Sulawesi island

Why in news?

• A team of archaeologists has discovered what may be the world’s oldest known cave painting dating back to more than 45,000 years in Sulawesi island.

About the island:

• The cave painting depicts a wild boar endemic to the Sulawesi island of Indonesia, where the painting was found.
• The central Indonesian island, which occupies an area of over 174,000 sq. km, is situated between Asia and Australia and has a long history of human occupation.
• The painting  was in a limestone cave known as Leang Tedongnge.
• The painting was made using red ochre pigment and depicts a pig with a short crest of upright hairs and a pair of horn-like facial warts in front of the eyes.
• These pigs have been hunted by humans for tens of thousands of years.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Sulawesi island, recently in news, is in:
(a)Philppines 
(b)Iran
(c)Indonesia
(d)Saudi Arabia

Answer to Prelims Question