Which country proposed the emergency item on climate-related disasters and resilience in the Himalayan region at the 153rd IPU Assembly?

The correct answer is Milton Dick, Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives. He was declared elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on 9 October 2026, the last day of the 153rd Assembly held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. Option A is wrong because Harivansh, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation and was among those who personally congratulated the new President. Option C is wrong because Dr Anurag Singh Thakur spoke in the debate on the emergency item and took part in the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights. Option D is wrong because Dr Sasmit Patra attended the Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs and the hearing with the candidates for the presidency, but was not a candidate himself. Link the office, the person and the host city when revising.

The correct answer is Arusha, Tanzania. The 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was held in Arusha in the United Republic of Tanzania, and the election of the new President took place there on the closing day. Option A is wrong because Geneva, though the usual seat of the organisation’s secretariat, was not the venue of this Assembly. Option B is wrong because Nairobi has no connection with this session. Option D is a careful trap: Nepal was the country that proposed the emergency item on climate-related disasters and resilience in the Himalayan region, which was adopted on the third day, but Kathmandu did not host the Assembly. The Indian delegation, led by Deputy Chairman Harivansh of the Rajya Sabha, attended the emergency item debate and the General Debate on good governance and inclusivity.

The correct answer is Dr Lata Wankhede, a Member of the Lok Sabha, who attended the meeting of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development and joined the panel discussion on artificial intelligence and the future of work. Option B is wrong because Dr Sasmit Patra, a Rajya Sabha member, attended the Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs and spoke in the panel on the United Nations machinery for conflict prevention and resolution. Option C is wrong because Dr Anurag Singh Thakur took part in the debate on the emergency item and in the Bureau and meeting of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights. Option D is wrong because Harivansh, as Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, led the delegation and attended the emergency item debate and the General Debate.

The correct answer is January 2027 in India. At the close of the Jakarta round the two sides fixed the next Joint Committee sitting for January 2027, to be held in India and again in hybrid mode. That meeting will review what the sub-committees have delivered in the interval and give further guidance so that the negotiations are concluded on schedule. Option A is wrong because Indonesia hosted the round that has just ended, at the ASEAN Secretariat. Option C and option D name months and ASEAN host countries that appear nowhere in the announcement; Singapore and Viet Nam sent delegates to Jakarta but were not named as hosts. The examination point is the handover of the host role from ASEAN to India, with the Indian round carrying forward the AITIGA Review.

The correct answer is three of eight. The Joint Committee has eight sub-committees, and three of them held hybrid meetings on the margins of the 15th round in Jakarta. They were the Sub-Committee on Legal and Institutional Issues, known as SC-LII, the Sub-Committee on National Treatment on Market Access, known as SC-NTMA, and the Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin, known as SC-ROO. Option A misstates both the number that met and the total, since there are eight sub-committees and not six. Option C overstates how many met, and option D would mean every sub-committee sat, which did not happen. Candidates should also note the direction issued at the end of the round, namely that all sub-committees must speed up the chapters still pending under the AITIGA Review and attach firm, time-bound deliverables to them.