Consider the following pairs:
| 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?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) Only two pairs
Only pairs 1 and 2 are correct: Anatolia is the region of modern-day Turkey and Amhara is a region of Ethiopia. Cabo Delgado is a province of Mozambique and Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain.
- ✓ 1. Anatolia is the region that forms modern-day Turkey; NCERT places the Hittite empire in 'Anatolia (modern-day Turkey)'.
- ✓ 2. Amhara is one of Ethiopia's regions, listed by the UN among those hit by conflict and displacement.
- ✗ 3. Cabo Delgado is a northern province of Mozambique, where conflict has displaced many people. It is not in Spain.
- ✗ 4. Catalonia is an autonomous community within Spain: its Statute of Autonomy speaks of a State that respects 'the peoples of Spain'. It is not part of Italy.
Remember · Anatolia = Turkey; Amhara = Ethiopia; Cabo Delgado = northern Mozambique; Catalonia = Spain.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 9 Understanding Society: India and Beyond, Ch 4 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 9 · Understanding Society: India and Beyond, Chapter 4 “Hittites: The Hittites were Indo-European people who established a powerful empire in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) around the second millennium BCE.”
- UN OCHA, Ethiopia ↗ · reference work “In the regions of Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia, Somali and Tigray, a combination of conflict, violence, climate shocks and disease outbreaks has led to displacement”
- UNHCR, Mozambique ↗ · reference work “support sustainable solutions for internally displaced people in the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Niassa, for refugees and asylum-seekers, and for the communities that host them”
- Parliament of Catalonia, Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (consolidated English text) ↗ · reference work “Catalonia wishes to develop its political personality within the framework of a State which recognises and respects the diversity of identities of the peoples of Spain.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2022, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·