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?
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.