2002 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2002 · General Studies
Question 119: International Relations and Current Affairs
In the year 2001, India offered a grant of five million dollars to Tajikistan to
atackle the drought situation
bset up a software Technology Park
cpromote mineral exploration
dprocure defence equipment
AnswerThe answer is (a).
The given answer is that India's grant of five million dollars to Tajikistan in 2001 was to tackle drought. Central Asia, including Tajikistan, was suffering a severe drought in 1999-2001, and relief grants were the usual form of Indian help. This is a recall item from that year's foreign-affairs news.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Right as given: drought relief.
- (b) A software park was not the purpose of this grant.
- (c) Mineral exploration was not the purpose of this grant.
- (d) Defence equipment was not the purpose of this grant.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2002, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.