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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asked 9 times across 4 UPSC exams over 11 years (2015–2026), peaking in 2025.
9
PYQs
4
Exams
3
Years active
2015–2026
Span
2025
Peak
6/9
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 6 of 9 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2025
  • Recurs across 3 years (2015–2026)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2015 CAPF 2025 CDS 2025 CISF 2026

How the concept evolved

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Long-running — most appearances (6 of 9) predate 2016, and it still returns.

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Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2026
India is not a member of which one of the following multilateral organizations/fora?
  1. A Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
  2. B Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
  3. C Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
  4. D International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
CAPF2025

Based on the year of their establishment, arrange the following regional organizations in correct chronological order

  1. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
  2. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  3. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
  4. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Select the answer

using the code given below.

  1. A 3-2-1-4
  2. B 4-2-3-1
  3. C 3-1-2-4
  4. D 4-3-2-1
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
CDS2025

Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists

List I (Organization)List II (Year of Formation)
A. European Union1. 1994
B. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)2. 1967
C. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)3. 1989
D. Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)4. 1993

Codes:

  1. A A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4
  2. B A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
  3. C A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
  4. D A-4 B-3 C-1 D-2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings

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