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UPSC 2000: Match the international events listed below with their respective places labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list: International Events: A. Venue of Commonwealth Conference held in 1999. B. Venue of World Trade Organisation meeting held in 1999. C. Place of Israel–Syria Peace talks held in January 2000. D. Place of military action by Russian troops in January 2000. Codes:
(a)A-2, B-1, C-5, D-3
(b)A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
(c)A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
(d)A-4, B-3, C-5, D-2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
The 1999 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Durban (label 4); the 1999 WTO ministerial met in Seattle (label 1); Israel-Syria peace talks in Jan 2000 took place at Shepherdstown, West Virginia (label 2); and Russian troops were engaged in Grozny, Chechnya in Jan 2000 (label 3). Hence the correct matching is A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3, i.e. option (c). ([edurev.in](https://edurev.in/t/203163/International-Solved-Questions--1995-2020--1?utm_source=openai))
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