Correct option is C
The correct answer is (c). D, B, C, E, A.
| Code | Organisation | Year | Context for Official Formation |
| D | Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) | May 25, 1981 | Abu Dhabi Charter signed. |
| B | Group of 8 (G-8) | March – June 1997 | Russia officially integrated into full political summit sessions in the June 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight. |
| C | BIMSTEC | June 6, 1997 | Bangkok Declaration signed establishing BIST-EC. |
| E | Shanghai Cooperation Org. (SCO) | June 15, 2001 | Formally created in Shanghai (evolving from Shanghai Five). |
| A | BRICS | 2006 | BRIC was formalized in 2006 at the first meeting of BRIC Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. |
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G-8: Formed in 1997 when Russia joined the G-7. Russia's membership was suspended in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea (reverted to G-7).
GCC: Created in 1981 in response to the Iran-Iraq War and Iranian Revolution. HQ: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
BIMSTEC: Established on 6 June 1997 via Bangkok Declaration. HQ: Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Nepal & Bhutan joined in 2004).
SCO: Emerged from the Shanghai Five (1996) in 2001. HQ: Beijing, China. India and Pakistan became full members in 2017.
BRICS: Term coined by Jim O'Neill (2001). First formal summit held at Yekaterinburg, Russia (2009).
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