Here is Question No. 90 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2018
Q90. Consider the following pairs:
Regions sometimes mentioned in news Country
Catalonia – Spain
Crimea – Hungary
Mindanao – Philippines
Oromia – Nigeria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 3 and 4 only (c) 1 and 3 only (d) 2 and 4 only
Answer: C
Pair 1 is correctly matched: Catalonia is an autonomous community in the northeastern corner of Spain. It is one of Spain’s wealthiest regions. It consists of four provinces, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona.
Pair 2 is not correctly matched: The Republic of Crimea, officially part of Ukraine, lies on a peninsula stretching out from the south of Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is separated from Russia to the east by the narrow Kerch Strait.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: Mindanao, Island, the second largest (after Luzon) in the Philippines, in the southern part of the archipelago, surrounded by the Bohol, Philippine, Celebes, and Sulu seas.
Pair 4 is not correctly matched: The Oromo people are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, Eastern Africa. Their population is estimate to be 55 million, which makes it the largest ethnic group in Eastern Africa.
