UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies
Question 148: Geography
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?
AnswerThe answer is (a).
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Serbia and Montenegro agreed in 2002 on a looser union that replaced the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Croatia was under Hungarian administration until the end of the First World War. The Macedonian claim is between Greece and Macedonia, not Belgium, and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, not Czechoslovakia.
- 1. Serbia and Montenegro agreed a new structure in 2002.
- 2. Croatia was under Hungarian administration until 1918.
- 3. The Macedonia dispute was with Greece, not Belgium.
- 4. Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia, not Czechoslovakia.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 3 is not correct, (b), (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 3.
What you needed to know: The Macedonia dispute was with Greece, not Belgium.
Only (a) is left. You didn’t need statements 1, 2 or 4.
This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Correct: statements 1 and 2.
- (b) Statement 3 is false: the dispute is with Greece, not Belgium.
- (c) Statements 3 and 4 are false.
- (d) Statements 3 and 4 are false.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.