Consider the following pairs : Community sometimes mentioned in the news : In the affairs of 1. Kurd : Bangladesh 2. Madhesi : Nepal 3. Rohingya : Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- A.1 and 2
- B.2 only
- C.2 and 3
- D.3 only
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 2 and 3. The Madhesis belong to Nepal and the Rohingya to Myanmar, while the Kurds have nothing to do with Bangladesh.
The Madhesis are the people of the Terai plains of southern Nepal, close to the Indian border, with strong ties of language and kinship to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Their protests over the 2015 Constitution of Nepal and the blockade that followed drew wide attention. The Rohingya are a mostly Muslim community of Rakhine State in Myanmar who are denied citizenship there; after the violence of 2017 hundreds of thousands fled to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. The Kurds are a stateless people spread across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.
A is wrong: it includes pair 1; the Kurds live in West Asia, not Bangladesh.
B is wrong: it leaves out pair 3, which is correctly matched.
D is wrong: it leaves out pair 2, which is correctly matched.
Exam tip: Madhesi = Terai of Nepal; Rohingya = Rakhine, Myanmar; Kurds = Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria.
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