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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