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Consider the following pairs : Community sometimes mentioned in the news 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

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Your answer:  ·  Correct: C
Explanation

The correct answer is option C (pairs 2 and 3 are correctly matched).

**Pair 1 is incorrect:** Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia.[1] They are not associated with Bangladesh.

**Pair 2 is correct:** The Madhesi are an indigenous ethnic group of Nepalese people who are natives of the Madhesh plains of Southern Nepal in Terai belt of South Asia.[2] This confirms that Madhesi people are indeed a community in Nepal.

**Pair 3 is correct:** Nepal and Bhutan, as well as Bangladesh and Myanmar, have had disagreements in the past over the migration of ethnic Nepalese into Bhutan and the Rohingyas from Myanmar into India and Bangladesh, respectively.[3] This establishes that Rohingyas are from Myanmar, making this pairing correct.

Therefore, only pairs 2 and 3 are correctly matched, making option C the correct answer.

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  1. [1] https://abhipedia.abhimanu.com/Article/1057/NzM5MDIEEQQVV/Consider-the-following-pairs-Community-sometimes-In-the-affairs-of-mentioned-in-the-n-on-General-Studies-Prelim-for-undefined-
  2. [2] https://abhipedia.abhimanu.com/Article/1057/NzM5MDIEEQQVV/Consider-the-following-pairs-Community-sometimes-In-the-affairs-of-mentioned-in-the-n-on-General-Studies-Prelim-for-undefined-
  3. [3] Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 3: Contemporary South Asia > Ideas for the Teacher > p. 41
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Q. Consider the following pairs : Community sometimes mentioned in the news 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanma…
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Origin: Books + Current Affairs Fairness: Low / Borderline fairness Books / CA: 3.3/10 · 6.7/10
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This question bridges NCERT Political Science (Rohingya) with high-decibel Current Affairs (Madhesi blockade, Kurdish Peshmerga). It rewards candidates who maintain a mental map of 'Conflict Zones' rather than just memorizing treaty names.

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Statement 1
Community sometimes mentioned in the news: Are Kurds (Kurdish people) a community in Bangladesh?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs Fairness: CA heavy Web-answerable

Web source
Presence: 5/5
"Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia."
Why this source?
  • Explicitly describes where Kurds inhabit, listing countries in the Middle East and not Bangladesh.
  • Appears in a question pairing 'Kurd : Bangladesh' and then gives Kurdish geography, implying the pair is incorrect.
Web source
Presence: 3/5
"1. Kurd - Bangladesh 2. Madhesi - Nepal 3. Rohingya - Myanmar"
Why this source?
  • Lists the pair '1. Kurd - Bangladesh' as an item to be evaluated in 'Community sometimes mentioned in the news', indicating this pairing is questionable.
  • Reinforces that the Kurd–Bangladesh pairing is presented for evaluation in study material, not as an established fact of Kurdish presence in Bangladesh.

Political Theory, Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Nationalism > p. 99
Strength: 5/5
“Such separatist movements have developed among the Quebecois in Canada, the Basques in northern Spain, the Kurds in Turkey and Iraq, and the Tamils in Sri Lanka, among others. The language of nationalism is also used by some groups in India. Arab nationalism today may hope to unite Arab countries in a pan Arab union but separatist movements like the Basques or Kurds struggle to divide existing states. We may all agree that nationalism is a powerful force in the world even today. But it is more difficult to arrive at agreement regarding the definition of terms like nation or nationalism.”
Why relevant

Shows Kurds are an identifiable ethno-national group active across multiple countries (Turkey, Iraq) — i.e., 'Kurd' can denote a transnational community.

How to extend

A student could use this pattern to ask whether a Kurdish transnational/diaspora presence extends to South Asian states like Bangladesh by checking diaspora/refugee data or immigration links.

Exploring Society:India and Beyond. Social Science-Class VI . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 9: Family and Community > LET'S EXPLORE > p. 148
Strength: 5/5
“• A group of people of a particular religion, region, common work or interest, especially a smaller group, may also be called a community; for instance, 'Mumbai's Parsi community', 'Chennai's Sikh community', 'America's Indian community', 'Kerala's scientific community', 'our school's art community', 'the village's farming community', and so on… The list is endless!• In your school, you may be part of different communities — your class, of course, but also the sports community, the National Service Scheme, the National Cadet Corps, a science or drama club, etc.”
Why relevant

Gives a broad definition/pattern of 'community' (people of a particular religion, region, common work or interest) and examples, implying ethnic groups count as communities.

How to extend

One could therefore treat 'Kurds' as a potential community in any country if there is a resident/immigrant Kurdish population documented there.

Exploring Society:India and Beyond. Social Science-Class VI . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 9: Family and Community > Community > p. 143
Strength: 4/5
“Families are connected not only within themselves, but also with other families and the people around them. Such a group of connected people may be called a 'community' (there are other meanings for 'community', depending on the context). Members of a community come together for various reasons, like celebrating festivals and organising feasts, weddings and other events. In some villages, people come together to support each other with agricultural practices like land preparation, sowing and harvesting. Over time, communities often agreed upon some practices on the use of shared natural wealth and resources such as water, grazing lands and forest produce.”
Why relevant

Explains community as a connected group that may share practices and resources, reinforcing that 'community' need not be territorially bounded.

How to extend

A student could look for local social practices, associations, places of worship, or cultural events in Bangladesh that indicate a Kurdish community presence.

Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: Security in the Contemporary World > Refugees in the world (2017) > p. 74
Strength: 4/5
“Source: http://www.unhcr.org their country of origin, people who have fled their homes but remain within national borders are called 'internally displaced people'. Kashmiri Pandits that fled the violence in the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s are an example of an internally displaced community. The world refugee map tallies almost perfectly with the world conflicts map because wars and armed conflicts in the South have generated millions of refugees seeking safe haven. From 1990 to 1995, 70 states were involved in 93 wars which killed about 55 lakh people. As a result, individuals, and families and, at times, whole communities have been forced to migrate because of generalised fear of violence or due to the destruction of livelihoods, identities and living environments.”
Why relevant

Describes refugees and how conflicts produce refugee communities mapped against conflicts, suggesting refugee or migrant groups can form communities in new countries.

How to extend

A student might check UNHCR or refugee maps/records to see if Kurdish refugees have settled in Bangladesh, as a route to establish a Kurdish community there.

Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Regional Aspirations > Movements against outsiders > p. 129
Strength: 3/5
“The large scale migration into the North-East gave rise to a special kind of problem that pitted the 'local' communities against people who were seen as 'outsiders' or migrants. These latecomers, either from India or abroad are seen as encroachers on scarce resources like land and potential competitors to employment opportunities and political power. This issue has taken political and sometimes violent form in many States of the North-East. l r t The Assam Movement from 1979 to 1985 is the best example of such movements against 'outsiders'. The Assamese suspected that there were huge numbers of illegal Bengali Muslim settlers from Bangladesh.”
Why relevant

Discusses migration creating 'outsider' groups and local perceptions of migrants from Bangladesh into India, illustrating how migration flows can create identifiable communities across borders.

How to extend

By analogy, a student could investigate historical or recent migration routes to see whether Kurds have migrated to Bangladesh and formed a community.

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