{"id":92399,"date":"2025-06-01T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92399"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:22:53","slug":"which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/","title":{"rendered":"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC Charter signed on December 1985?<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”Afghanistan” option2=”Sri Lanka” option3=”Pakistan” option4=”Maldives” correct=”option1″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n
UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Download PDF<\/a>Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nSAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member.
\n<\/section>\n
\nAfghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.
\n<\/section>\n
\nThe SAARC Secretariat is located in Kathmandu, Nepal. The organization aims to promote economic and regional integration.
\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC Charter signed on December 1985? [amp_mcq option1=”Afghanistan” option2=”Sri Lanka” option3=”Pakistan” option4=”Maldives” correct=”option1″] This question was previously asked in UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2017 Download PDFAttempt Online SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their … <\/p>\n

Detailed SolutionWhich one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[1101,1142],"class_list":["post-92399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cisf-ac-exe","tag-1101","tag-current-news-and-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\nWhich one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member. Afghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member. Afghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T11:22:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC","description":"SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member. Afghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC","og_description":"SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member. Afghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T11:22:53+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/","name":"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T11:22:53+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T11:22:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) was founded by seven countries in December 1985 when their leaders signed the SAARC Charter in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These seven founding members were Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan was not a signatory to the original charter; it joined SAARC much later, in 2007, becoming the eighth member. Afghanistan joined SAARC in 2007, long after the signing of the original charter in 1985.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-one-of-the-following-countries-was-not-a-signatory-to-the-saarc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CISF-AC-EXE","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-cisf-ac-exe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Which one of the following countries was not a signatory to the SAARC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}