Consider the following pairs : Country | Animal found in its natural habitat 1. Brazil | Indri 2. Indonesia | Elk 3. Madagascar | Bonobo How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?
- (a) Only one
- (b) Only two
- (c) All three
- (d) None ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• The indri is the largest living lemur and is found only in the rainforests of Madagascar — not Brazil, so pair 1 is wrong.
• The elk (wapiti) is a large deer of North America and north-east Asia's temperate forests; it does not occur in tropical Indonesia — pair 2 is wrong.
• The bonobo, a great ape closely related to the chimpanzee, lives only in the Congo Basin south of the Congo river in the DR Congo — not Madagascar, so pair 3 is wrong.
• The animals have been shuffled among the wrong countries; none of the pairs is correct.
• Hence option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one
- No pair is correct; each animal is placed in the wrong country.
- (b) Only two
- None of the pairs is correctly matched.
- (c) All three
- All three pairs are wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2024, held on 16 June 2024. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.