Q. With reference to the RIC grouping, consider the following statements:
1. The grouping was founded under the leadership of India.
2. All members of the grouping are nuclear powers.
3. India has never assumed the chairmanship of the grouping.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
Answer: C
Notes:
- Statement 1 is incorrect: RIC (Russia-India-China) grouping was founded in the late 1990s under the leadership of Yevgeny Primakov, a Russian politician, as a counterbalance to the Western alliance.
- Statement 2 is correct: All three countries are nuclear powers.
- Statement 3 is incorrect: India took over the chairmanship of RIC after the last meeting of the three foreign ministers in Russia in 2020.
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