Consider the following pairs: Regions sometimes mentioned in news : Country Catalonia Spain Crimea Hungary Mindanao Philippines Oromia Nigeria Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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Q: 60 (IAS/2018)
Consider the following pairs: Regions sometimes mentioned in news                :               Country Catalonia                   –                                                      Spain Crimea                  –                                                          Hungary Mindanao                  –                                                      Philippines Oromia                       –                                                    Nigeria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

question_subject: 

General Knowledge

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'regions': [0, 0, 1, 2], 'hungary mindanao': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'philippines oromia': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'spain crimea': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'country catalonia': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'nigeria': [1, 0, 0, 0]}

The question is asking to correctly match regions that are sometimes in the news with their parent countries.

Option 1 lists Catalonia-Spain, Crimea-Hungary, and Mindanao-Philippines. Catalonia is correctly matched with Spain as it is an autonomous community in northeast Spain. Mindanao is also correctly matched with the Philippines, being the second largest island in the country. However, Crimea is incorrectly matched with Hungary. Crimea is a peninsula currently under Russian control, but is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

Option 2 lists Mindanao-Philippines and Oromia-Nigeria. Mindanao is correctly matched with the Philippines, but Oromia is incorrectly matched with Nigeria. Oromia is a regional state in Ethiopia, not Nigeria.

Option 3 lists Catalonia-Spain and Mindanao-Philippines. Both are correctly matched to their respective countries.

Option 4 lists Crimea-Hungary and Oromia-Nigeria. Both are incorrectly matched, as mentioned above, Crimea is associated with Ukraine and Russia, not Hungary; and Oromia is in Ethiopia, not Nigeria.

Therefore, option 3 is the correct answer.