Study the image given below and answer the following questions.

The 'Ten stalks of paddy' represent:

Ten Southeast Asian Countries

The correct answer is option (3) - Ten Southeast Asian Countries

The given logo is the flag of ASEAN.

In the ASEAN logo, the ten stalks of paddy (rice) represent the ten Southeast Asian countries bound together in friendship and solidarity. The circle symbolizes the unity of ASEAN.

ASEAN was established in 1967 by five countries of this region — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Over the years, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Myanmar (Burma) and Cambodia joined ASEAN taking its strength to ten.