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Correct Answer: Option (D) — 1, 2 and 3
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Standard Reference Verified1 is correct: India is a founding member and second-largest shareholder of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
2 is correct: India joined the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) as its 35th member in 2016.
3 is correct: India became a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at the Astana Summit in 2017.
India actively secured memberships in plurilateral export control regimes (MTCR, Wassenaar, Australia Group) and regional bodies (AIIB, SCO) in the 2015–2017 period.
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