UPSC Prelims 2014 Question:

Recently, a series of uprisings of people referred to as 'Arab Spring' originally started from

Explanation:

• The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests that started from Tunisia and spread like wildfire in the Arab region. The protests were able to spread with the help of Social Media. The protests were pro-democracy and against the entrenched totalitarian and oppressive regimes in the region.
  
  
• In 2011, the protests spread to regions of North Africa and the Middle East and brought leadership change in many countries. The wave began when protests in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their regimes in quick succession, inspiring similar attempts in other Arab countries.
  
  
• Not every country saw success in the protest movement, however, and demonstrators expressing their political and economic grievances were often met with violent crackdowns by their countries’ security forces.
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | International Relations