[Solved] Consider the following Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Missile Technology Control Regime Shanghai Cooperation Organisation India Member which of the Above’s?

Q66) Consider the following

India Member which of the Above’s?

Answer: 4

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia and beyond.
Headquartered in Beijing, It commenced operations in January 2016.
India is a founding member of AIIB with the second-highest voting share after China.
The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is an informal political understanding among states that seek to limit the proliferation of missiles and missile technology.
The regime was formed in 1987.
India became an official member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) in 2016. (35^th Member of MTCR)

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a transcontinental political, economic, security, and military alliance founded in 2001.
On 9 June 2017, at the historic summit in Astana, India and Pakistan officially joined SCO as full -fledged members.
The SCO currently comprises Nine Member States (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Iran).
Hence option (d) is the correct answer.

About SCO

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the then security and economic architecture in the Eurasian region dissolved and new structures had to come up.
Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) and Tajikistan is popularly known as Shanghai Five.
They had come together in the post-Soviet era in 1996.
In order to work on regional security reduction of border troops, and terrorism.
Subsequently, a permanent intergovernmental international organisation called SCO was founded in June 2001.
It is the Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Its membership was expanded to include India and Pakistan in 2017.