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UPSC 2009: Consider the following pairs : Organization — Location of Headquarters 1. Asian Development Bank — Tokyo 2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation — Singapore 3. Association of South East Asian Nations — Bangkok Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched ?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 only
(c)2 and 3 only
(d)3 only
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 only
Asian Development Bank is headquartered in Manila (not Tokyo); the APEC Secretariat is based in Singapore (correct); and the ASEAN Secretariat is in Jakarta, Indonesia, not Bangkok. Therefore only pair 2 is correctly matched. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Development_Bank?utm_source=openai))
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