Q. 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 only
  • 2 and 3 only
  • 1 and 3 only
  • 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (a) 1 only

Notes:

Chechnya:

  • Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a republic of Russia.
  • It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Chechnya

Darfur Region, Sudan:

  • The Darfur region constitutes Western Sudan, present-Eastern Chad, and the present-Northern part of the Central African Republic Region. 
darfur sudan

Swat Valley:

  • Swat District, also known as the Swat Valley, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
  • The valley was a major centre of early Buddhism of the ancient civilisation of Gandhara, mainly Gandharan Buddhism, with pockets of Buddhism persisting in the valley until the 17th century, after which the area became largely Muslim.
  • Swat was the centre of Hindu Shahis and the Sultanate of Swat.
Swat