UPSC Prelims 1998 · General Studies
Question 6: International Relations and Current Affairs
The meeting of G-15 countries held in Malaysia in 1997 was attended by
AnswerThe answer is (c).
The G-15 is a group of developing countries set up in 1989 to press the South's economic interests, and its name stayed even as membership grew beyond fifteen. Its 1997 summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the key records attendance by 16 member countries. The number is a matter of recall. Remember that the group's name and its headcount differ, and that it works for South-South cooperation and dialogue with the industrialised G-7.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Fewer than the original fifteen members; not the key's count.
- (b) The name suggests fifteen, but membership had grown and this is not the key's count.
- (c) Right per the key: 16 member countries attended the Kuala Lumpur meeting.
- (d) One more than the key's figure.
Worth knowing: The exact attendance figure cannot be verified from memory, so treat 16 as the compilation's recall.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1998, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.