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UPSC 2015: The area known as ‘Golan Heights’ sometimes appears in the news in the context of the events related to
(a)Central Asia
(b)Middle East
(c)South-East Asia
(d)Central Africa
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Middle East
The Golan Heights is a plateau captured by Israel from Syria in 1967 and is a continuing flash-point in the Middle East; it is unrelated to Central Asia, Southeast Asia or Central Africa. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights?utm_source=openai))
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