Multiple choice

Consider the following statement about SAARC.

  1. Air transport is one of the subjects included in the agreed areas of cooperation made under the Integrated Programme of Action (IPA).
  2. The Charter establishing SAARC was adopted at the first Summit meeting in Dhaka.
  3. The foreign ministers of the seven member countries met for the first time in Colombo in 1983 and adopted the Declaration on SAARC. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only

  2. 1 and 3 only

  3. 2 only

  4. 3 only
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Explanation

The SAARC Charter was indeed adopted in Dhaka in 1985. Air transport is part of the Integrated Programme of Action. However, the 1983 meeting where the Declaration on SAARC was adopted took place in New Delhi, not Colombo.

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