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Q94·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2016

Famous places and Indian regions

GeographyRegional geography and landmarksMatching pairsMediumStatic

Question

Consider the following pairs:

Famous place : Region

1Bodhgaya : Baghelkhand
2Khajuraho : Bundelkhand
3Shirdi : Vidarbha
4Nasik (Nashik) : Malwa
5Tirupati : Rayalaseema

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Options

a

1, 2 and 4

b

2, 3, 4 and 5

c

2 and 5 only

Answer
d

1, 3, 4 and 5

Explanation

Analyzing each pair: (1) Bodhgaya is in Bihar, not Baghelkhand (which is in Madhya Pradesh). This is incorrect. (2) Khajuraho is in Madhya Pradesh and is indeed in the Bundelkhand region. This is correct. (3) Shirdi is in Maharashtra, in the Marathwada region, not in Vidarbha (which is eastern Maharashtra). This is incorrect. (4) Nasik is in Maharashtra, located in the western Ghats region, not in Malwa (which is in central Madhya Pradesh). This is incorrect. (5) Tirupati is in Andhra Pradesh and is indeed in the Rayalaseema region. This is correct. Therefore, only pairs 2 and 5 are correctly matched.

Regional matching: Khajuraho-Bundelkhand and Tirupati-Rayalaseema are textbook geographic pairings; others mismatch region assignments.

Answer: c.

Question details

Year

2016

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q94

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Regional geography and landmarks

Type

Matching pairs

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography and Ancient/Medieval India History

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