Consider the following pairs : Region often mentioned in the news — Country 1. Anatolia — Turkey 2. Amhara — Ethiopia 3. Cabo Delgado — Spain 4. Catalonia — Italy How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?
- (a) Only one pair
- (b) Only two pairs ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) Only three pairs
- (d) All four pairs
Why the answer is (b)
• Pair 1 is correct: Anatolia (Asia Minor) is the Asian part of Turkey.
• Pair 2 is correct: Amhara is a region of Ethiopia drawn into the Tigray war and later its own insurgency.
• Pair 3 is wrong: Cabo Delgado is the northern province of Mozambique hit by an Islamist insurgency, not part of Spain.
• Pair 4 is wrong: Catalonia, with its independence movement, is in Spain, not Italy.
• Hence two pairs, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one pair
- Both Anatolia and Amhara pairs are correct.
- (c) Only three pairs
- Cabo Delgado is in Mozambique and Catalonia in Spain; only two pairs are right.
- (d) All four pairs
- Pairs 3 and 4 are wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.