{"id":1015,"date":"2023-06-19T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:50","slug":"q-consider-the-following-pairs-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-pairs-13","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Regions<\/strong>&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;mentioned in the news \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Country<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Catalonia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crimea&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hungary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mindanao&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Philippines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oromia&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Nigeria<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 and 4 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 4 only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) 1 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Catalonia<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is&nbsp;<strong>located in Spain.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is bordered by&nbsp;France&nbsp;and&nbsp;Andorra&nbsp;in&nbsp;the north, the&nbsp;Mediterranean Sea&nbsp;to the east, the autonomous community of&nbsp;Valencia&nbsp;to the south, and the autonomous community of&nbsp;Aragon&nbsp;to the west.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Republic of Crimea<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>officially part of Ukraine<\/strong>, lies on a peninsula stretching from the south of Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is separated from Russia&nbsp;by the narrow Kerch Strait.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mindanao<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is an<strong>&nbsp;island located in the&nbsp;Philippines.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is surrounded by the&nbsp;Bohol,&nbsp;Philippine,&nbsp;Celebes, and&nbsp;Sulu&nbsp;seas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oromia:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>is a regional state&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>Ethiopia.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethiopia is a landlocked&nbsp;country&nbsp;located in Eastern Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/historical-region-and-disputed-regions-upsc\/\"><strong>Must Read: Historical Region and Disputed Regions (in News)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_e49e2c-35 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_e49e2c-35 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_e49e2c-35\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regions&nbsp;sometimes&nbsp;mentioned in the news \u2013&nbsp;Country Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? 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