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UPSC 1998: ‘MERCOSUR’ consists of a group of countries of
(a)Africa
(b)Asia
(c)Latin America
(d)South-East Asia
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Latin America
MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market) is a customs union comprising South-American/Latin-American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and others; therefore the bloc is located in Latin America, not Africa or Asia. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercosur?utm_source=openai))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 1998, GS Paper 1, as Question 12. It falls under Geography > World Political Geography & Borders.
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