Consider the following pairs:Towns sometimes mentioned in news - Country1.Aleppo - Syria2.Kirkuk - Yemen3.Mosul - Palestine4.Mazar-i-Sharif - AfghanistanWhich of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. A

   1 and 2

   (a) 1 and 2. Aleppo is in Syria, but Kirkuk is in Iraq, not Yemen. Pair 2 is wrong, so this is not the key.

2. B

   1 and 4

   (b) 1 and 4. (b) Official key: Aleppo is a Syrian city; Mazar-i-Sharif is in Afghanistan. Kirkuk is Iraqi, not Yemeni; Mosul is Iraqi, not Palestinian. Pairs 1 and 4 only are correct.

3. C

   2 and 3

   (c) 2 and 3. Both Kirkuk–Yemen and Mosul–Palestine are mismatches. This is not the key.

4. D

   3 and 4

   (d) 3 and 4. Pair 4 is right; pair 3 is not. This is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (b) 1 and 4. Aleppo–Syria and Mazar-i-Sharif–Afghanistan are correctly matched. Kirkuk and Mosul are in Iraq, not Yemen or Palestine. Honour the stored letter (b).