UPSC Prelims 2016 Question:

Consider the following pairs:

SI. No.	Community		Region/Country
1.	Kurd	:	Bangladesh
2.	Madhesi	:	Nepal
3.	Rohingya	:	Myanmar

Which of the above pairs given is/are correctly matched?

Explanation:

• Kurd: The Kurds are one of the indigenous peoples of the Mesopotamian plains and the highlands in what are now south-eastern Turkey, north-eastern Syria, northern Iraq, north-western Iran and south-western Armenia. They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. So, pair 1 is not correctly matched.
  
  
• Madhesi: Madheshi people is a term used for several ethnic groups living in the Terai region of Nepal. Madheshi people comprise various ethnic groups like Maithils, Bhojpuri, Awadhi etc. So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Rohingya: The Rohingya are an ethnic group (Muslim Majority), who have lived for centuries in the majority Buddhist Myanmar. They have been denied citizenship in Myanmar since 1982, which has effectively rendered them stateless. So, pair 3 is correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | International Relations