UPSC Prelims 2014 – Question 34

Q: Recently, a series of uprisings of people referred to as ‘Arab Spring’ originally started from

a) Egypt
b) Lebanon
c) Syria
d) Tunisia

The Correct Answer is Option 4.

The Arab Spring

• It was a revolutionary wave of demonstrations protests and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010 and spread throughout the countries of the Arab League.
• It originally started from Tunisia. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
• Tunisia is bordered by Algeria and Libya and has a marine boundary with the Mediterranean Sea.

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