UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · Question 98

In the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan caught the international attention for which one of the following reasons common to all of them?

  1. Discovery of rich deposits of rare earth elements
  2. Establishment of Chinese military bases
  3. Southward expansion of Sahara Desert
  4. Successful coups
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Answer: (D) Successful coups

Explanation

All four saw successful military coups in 2020–21 (the 'coup belt').