Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List - I (Volcanic Mountains): A. Mount Rainier B. Mount Etna C. Mount Pericutine D. Mount Apo
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Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List - I (Volcanic Mountains): A. Mount Rainier  B. Mount Etna  C. Mount Pericutine  D. Mount Apo
List - II (Country): 1. Italy  2. Mexico  3. Philippines  4. U.S.A.
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Correct — B, A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3. The four volcanic mountains map to their countries as: A. Mount Rainier → U.S.A. (4) — a glacier-clad stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of Washington State; B. Mount Etna → Italy (1) — Europe's largest and one of its most active volcanoes, on Sicily; C. Mount Pericutine (Paricutin) → Mexico (2) — the cinder-cone volcano that famously burst out of a farmer's field in Michoacan in 1943; D. Mount Apo → Philippines (3) — a stratovolcano on Mindanao and the highest peak in the Philippines. That gives A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3 → option (b).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong — it swaps B and C: Etna is in Italy (1), not Mexico (2), and Paricutin is in Mexico (2), not Italy (1). Rainier-USA and Apo-Philippines are right, but the middle pair is inverted.  (c) Wrong — it misplaces Rainier and Paricutin: Mount Rainier is in the U.S.A. (4), not Mexico (2), and Paricutin is in Mexico (2), not the U.S.A. (4). Only Etna-Italy and Apo-Philippines are correct here.  (d) Wrong — it puts Etna in the Philippines (3) and Apo in Italy (1). Etna is in Italy and Apo is in the Philippines, so both those pairs are reversed; only Rainier-USA and Paricutin-Mexico are right.

Concept: This is a 'famous volcano ↔ country' location test. All four are stratovolcanoes/cones on active plate margins: Mount Rainier (USA) and Paricutin (Mexico) sit along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' subduction belt; Mount Etna (Italy) lies where the African plate meets the Eurasian plate in the Mediterranean; and Mount Apo (Philippines) is on the western Pacific arc. Knowing the home country of each iconic volcano is a recurring UPPSC/UPSC static-geography item.

State PCS 2021 Q87 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q87 — Geography PYQ with Answer