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UPSC 2022: Consider the following pairs: Region often mentioned in the news — Country 1. Anatolia — Turkey 2. Amhara — Ethiopia 3. Cabo Delgado — Spain 4. Catalonia — Italy How many pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a)Only one pair
(b)Only two pairs
(c)Only three pairs
(d)All four pairs
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Only two pairs
Anatolia is the Asian peninsula that constitutes most of Turkey (pair 1 correct) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia?utm_source=openai)). Amhara is a federal regional state of Ethiopia (pair 2 correct) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amhara_Region?utm_source=openai)). Cabo Delgado is a province of Mozambique, not Spain (pair 3 wrong) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Delgado_Province?utm_source=openai)). Catalonia is an autonomous community in Spain, not Italy (pair 4 wrong) ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/place/Catalonia?utm_source=openai)). Therefore only two pairs are correct.
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