Q41.
Consider the following countries: I. Austria II. Bulgaria III. Croatia IV. Serbia V. Sweden VI. North Macedonia How many of the above are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
Answer
B
Explanation
context: In 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member, earlier Finland joined NATO in 2023 making entire Nordic region the part of NATO. is a transatlantic political and military alliance by the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington 1949 with Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium. Founding member countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, UK and USA. 1949, NATO’s membership has increased from 12 32 countries through 10 rounds of enlargement. became member of NATO in 2004. became member of NATO in 2009. Macedonia became member of NATO in 2020. and Serbia are not members of NATO Hence option (b) is the correct answer.