Q82 · UPPSC Prelims 2018 · Set B · General Studies

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On the basis of Panama Papers, the Prime Minister of which of the following countries was sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption?

A Maldives
B Trinidad
C Pakistan
D None of the above

Correct answer: (c) Pakistan

Explanation

  1. A

    Maldives

    The Maldives had political turmoil in those years, but the Panama Papers jail sentence of ten years for a prime minister is not the Maldives pairing. This option is not the key.

  2. B

    Trinidad

    Trinidad is not the country whose prime minister received that ten-year sentence on Panama Papers facts as keyed here. This option is therefore wrong.

  3. C

    Pakistan

    Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified and later sentenced in corruption cases that grew from the Panama Papers revelations about his family’s offshore holdings. The paper keys Pakistan. This option is the official key.

  4. D

    None of the above

    Because Pakistan is named, none of the above is incorrect. This option is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (c) Pakistan. The 2016 Panama Papers listed companies linked to the Sharif family; Pakistani courts then barred and convicted Nawaz Sharif. Maldives and Trinidad are not that match. Only (c) is the stored country.