Consider the following pairs Towns sometimes mentioned Country in news 1. Aleppo Syria 2. Kirkuk Yemen 3. Mosul Palestine 4. Mazar-i-sharif Afghanistan Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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Q: 92 (IAS/2018)
Consider the following pairs Towns sometimes mentioned         Country in news        
1. Aleppo                        — Syria
2. Kirkuk                         — Yemen
3. Mosul                          — Palestine
4. Mazar-i-sharif               — Afghanistan
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'pairs towns': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'syria': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'afghanistan': [2, 1, 0, 2], 'mosul': [0, 0, 0, 3], 'yemen': [0, 0, 2, 5], 'palestine': [1, 0, 0, 3], 'country': [27, 2, 36, 66], 'sharif': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'kirkuk': [1, 0, 1, 1]}

The correct answer is Option 2: 1 and 4.

1. Aleppo - Syria: Aleppo is a city in northern Syria that has been heavily impacted by the ongoing Syrian Civil War. It has been a key battleground between the Syrian government forces and various rebel groups.

2. Kirkuk - Yemen: Kirkuk is not a town in Yemen. Kirkuk is actually a city in Iraq, located in the north of the country. It is a multi-ethnic city with a significant Kurdish population and has been a flashpoint for tensions between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish Regional Government.

3. Mosul - Palestine: Mosul is not a town in Palestine. Mosul is actually a city in northern Iraq that was previously controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) before being retaken by Iraqi forces in 2017.

4. Mazar-i-Sharif - Afghanistan: Mazar-i-Sharif is a city in northern Afghanistan and is the fourth-largest city in the country. It has a significant strategic and economic importance in the region due to its location on major trade routes and its proximity to neighboring countries.

Therefore, the only correctly matched pairs are Aleppo and Syria, and Mazar-i-Sharif and Afghanistan. Kirkuk and Yemen do not match as Kirkuk is in Iraq, not Yemen, while Mosul and Palestine do not match as Mosul is in Iraq, not Palestine.