Consider the following statements regarding Indian Ocean Rim Association : 1. The 13th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Association was held in November 2013 in Perth. 2. India was elected Chair of the Association from 2013 to 2015. 3. There are twenty

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Q: 12 (CDS-I/2014)
Consider the following statements regarding Indian Ocean Rim Association :
1. The 13th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Association was held in November 2013 in Perth.
2. India was elected Chair of the Association from 2013 to 2015.
3. There are twenty member nations in the Association.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Current Affairs

question_exam: 

CDS-I

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0,22,31,9,6,22,16

keywords: 

{'indian ocean rim association': [0, 0, 0, 3], 'member nations': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'association': [2, 0, 3, 7], '13th council': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'ministers meeting': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13]}

Option 1 states that the 13th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association was held in November 2013 in Perth. This statement is correct.

Option 2 states that India was elected Chair of the Association from 2013 to 2015. This statement is incorrect. India was actually elected Chair of the Association from 2011 to 2013, not 2013 to 2015.

Option 3 states that there are twenty member nations in the Association. This statement is correct. The Indian Ocean Rim Association currently has twenty member nations.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 3, which means that statement 1 and statement 3 are correct.

Alert - correct answer should be option 1, 1 only.