UPSC Prelims 2022 Question:

Consider the following pairs

Sl. No.	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? 

Explanation: 

• • Anatolia: Recently, Turkish police detained several people over links to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan`s archfoe, US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. In the latest crackdown, police carried out simultaneous raids in several cities including Istanbul as well as Konya and Kayseri in central Anatolia. So, pair 1 is correctly matched.
    
    
  • Amhara: Recently, once a key ally of Ethiopia’s federal government in its deadly war in the country’s northern Tigray region, the neighboring Amhara region is now experiencing government-led mass arrests and disappearances of activists, journalists and other perceived critics. So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
    
    
  • Cabo Delgado: Recently, at least 24 countries have sent soldiers to support Mozambique in its fight against insurgents in northern Cabo Delgado province. So, pair 3 is not correctly matched.
    
    

• Catalonia: Catalonia is an autonomous region of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Since 2010, there has been an increasing support for Catalan Independence. So, pair 4 is not correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography|Mapping