Q93 · UPSC Prelims 2023 · Set A · Current Affairs and GK

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Consider the following pairs:Regions often Reason for being in news1.North Kivu and Ituri : War between Armenia and Azerbaijan2.Nagorno-Karabakh : Insurgency in Mozambique3.Kherson and Zaporizhzhia : Dispute between Israel and LebanonHow many of the above pairs are correctly matched ?

A Only one
B Only Two
C All three
D None

Correct answer: (d) None

Explanation

  1. A

    Only one

    Only one. All three region–reason pairs are swapped.

  2. B

    Only Two

    Only two. None matches.

  3. C

    All three

    All three. North Kivu/Ituri are DRC; Nagorno-Karabakh is Armenia–Azerbaijan; Kherson/Zaporizhzhia are Ukraine.

  4. 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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