Consider the following pairs : Area of conflict mentioned in news : Country where it is located 1. Donbas : Syria 2. Kachin : Ethiopia 3. Tigray : North Yemen How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- (a) Only one
- (b) Only two
- (c) All three
- (d) None ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Pair 1 is wrong: Donbas is the industrial region of eastern Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) at the centre of the Russia–Ukraine war, not in Syria.
• Pair 2 is wrong: Kachin is a state in northern Myanmar where the Kachin Independence Army fights the junta, not in Ethiopia.
• Pair 3 is wrong: Tigray is the northern region of Ethiopia that fought a war with the federal government in 2020–22, not in Yemen.
• All three conflict areas have been placed in the wrong country.
• Hence none, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one
- None of the pairs is correct.
- (b) Only two
- All three are mismatched.
- (c) All three
- Each region is placed in the wrong country.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2023, held on 28 May 2023. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.