Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2023 · Current Affairs · Question 53

Consider the following pairs: Regions often in news — Reason for being in news: 1. North Kivu and Ituri — War between Armenia and Azerbaijan 2. Nagorno-Karabakh — Insurgency in Mozambique 3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — Dispute between Israel and Lebanon. How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None

Answer

None

  1. North Kivu and Ituri — These are provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, often in news for armed conflict involving rebel groups like M23/ADF, not for the Armenia-Azerbaijan war. Verdict: Incorrect.

  2. Nagorno-Karabakh — This region is in news for the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, not for the insurgency in Mozambique. Verdict: Incorrect.

  3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia — These are regions in Ukraine, in news due to the Russia-Ukraine war, not because of any Israel-Lebanon dispute. Verdict: Incorrect.

Hence, none of the pairs are correctly matched.

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