{"id":2296,"date":"2024-05-01T16:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T10:53:15","slug":"q-consider-the-following-pairs-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-pairs-31","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/td>Country<\/strong><\/td><\/td>Important reason for being in the news recently<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1.<\/td>Chad<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Setting up of permanent military base by China<\/td><\/tr>
2.<\/td>Guinea<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Suspension of Constitution and Government by military<\/td><\/tr>
3.<\/td>Lebanon<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Severe and prolonged economic depression<\/td><\/tr>
4.<\/td>Tunisia<\/td>\u2014<\/td>Suspension of Parliament by President<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How many pairs given above are correctly, matched?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Only one pair<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Only two pairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Only three pairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • All four pairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Answer:<\/strong> (c) Only three pairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    Chad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Chad is a largely semi-desert country, is rich in gold and uranium, and stands to benefit from its recently-acquired status as an oil-exporting state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • China has no\u00a0permanent military base in Chad<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Guinea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Guinea is a country in West Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The president of Guinea was detained after a successful military coup in the West African nation.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The coup was reportedly led by special task forces led by\u00a0Colonel Mamady Doumbouya<\/strong>, the head of Guinean Special Forces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

         Lebanon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Lebanon is a country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It consists of a narrow strip of territory and is one of the world\u2019s smaller sovereign states. The capital is Beirut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Lebanon is an import-dependent country<\/strong>. The badly damaged port facility is Lebanon\u2019s largest maritime gateway and it will make essential items expensive and threaten food security in the country.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Lebanon has already been struggling with a huge economic meltdown, with the rapid devaluation of the local currency and a volatile exchange rate on the black market fueling inflation, shuttering businesses, unemployment, and poverty.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It had also defaulted on a Eurobond repayment in March 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Tunisia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Tunisia is a country in\u00a0North Africa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Tunisia\u2019s accessible Mediterranean Sea coastline and strategic location have attracted conquerors and visitors through the ages, and its ready access to the Sahara has brought its people into contact with inhabitants of the African interior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Tunisia\u2019s President Kais Saied on Monday extended his months-long\u00a0suspension of parliament until new elections in December 2022<\/strong>, while calling for a July referendum on constitutional reforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Country Important reason for being in the news recently 1. Chad \u2014 Setting up of permanent military base by China 2. Guinea \u2014 Suspension of Constitution and Government by military 3. Lebanon \u2014 Severe and prolonged economic depression 4. Tunisia \u2014 Suspension of Parliament by President How many pairs given above are correctly, matched? Answer: (c)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[47],"years":[51],"class_list":["post-2296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-international-relations","years-51"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":47,"label":"International Relations"}],"years":[{"value":51,"label":"2022"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":47,"name":"International Relations","slug":"international-relations","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":47,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":79,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}