2004 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies

Question 83: International Relations and Current Affairs

The Prime Minister of which one of the following countries was assassinated in the year 2003?

aCzech Republic
bRomania
cSerbia
dSlovenia

AnswerThe answer is (c).

Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of Serbia, was assassinated in Belgrade in March 2003. The Czech Republic, Romania and Slovenia saw no such event that year. Remember: Serbia, 2003, Djindjic, who had handed Slobodan Milosevic over to the Hague tribunal in 2001.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) No Czech Prime Minister was assassinated in 2003.
  • (b) No Romanian Prime Minister was assassinated in 2003.
  • (c) Correct: Serbia's Prime Minister Djindjic was assassinated.
  • (d) No Slovenian Prime Minister was assassinated in 2003.

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