Q: 70 (IAS/2006)
question_subject:
General Knowledge
question_exam:
IAS
stats:
0,56,19,6,10,56,3
keywords:
{'asean': [0, 0, 10, 6], 'myanmar': [2, 0, 2, 11], 'brunei darussalam': [0, 0, 3, 2], 'bangladesh': [4, 0, 4, 2], 'vietnam': [1, 1, 15, 20], 'countries': [1, 0, 2, 6]}
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries in Southeast Asia including Vietnam (option 1), Brunei Darussalam (option 2), and Myanmar (option 4). Therefore, these are not the correct answers as they are indeed part of ASEAN.
The correct answer is Bangladesh (option 3). Bangladesh is a South Asian country, not Southeast Asian. It focuses more on South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) rather than ASEAN, hence it is not a member of the ASEAN. This demonstrates the importance of geographical divisions in forming such intergovernmental alliances.