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Q93·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2023

Regions in news — North Kivu & Ituri/Armenia-Azerbaijan war; Nagorno-Karabakh/Mozambique insurgency; Kherson & Zaporizhzhia/Israel-Lebanon dispute

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Question

Consider the following pairs: The following table: Regions often mentioned in news Reason for being in news

1North Kivu and Ituri : War between Armenia and Azerbaijan
2Nagorno-Karabakh : Insurgency in Mozambique
3Kherson and Zaporizhzhia : Dispute between Israel and Lebanon

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Options

a

Only one

b

Only two

c

All three

d

None

Answer

Explanation

None of the pairs are correct; they are completely mismatched. North Kivu and Ituri are conflict zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nagorno-Karabakh is the disputed enclave between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are frontline regions in the Ukraine-Russia war.

International relations questions frequently test the exact geographical associations of the year's most prominent global conflict zones.

Answer: (d).

Question details

Year

2023

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q93

Subject

International Relations

Sub-topic

Global Conflicts & Crises

Type

How-many counting

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Global Territorial Conflicts / Geopolitical Frontline Crisis 2022

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