UPSC Prelims 2008 · General Studies

Question 78: International Relations and Current Affairs

Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries?

aVietnam

bCambodia

cSouth Korea

dJapan

AnswerThe answer is (c).

Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea, pursued through his Sunshine Policy. He had earlier survived a death sentence under military rule. So his country is South Korea.

Why each option is right or wrong

(a) Vietnam is not his country.
(b) Cambodia is not his country.
(c) South Korea is his country.
(d) Japan is not his country.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2008, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.