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Q87·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2025

Speaker of Lok Sabha

PolityParliament & LegislatureStatement-based● MediumStatic

Question

Consider the following pairs: Country : Important reason for being in the news recently

1Chad : Setting up of permanent military base by China

2Guinea : Suspension of Constitution and Government by military

3Lebanon : Severe and prolonged economic depression

4Tunisia : Suspension of Parliament by President

How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

Options

Only one pair

Only two pairs

Only three pairs

Answer

All four pairs

Explanation

Three pairs are correctly matched.

Guinea faced a military coup suspending the government. Lebanon is enduring one of the worst prolonged economic depressions in modern history. Tunisia saw its President suspend parliament in a political crisis. However, Chad experienced a rebel offensive and the death of its president, not the setting up of a Chinese military base (China's base is in Djibouti).

African and Middle Eastern political crises frequently dominate international current affairs and matching questions.

Answer: (c).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q87

Subject

Polity

Sub-topic

Parliament & Legislature

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

West African Coup d'etat Cycle & ECOWAS Suspensions 2023

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