UPSC Prelims 2023 – Question 93

Here is Question No. 93 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2023.

Q 93. Consider the following pairs: 

Regions often mentioned in the news:    Reason for being in the 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? 
 
(a) Only one 
(b) Only two  
(c) All three 
(d) None 

Correct Answer: Option (d) 

• North Kivu and Ituri are the Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Humanitarian Emergency in North Kivu, Ituri, and South Kivu in 2023. Hence, pair 1 is not correctly matched. 
• The landlocked mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh is the subject of an unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan, in which it lies, and its ethnic Armenian majority, backed by neighboring Armenia. Hence, pair 2 is not correctly matched. 
• Russia carried out referendums on joining Russia in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – which represent 15 percent of Ukraine’s territory and are controlled by Russia. Hence, pair 3 is not correctly matched. 

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