Consider the 26th SCO Summit. Which statement is correct?
- A.It marked the 15th anniversary of the SCO
- B.It adopted the Bishkek Declaration along with four MoUs
- C.It was chaired by Afghanistan
- D.It removed English from the SCO Charter
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Explanation
The correct answer is that the summit adopted the Bishkek Declaration along with four MoUs. Besides the declaration and the four memoranda, the meeting also adopted more than twenty decisions and statements in fields such as climate, nuclear safety, energy conservation and the fight against drug addiction. Option A is wrong on the count: the release describes this as the 25th anniversary of the grouping, which is why the leaders spoke of a roadmap for the next twenty-five years. Option C is wrong because Kyrgyzstan held the chairmanship, and the Prime Minister praised the focus on youth engagement under that chairmanship; Afghanistan appears in the release only as a country whose peace and stability matter for Eurasian security. Option D reverses the fact: accepting English as an official language in the SCO Charter was one of the proposals India led that the declaration carries.
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Practice Questions
Which city hosted the 26th SCO Summit attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
- A.Astana
- B.Bishkek
- C.Tashkent
- D.Samarkand
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The release from the Prime Minister's Office says that the 26th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held at Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, and that the Prime Minister took part in it on 1 September 2026 after the meeting…
Read the full explanation →In India's vision for the SCO, what do the letters S, C and O stand for?
- A.Stability, Commerce and Order
- B.Security, Connectivity and Opportunity
- C.Solidarity, Culture and Outreach
- D.Sovereignty, Cooperation and Openness
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In his statement at Bishkek the Prime Minister recalled that at the previous summit he had set out three main pillars of India's thinking on the grouping, and that their initials spell the organisation's own short name: S for Security, C for Connectivity and O for Opportunity.
Read the full explanation →Which SCO forum, proposed by India, will hold its first edition in India?
- A.SCO Start-up Forum
- B.SCO Young Scientists Forum
- C.SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum
- D.SCO Young Authors Conclave
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The Prime Minister said India would be glad to host the first edition of this forum later this year, and described it as an Indian flagship proposal meant to build civilisational exchanges among member states.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Minister of State for Coal and Mines who spoke at the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers in Goa?
- A.Keshav Chandra
- B.Satish Chandra Dubey
- C.G. Kishan Reddy
- D.Pralhad Joshi
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At the conference he stressed that States must make collective efforts to speed up mining initiatives and help the country become self-reliant in minerals.
Read the full explanation →At the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy called for faster mineral exploration mainly in view of the growing demand for which category of minerals?
- A.Fuel minerals such as coal
- B.Minor minerals
- C.Critical minerals
- D.Atomic minerals
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Speaking at the conference in Goa, Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said the Centre and the States must work together to expedite mineral exploration, particularly because demand for critical minerals is growing.
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