{"id":27901,"date":"2024-02-17T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=27901"},"modified":"2024-02-17T11:17:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T11:17:53","slug":"upsc-prelims-2023-question-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2023-question-93\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Prelims 2023 &#8211; Question 93"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/upsc\/upsc-prelims-test-series?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=Blog-%20PTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Prelims-Test-Series-eng-and-hindi-1280\u00d7330.svg\" alt=\"UPSC Prelims Mock Test - ECONOMY 2\" class=\"wp-image-24924\" width=\"779\" height=\"199\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is  Question No. 93  a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d15415e9d2f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d15415e9d2f\"  \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2023-question-93\/#Q_93_Consider_the_following_pairs\" title=\"Q 93. Consider the following pairs:\u00a0\">Q 93. Consider the following pairs:\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/upsc-prelims-2023-question-93\/#Correct_Answer_Option_d\" title=\"Correct Answer: Option (d)&nbsp;\">Correct Answer: Option (d)&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Q_93_Consider_the_following_pairs\"><\/span>Q 93. Consider the following pairs:\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Regions often mentioned in the news:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reason for being in the news :\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. North Kivu and Ituri.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 War between Armenia and Azerbaijan.\u00a0<br>2. Nagorno-Karabakh.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Insurgency in Mozambique.\u00a0<br>3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 : Dispute between Israel and Lebanon.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>(a) Only one\u00a0<br>(b) Only two \u00a0<br>(c) All three\u00a0<br>(d) None\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Correct_Answer_Option_d\"><\/span>Correct Answer: Option (d)&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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.\u00a0<\/li><li>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, <strong>pair 2 is not correctly matched<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li><li>Russia carried out referendums on joining Russia in the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson \u2013 which represent 15 percent of Ukraine\u2019s territory and are controlled by Russia. 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