{"id":2848,"date":"2026-04-22T19:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:22:15","slug":"consider-the-following-pairs-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/prelims\/consider-the-following-pairs-3","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following pairs:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Region<\/strong>  <\/td>Country<\/strong>  <\/td><\/tr>
I. Mallorca  <\/td>Italy  <\/td><\/tr>
II. Normandy  <\/td>Spain  <\/td><\/tr>
III. Sardinia  <\/td>France  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Only one\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Only two\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • All the three\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • None\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \n

    Answer: (d) None <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    • Mallorca is the largest island in the\u00a0Balearic Islands archipelago, located in the\u00a0Mediterranean Sea<\/strong>. It\u00a0belongs to\u00a0Spain,\u00a0<\/strong>not Italy. The island is a popular tourist destination, known for its beaches, limestone mountains, and historic architecture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Normandy is located in\u00a0northern France<\/strong>, along the English Channel. It is historically significant for the\u00a0D-Day landings during World War II. It is not a part of Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sardinia is the\u00a0second-largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily<\/strong>. It is an\u00a0autonomous region\u00a0of Italy<\/strong>, not France. It lies to the west of the Italian Peninsula and south of the French island of Corsica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Region   Country   I. Mallorca   Italy   II. Normandy   Spain   III. Sardinia   France   In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?   Answer: (d) None <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[37],"years":[63],"class_list":["post-2848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prelims","category-upsc","tag-geography","years-63"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"},{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"}],"post_tag":[{"value":37,"label":"Geography"}],"years":[{"value":63,"label":"2025"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1},{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":37,"name":"Geography","slug":"geography","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":37,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}