2007 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2007 · General Studies

Question 36: International Relations and Current Affairs

Near the end of the year 2006, which one of the following countries was suspended from the Commonwealth after a military coup?

aKenya
bMyanmar
cFiji
dTanzania

AnswerThe answer is (c).

In December 2006 Commodore Frank Bainimarama, head of Fiji's military, took power in a coup, and the Commonwealth suspended Fiji from its councils. Myanmar never joined the Commonwealth, and neither Kenya nor Tanzania had a coup in 2006. Fiji was readmitted in 2014.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Kenya had no coup in 2006.
  • (b) Myanmar was never a Commonwealth member.
  • (c) Correct: Fiji was suspended after the December 2006 coup.
  • (d) Tanzania had no coup in 2006.

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