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UPSC 2002 · Q39 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

The main reason for unrest and violence in Zimbabwe in recent years is due to

(a) conflict between different native ethnic groups
(b) prolonged crisis over land reforms
(c) economic crisis due to continuous drought and famine
(d) power struggle between political groups of white European settlers and native black community
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Answer: (b) prolonged crisis over land reforms
UPSC 2002 · Q98 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Consider the following countries:

  1. Angola
  2. Colombia
  3. Congo
  4. Sudan

Which of these countries has/have been suffering from civil war?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
UPSC 2002 · Q107 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Recently, several hundred South Africa soldiers were sent to Burundi

(a) to side with the Tutsi tribe in the country’s civil war
(b) to side with the Hutu tribe in the ongoing ethnic conflict
(c) as a part of United Nations special force to keep control on the ethnic groups revolting against the government
(d) as South Africa’s protection force to help mediate and agreement between warring groups of civil war
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Answer: (d) as South Africa’s protection force to help mediate and agreement between warring groups of civil war