Asked in a 1980 paper

Ronal Reagan became president of USA in 1980 and in the same year Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia was died. Which country got its independence in this year?

Correct answer: D. Zimbabwe

  • A. Germany
  • B. France
  • C. Malta
  • D. Zimbabwe

Explanation

Zimbabwe achieved independence on 18 April 1980 after the end of white-minority rule in Rhodesia. Reagan was elected in 1980 but took office in 1981, a minor wording error that does not change the independence answer.

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