UPSC Prelims 2018 – Question 37

Q37. Consider the following pairs:

Towns are sometimes mentioned in the news Country

1. Aleppo – Syria
2. Kirkuk – Yemen
3. Mosul – Palestine
4. Mazar-I-sharif – Afghanistan
   Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
   (a) 1 and 2 only
   (b) 1 and 4 only
   (c) 2 and 3 only
   (d) 3 and 4 only

Answer: B

• Pair 1 and pair 4 are correctly matched: Aleppo is in Syria. Mazar-i-sharif is located in Afghanistan.
• Pair 2 and pair 3 are not correctly matched: Kirkuk and Mosul, both are in Iraq. All these places appeared in news in context of war and violence.

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