Diego Garcia is ______________________.

A character in one of Shakespeare's dramas

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A river in South America

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An aeroplane jet fighter

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A British Island in the India Ocean

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Solution

The correct option is C A river in South America
Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. it's a militarised atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago

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A. According to the agreement, the people living on the island were shifted to Mauritius' main island, and the British paid some compensation for their rehabilitation.

B. Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean was a part of the Group of Islands of Mauritius.

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