UPSC CAPF (AC) 2025 Paper I · Question 35
Question 35 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2025 Paper I (3 August 2025). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Consider the following statements about international events: 1. The First Gulf War was related to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. 2. Mikhail Gorbachev was the President of the Soviet Union at the time of its disintegration. 3. Boris Yeltsin was the first elected President of Russia. How many of the statements given above are correct?
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अंतर्राष्ट्रीय घटनाओं के बारे में निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. पहला खाड़ी युद्ध इराक द्वारा कुवैत पर आक्रमण से संबंधित था। 2. सोवियत संघ के विघटन के समय मिखाइल गोर्बाचेव उसके राष्ट्रपति थे। 3. बोरिस येल्तसिन रूस के पहले निर्वाचित राष्ट्रपति थे। उपर्युक्त में से कितने कथन सही हैं?
- शून्य
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Answer: (4) 3
उत्तर: (4) 3
All three are correct: the First Gulf War (as NCERT calls it) of 1990-91 was fought by a US-led coalition to free Kuwait after Iraq's invasion in August 1990; Gorbachev was President of the USSR when it dissolved in December 1991; and Boris Yeltsin, elected by popular vote in June 1991, was Russia's first elected President.