Q53.
Consider the following pairs : Regions often Reason for being in 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 ?
Answer
D
Explanation
Kivu and Ituri are provinces in the Democratic of the Congo (DRC) that have been affected by for decades. Since February 2023, violence and in eastern DRC has increased in these regions. pair 1 is not correctly matched. known as Artsakh by Armenians, is landlocked mountainous area in the South Caucasus. territory is internationally recognised as part of oil- Azerbaijan, but its inhabitants are predominantly Armenians. The area is disputed between and Armenia. Hence pair 2 is not correctly regions Kherson and Zaporizhzhia were in news in September 2022 Russia occupied Ukrainian of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and These oblasts make up about 15% of the of Ukraine. Hence pair 3 is not correctly