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UPSC 2003 · Q51 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) East Timor was a British colony for four centuries
(b) The European colonial rulers handed over East Timor to Indonesia in 1975
(c) The United Nations took over East Timor in 1999 to prepare it for independence
(d) East Timor finally declared its independence in Dec. 2001
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Answer: (c) The United Nations took over East Timor in 1999 to prepare it for independence
UPSC 2003 · Q76 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Consider the following statements:

  1. In Macedonia, ethnic Albanians are a minority.
  2. In Kosovo, Serbians are a majority.

Which of these statements is/are correct?

(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (a) Only 1