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Which one of the following statements best reflects the issue with Senkaku Islands, sometimes mentioned in the news?
(a)
It is generally believed that they are artificial islands made by a country around South China Sea.
(b)
China and Japan engage in maritime disputes over these islands in East China Sea. –
(c)
A permanent American military base has been set up there to help Taiwan to increase its defence capabilities.
(d)
Though International Court of Justice declared them as no man’s land, some South-East Asian countries claim them.
(B)
Consider the following pairs :
Towns sometimes mentioned in news Country 1. Aleppo Syria 2. Kirkuk Yemen 3. Mosul Palestine 4. Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
1 and 2
1 and 4
2 and 3
3 and 4
Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
1.Angola and Zambia
2.Morocco Tunisia
3.Venezuela and Colombia
4.Yemen and South Sudan
(D)
The term “two-state solution” is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of
China
Israel
Iraq
Yemen
Consider the following pairs: Community sometimes mentioned in the news In the affairs of 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
2 only
3 only
(C)
The area known as ‘Golan Heights’ sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to
Central Asia
Middle East
South-East Asia
Central Afria
Consider the following pairs : Region often in news Country 1. Chechnya : Russian Federation 2. Darfur : Mali 3. Swat Valley : Iraq Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched ?
1 only
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
(A)
Recently, a series of uprisings of people referred to as ‘Arab Spring’ originally started from
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Tunisia
Which one of the following pairs of countries fought wars over a region called Ogaden ?
Eritrea and Sudan
Ethiopia and Somalia
Kenya and Somalia
Ethiopia and Sudan
From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence ?
Bulgaria
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia