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UPSC 2004 · Q39 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

What was the reason for 5 lakh people of Hong Kong to make a demonstration around the middle of 2003?

(a) They were demanding tax relief
(b) They were against the Hong Kong Government's plan to impose an internal security law
(c) They were the members of Falun Gong group who were demanding religious freedom
(d) They were demanding more direct elections in Hong Kong
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Answer: (b) They were against the Hong Kong Government's plan to impose an internal security law
UPSC 2004 · Q80 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Liberia was in the international news in the recent times for

(a) Harbouring terrorists associated with religious fundamentalism
(b) Supplying raw uranium to North Korea
(c) Its long-running civil war killing or displacing thousands of people
(d) Cultivation of drug-yielding crops and smuggling of drugs
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Answer: (c) Its long-running civil war killing or displacing thousands of people
UPSC 2004 · Q82 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

The reason for Chechnya to be in the news recently is

(a) Discovery of huge reserves of oil
(b) Separatist rebellious activities by the local people
(c) Continuous conflict between the Government troops and the narcotic mafia resulting in a great loss of human life
(d) Intense cold wave killing hundreds of people
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Answer: (b) Separatist rebellious activities by the local people
UPSC 2004 · Q83 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

The Prime Minister

of which one of the following countries was assassinated in the year 2003?

(a) Czech Republic
(b) Romania
(c) Serbia
(d) Slovenia
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Answer: (c) Serbia
UPSC 2004 · Q85 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

In which one of the following countries, did an ethnic violence between the communities of Hema and Lendu result in the death of hundreds of people?

(a) Democratic Republic of Congo
(b) Indonesia
(c) Nigeria
(d) Zambia
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Answer: (a) Democratic Republic of Congo
UPSC 2004 · Q117 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

INS Trishul acquired by the Indian Navy in 2003 has been built by

(a) Israel
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) France
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Answer: (c) Russia
UPSC 2004 · Q148 · Current Affairs › International Conflicts & Security · Save

Consider the following statements:

  1. Montenegro and Serbia agreed to a new structure for the Yugoslav Federation.
  2. Croatia remained under the Hungarian Administration until the end of First World War.
  3. Claims to Macedonian Territory have long been a source of contention between Belgium and Greece.
  4. In 1991, Slovenia declared independence from Czechoslovakia.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 3 and 4
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Answer: (a) 1 and 2