU and the AU. So, Statement 4 is not correct.

Answer: (b) 1 and 2 only
EXPLANATION:
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN in 1984, followed by Vietnam in 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar in 1997, and Cambodia in 1999, making up the ten Member States of ASEAN. Its secretariat is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. So, Statements 1 and 2 are correct.
India is neither a member nor a founding member of ASEAN. India’s relationship with ASEAN has been a strategic partnership with our foreign policy, evolving from the Look East Policy in the 1990s to the Act- East policy in 2014. India became ASEAN Dialogue Partner in 1996. India is ASEAN’s sixth-largest trading partner and eighth-largest source of FDI among ASEAN Dialogue Partners. So, Statement 3 is not correct.

Answer : (c) International Atomic Energy Agency
Explanation :
The first-ever Nuclear Energy Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium, in March 2024, organized jointly by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Belgium. The Nuclear Energy Summit, an initiative in collaboration with the IAEA’s ‘Atoms4Netzero’ programme, is part of the multilateral approach to decarbonization.
The Summit comes in the wake of the historic inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023, which called for accelerating its deployment along with other low-carbon energy sources. It provides Heads of State and Governments of participating countries the opportunity to share their vision on the key role of nuclear power in reaching net zero and promoting sustainable development, including national plans to fully exploit its potential.So, Option (c) is correct.

Answer : (c) World Economic Forum
EXPLANATION:
The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It provides a
global, impartial, and not-for-profit platform for meaningful connections between stakeholders,
establishing trust and building initiatives for cooperation and progress. The World Economic Forum
published the Future of Jobs Report.
The Future of Jobs Report 2023 explores how jobs and skills will evolve over the next five years. This fourth
edition of the series continues the analysis of employer expectations to provide new insights on how socio-
economic and technology trends will shape the workplace of the future. So, Option (c) is correct.

Answer : (d) 1, 2 and 3
EXPLANATION:
The World Trade Organization came into being in 1995. One of the youngest of the international organizations, the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the Second World War. In brief, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade. Its main goal is to improve the welfare of people worldwide by ensuring that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. So, Statement 1 is correct.
The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is the most comprehensive multilateral Agreement on intellectual property (IP). It plays a central role in facilitating trade in knowledge and creativity, resolving trade disputes over IP, and assuring WTO members the latitude to achieve their domestic policy objectives. It frames the IP system in terms of innovation, technology transfer and public welfare. The Agreement legally recognizes the significance of links between IP and trade and the need for a balanced IP system.
Thus, WTO is mandated to regulate intellectual property rights through the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. So, Statement 2 is correct.
The Marrakesh Agreement established the World Trade Organization. The Marrakesh Agreement includes a list of multilateral and plurilateral agreements, as well as ministerial decisions and declarations that clarify the rules of certain agreements. The multilateral trade agreements and the associated legal instruments are binding for all WTO members.
As far as the plurilateral agreements are concerned, although they form part of WTO law, they do not create obligations or rights for WTO members who have not accepted them.So, Statement 3 is correct.