GK Questions and Answers: ASEAN Countries

GK Questions and Answers: ASEAN
Countries
The full form of ASEAN is “Association of South East Asian Nations”. The motive of ASEAN
is to promote economic cooperation in South East Asia and ensure economic stability in the
region. This set of quiz has 8 questions based on the ASEAN. Solve these questions and evaluate
your preparation for the upcoming exams.
What is the full form of ASEAN?
(a) Association of South East Asian Nations
(b) Administration of Southern East Asian Nations
(c) Organisation of South East Asian Nations
(d) Administration of South East Asian Nations
Ans. a
Explanation: The full form of ASEAN is Association of South East Asian Nations. The motive
of ASEAN is to promote economic cooperation in south East Asia and ensure economic stability
in the region.
2. How many members are in the ASEAN?
(a) 18
(b) 67
(c) 10
(d) 53
Ans. c
Explanation: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8

August 1967 in Bangkok. Currently there are 10 members in the ASEAN.
3. Which of the following country is not the member of the ASEAN?
(a) Laos
(b) Cambodia
(c) Philippines
(d) Mauritius
Ans. d
Explanation: There are 10 members in the ASEAN. The names are as follows; Indonesia,
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei.
4. Which of the following statement is NOT correct about the ASEAN members?
(a) Indonesia has highest population among the ASEAN members.
(b) Singapore has highest Per Capita GDP among the ASEAN members.
(c) Cambodia has lowest nominal GDP among the ASEAN members.
(d) Brunei has the lowest population among the ASEAN members.
Ans. c
Explanation: Brunei has lowest nominal GDP among the ASEAN members. According to
estimates released by the IMF, the nominal GDP of the Brunei was US$12336 million in April
2017.
5. When was ASEAN established?
(a) 1963
(b) 1967
(c) 1985
(d) 1996
Ans.b
Explanation: ASEAN was founded on 8 August 1967 with five members: Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
6. Where was first ASEAN summit held?
(a) Manila
(b) Singapore
(c) Bali
(d) Jakarta
Ans. c
Explanation: First ASEAN summit held in Bali, Indonesia between February 23-24, 1976.
7. Where is the headquarters of ASEAN?
(a) Bali
(b) Jakarta
(c) Manila
(d) Singapore
Ans. b
Explanation: The headquarters of ASEAN is in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its secretary of states lives in
the capital of each country. The post of secretary general of the ASEAN is rotated among each
member country alphabetically after every two years.
8. What is the objective of the ASEAN?
(a) To increase competition among the members countries for better products.
(b) To integrate the economies of the region to make region more attractive for investors
(c) To promote economic cooperation in South East Asia and ensure economic stability in the
region.
(d) b and c both
Ans. d
Explanation: ASEAN nations want to promote economic cooperation in South East Asia and
ensure economic stability in the region and to integrate the economies of the region to make
region more attractive for investors.
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Myanmar’s weekly newspaper ‘The Voice’ is one of the survivors of the country’s
transition to media freedom over the last decade. Today, Zeya Thu, deputy chief editor of
the paper, says “we are in a transitional society” and that the country is now learning
about ASEAN.
Excerpts from the interview with Seulki Lee:
Q: How does Myanmar media see ASEAN today?
Zeya: We like to be part of the ASEAN because this is the only group that we have participated
in. We have just hosted the chairmanship in 2014. The public’s interest in ASEAN is at the
highest. In the past, we only covered (ASEAN) two or three times, head of states meeting each
other to hold hands. Nowadays, a lot of attention is on Myanmar from ASEAN and the whole
world outside. Generally, media people in Myanmar have become more interested in ASEAN
because of this situation.
Q: How does ‘The Voice’ cover stories about ASEAN?
Zeya: We have been covering ASEAN for long time, because this is an important issue. But we
have difficulty trying to present it to attract more people. We don’t know much about ASEAN
and the ASEAN governments do not open up. But we do cover and maybe we are the one of the
very few media that prints ASEAN news on the front page in the Myanmar language. There are
three or four countries we are more interested in, like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, where
Myanmar’s unskilled workers and students go.
Q: What is the reaction or feedback from your readers about these ASEAN stories?
Zeya: It depends on the presentation. If it is on the organisation itself, if we use the picture of the
leaders holding hands and posing, then it doesn’t attract audiences. If we publish it relating it to
people’s lives, then it is more attractive and they can identify with that. For ASEAN nationals,
because of the freer movement of (people). . . now a doctor from Myanmar can work in
Malaysia. And people are interested (in ASEAN stories) because they can easily identify with
their relatives and friends. So the packaging is important.
Q: As a Myanmar journalist and ASEAN journalist, what is your biggest concern about
ASEAN community-building?
Zeya: I think we should have more capacity and be more proactive in our organisation to make it
more accountable. Foreign news agencies, ‘New York Times’, ‘The Washington Post’, ‘The
Wall Street Journal’ – we are triggered by their reports on ASEAN. We should be taking the
initiative other than following their news leads. We have to study more and be more creative.
We are in the region so we have knowledge and we talk the languages, like Indonesian or Thai.
(But) Perhaps we cannot do that because we are living quite closely (to one another). When we
live closely, we cannot see the bigger picture.
Q: How did ASEAN affect Myanmar’s media freedom or democratisation?

Zeya: ASEAN put friendly pressure. When your friend puts pressure, you feel (it) more. You feel
bound to act because we are friends. If your enemy pressures you, you won’t do that because you
hate your enemies. That’s the kind of the friendly pressure that the ASEAN has to us. In terms of
the economy, if your country has more money, it is more likely to become democratic and you
start to think about democracy. . . .But when you talk about democratisation in ASEAN, to
Myanmar it is sometimes controversial because many of countries are also not democratic yet.

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GK Questions and Answers: ASEAN

What is the full form of ASEAN?

(a) Association of South East Asian Nations

(b) Administration of Southern East Asian Nations

(c) Organisation of South East Asian Nations

(d) Administration of South East Asian Nations

2. How many members are in the ASEAN?

Explanation: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8

3. Which of the following country is not the member of the ASEAN?

(a) Indonesia has highest population among the ASEAN members.

5. When was ASEAN established?

6. Where was first ASEAN summit held?

7. Where is the headquarters of ASEAN?

8. What is the objective of the ASEAN?

(d) b and c both

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Excerpts from the interview with Seulki Lee:

Q: How does Myanmar media see ASEAN today?

Q: How does ‘The Voice’ cover stories about ASEAN?

Q: How did ASEAN affect Myanmar’s media freedom or democratisation?

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