Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2014 · Current Affairs · Question 16

Consider the following pairs: Region often in news — Country: 1. Chechnya — Russian Federation 2. Darfur — Mali 3. Swat Valley — Iraq. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 only

1. Chechnya — Russian Federation: Correct. Chechnya is a republic within the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus.
2. Darfur — Mali: Incorrect. Darfur is a region of western Sudan, not Mali.
3. Swat Valley — Iraq: Incorrect. Swat Valley is in Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), not Iraq.

Hence, only pair 1 is correctly matched.

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