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Q59·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2024

International Grains Council

IRInternational Days & InstitutionsStatement-basedHardCurrent-affairs-linked

Question

Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1.

    India is a member of the International Grains Council.

  2. 2.

    A country needs to be a member of the International Grains Council for exporting or importing rice and wheat.

Options

a

1 only

Answer
b

2 only

c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct; India is an active member of the International Grains Council (IGC). Statement 2 is incorrect; the IGC is an intergovernmental forum that promotes cooperation and transparency, but membership is not a mandatory prerequisite for any country to export or import agricultural commodities.

Intergovernmental organizations like the IGC foster data sharing and cooperation, but they do not possess regulatory veto power over international sovereign trade.

Answer: (a).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q59

Subject

International Relations

Sub-topic

International Days & Institutions

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

International Grains Agreement 1995 / Wheat & Rice Export-Import Trends

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