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Intergovernmental Org Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Asked 5 times across 3 UPSC exams over 3 years (2022–2025), peaking in 2022.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2022
- Recurs across 3 years (2022–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2022 → CDS 2024 → CAPF 2025
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 5) are since 2016.
Related concepts
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CAPF2025
Based on the year of their establishment, arrange the following regional organizations in correct chronological order
- The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Select the answer
using the code given below.
- A 3-2-1-4
- B 4-2-3-1
- C 3-1-2-4
- D 4-3-2-1
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
CDS2024
Consider the following statements about the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
- One of the goals of SCO is to promote a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order
- Iran is a permanent member of SCO
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A 1 only
- B 2 only
- C Both 1 and 2 ✓
- D Neither 1 nor 2
✓ Correct answer: (C)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
CSE2022
Consider the following
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Missile Technology Control Regime
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation India is a member of
which of the above?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 3 only
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
International Relations › International Organizations & Groupings
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