NDA (II) 2021 GAT Q93: Which one of the following nations is not a permanent

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2021 GAT Q93?

A. Correct — A, India. The G7 (Group of Seven) is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. India is not a member — it has attended recent summits only as a specially invited guest. Canada, France and Italy are all G7 members, so the nation that is not in the G7 is India, option (a).

NDA (II) 2021 General Ability Test · Question 93 of 149

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Which one of the following nations is not a permanent member of G7?

(a)India
(b)Canada
(c)France
(d)Italy

Answer

Why

Correct — A, India. The G7 (Group of Seven) is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. India is not a member — it has attended recent summits only as a specially invited guest. Canada, France and Italy are all G7 members, so the nation that is not in the G7 is India, option (a).

Why the others are wrong

(b)Canada — Canada is a G7 member — its joining in 1976 turned the earlier G6 into the G7.
(c)France — France is one of the founding members of the group and is very much part of the G7.
(d)Italy — Italy is a founding member of the G7 and hosts the summit in its turn.

Concept

The G7 is an informal grouping of seven advanced economies — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It began as the G6 in 1975 and became the G7 when Canada joined in 1976. India takes part only as an invitee, not as a member.

The phrase 'permanent member' is a slight misnomer, since the G7 has no formal permanent members like the UN Security Council; the intended distinction is member versus guest, and India is a guest.

Key facts

G7 members: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The group started as the G6 in 1975; Canada joined in 1976 to form the G7.
With Russia (1998 to 2014) it was briefly the G8; Russia was suspended after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
India attends G7 summits as an invited guest, including the 2021 UK-hosted Carbis Bay summit.

G7 members versus India

Canada, France, Germany, Italy→G7 members

Japan, United Kingdom, United States→G7 members

India→Invited guest at summits — not a G7 member

India attends only as a guest, so it is the nation that is not in the G7 — option (a).

Study next

G7 and G20 groupings and their membersEvolution from the G6 to the G7 to the G8India's role in global economic forumsRussia's suspension from the G8 in 2014Guest and outreach countries at G7 summits

Common traps

Reading 'permanent member' as if the G7 worked like the UN Security Council.
Forgetting that India is only an invitee, not a member.

Odd-one-out on international groupings — spot the non-member among the four options.

Related PYQs

UPSC_2009_GS1_Q1232009Open & attempt →

A present group of nations known as 'G-8' started first as G-7. Which one among the following was not one of them ?

(a) Canada
(b) Italy
(c) Japan
(d) Russia

Answer(d) Russia

Same concept — testing G7/G8 membership. That UPSC item asks which nation was NOT an original G7 member (Russia, which joined later to make the G8); this one asks which listed nation is not a G7 member at all (India).

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
The G7 became the G8 with the inclusion of which country, later suspended in 2014?
- (a)China
- (b)Russia
- (c)India
- (d)Brazil
Answer(b) Russia — suspended after annexing Crimea in 2014.
practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is NOT a member of the G7?
- (a)Japan
- (b)Germany
- (c)Brazil
- (d)Canada
Answer(c) Brazil — it is not a G7 member.