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Q97 (IAS/2023) Geography › Maps & Locations › Conflict and strategic regions Official Key

Consider the following pairs : Area of conflict mentioned in news Country where it is located . Donbas : Syria Kachin : Ethiopia Tigray : North Yemen 1. 2. 3. How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: D
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The correct answer is Option 4 (None) because all three pairs are incorrectly matched based on their geographical locations.

  • Donbas: This region is located in Ukraine, not Syria. It has been a major flashpoint of conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists (and later the Russian military) since 2014.
  • Kachin: This state is located in Myanmar, not Ethiopia. It is the site of a long-standing ethnic conflict between the Kachin Independence Army and the Myanmar military.
  • Tigray: This region is located in Ethiopia, not North Yemen. It gained international attention due to the civil war that broke out in 2020 between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Since none of the regions are correctly paired with their respective countries, Option 4 is the only accurate choice. This question tests the candidate's awareness of global geopolitical hotspots frequently mentioned in current affairs.

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This looks like a pure Current Affairs question, but it is actually 66% Static Geography. 'Donbas' is a standard coal-steel region in GC Leong (Ch 28), and 'Kachin' is a standard border region in Majid Husain (Ch 16). Only Tigray required newspaper awareness. Strategy: Map every news headline to your static geography chapters.

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Which country is the Donbas area of conflict (mentioned in news) located in?
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Certificate Physical and Human Geography , GC Leong (Oxford University press 3rd ed.) > Chapter 28: Manufacturing Industry and The Iron and Steel Industry > Major lron and Steel areas of the world > p. 290
Presence: 5/5
“The major iron and steel areas of the producing countries are as follows: (a) The United States of America. (i) The Pittsburgh area ofPennsylvania; (ii) The lake Michigan area (Chicago and Gary); (iii) The Lake Erie area (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo); (iv) The Atlantic Seaboard (ethlehem, Sparrows Point and Morrisville); (v) The Southern Appalachian region (Birmingham). (b) The Soviet Union. (i) The Donbas (Donetz) region of the lJkraine (Krivoi Rog is the largest); (ii) The Ural region (at Sverlovsk, Magnitogorsk and Nizhny Tagil); (iii) The Kuzbas (Kuznetsk) region (uses iron ore from the Urals with local coal at the Kuzbas Coalfield); (iv) The Karaganda region (Temir Tan is a new iron and steel town); (v) Eastern U.S.S.R. (at Komsomolsk). (c) lilestern Europe. (i) Britain.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly names the Donbas (Donetz) region as a region of Ukraine.
  • Places Donbas in the context of major iron-and-steel areas, tying the region to Ukraine's industrial geography.
Environment and Ecology, Majid Hussain (Access publishing 3rd ed.) > Chapter 10: Locational Factors of Economic Activities > major Steel Plants of the World > p. 37
Presence: 5/5
“Basin (Germany), Lorraine (France), Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk in Ural Mountains (Russia), Donbas (Ukraine), Karaganda (Kazakhstan), Kuzbas (Russia), Anshan, Shenyang, (Manchuria), Shanghai -China, Kimberley Plateau and Pilbara, Whyalla, Port Kembla (Australia), Rasht (Iran), Salvador, Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais in Brazil (Fig. 10.12). In India most of the iron and steel plants are located near the iron –ore and coal deposits. Te main steel plants of India and the Chotanagpur region are Bhilai, Bhadravati, Bokaro, Burnpur, Dhanbad, Daitari, Dolvi (Maharashtra), Durgapur, Gopalpur, Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, Paradip, Rourkela, Salem, Vijaynagaram, and Vishakhapatnam (Figs. 10.13 & 10.14). • Industrial Region: Europe Bohemia (Germany); Main Industries: Iron and steel, heavy machinery, mining equipments, electric goods, light machinery, consumer goods, agricultural machinery (Fig.”
Why this source?
  • Lists Donbas with the parenthetical country label 'Ukraine' among major steel/industrial regions.
  • Reinforces the identification of Donbas as part of Ukraine's industrial landscape.
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