Consider the following statements about SAARC: 1. The SAARC Secretariat is located at Kathmandu. 2. The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, who is appointed by the Council of Ministers from Member States in alphabetical order for a three year

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Q: 65 (CDS-II/2014)
Consider the following statements about SAARC:
1. The SAARC Secretariat is located at Kathmandu.
2. The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, who is appointed by the Council of Ministers from Member States in alphabetical order for a three year term.
3. The Secretary General is assisted by eight Directors on deputation from the Member States.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

CDS-II

stats: 

0,24,29,7,5,24,17

keywords: 

{'saarc secretariat': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'saarc': [0, 0, 2, 8], 'alphabetical order': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'secretary general': [2, 0, 1, 0], 'secretariat': [1, 0, 0, 3], 'directors': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'council': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'ministers': [2, 1, 2, 3], 'member states': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'kathmandu': [1, 2, 1, 7], 'deputation': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

Option 1 states that the SAARC Secretariat is located at Kathmandu. This statement is correct. The SAARC Secretariat, which serves as the administrative arm of the organization, is indeed located in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Option 2 states that the Secretariat is headed by the Secretary General, who is appointed by the Council of Ministers from Member States in alphabetical order for a three-year term. This statement is also correct. The Secretary General is the chief executive of SAARC and is appointed by the Council of Ministers from the Member States. They serve for a term of three years.

Option 3 states that the Secretary General is assisted by eight Directors on deputation from the Member States. This statement is also correct. The Secretary General is indeed assisted by eight Directors, who are seconded from the Member States to serve at the Secretariat.

Therefore, option 3, which includes all of the above statements, is the correct answer.

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