UPSC Essentials: Quizzes on International Relations, Gulf Cooperation Council, and ASEAN

Imagine you're studying for a big test about the world!

UPSC Essentials offers quizzes to help you remember important things, like what ASEAN and the GCC are.

For ASEAN, which is a group of countries in Southeast Asia, the quiz reminds you that there are 11 members, and Timor-Leste recently joined.

The quiz also explains that the 47th ASEAN Summit happened in Kuala Lumpur, not Jakarta.

For the GCC, a group of countries in the Gulf region, the quiz lists its six members: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

It also mentions that the US President met with leaders from Saudi Arabia and the GCC.

The quiz also touches on current events, like the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza being closed and the fighting in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

Finally, it highlights that Manipur, an Indian state, is exporting its special black sticky rice to other countries.