Choose the incorrect statement regarding SAARC.
1 Headquarters of SAARC is located at India.
2 First SAARC summit took place in Dhaka.
3 Turkmenistan recently became a member of SAARC.
4 SAARC is an organization of 9 members.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
SAARC headquarters is located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Turkmenistan is not a member of SAARC and it has 8 members.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is a major regional initiative by the South Asian states to evolve cooperation through multilateral means. It began in 1985. The first Summit of SAARC was held in Dhaka.
Members of SAARC- Maldives, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nepal.