A
Only one
B
Only Two
C
All three
D
None
Correct answer: (d) None
Explanation
- A
Only one
Only one. All three region–reason pairs are swapped.
- B
Only Two
Only two. None matches.
- C
All three
All three. North Kivu/Ituri are DRC; Nagorno-Karabakh is Armenia–Azerbaijan; Kherson/Zaporizhzhia are Ukraine.
- D
None
None. Each ‘reason for being in news’ is attached to the wrong place.
Summary. Official key is (d) none. North Kivu and Ituri are eastern DRC conflict provinces, not Armenia–Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh is the Caucasus dispute, not Mozambique. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are Ukrainian oblasts in the Russia war, not Israel–Lebanon.
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