Consider the following pairs : Famous place — Region 1. Bodhgaya — Baghelkhand 2. Khajuraho — Bundelkhand 3. Shirdi — Vidarbha 4. Nasik (Nashik) — Malwa 5. Tirupati — Rayalaseema Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
- A.1, 2 and 4
- B.2, 3, 4 and 5
- C.2 and 5 only
- D.1, 3, 4 and 5
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 2 and 5 only. Khajuraho lies in Bundelkhand and Tirupati in Rayalaseema; the other three are placed in the wrong regions. Khajuraho, famous for its Chandela temples and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh, in the Bundelkhand region the Chandelas ruled, so pair 2 is correct. Tirupati, home of the Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, is in Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema region, so pair 5 is correct. Pair 1 is wrong because Bodhgaya is in Gaya district of Bihar, in the old Magadha region, while Baghelkhand covers Rewa and nearby districts of Madhya Pradesh. Pair 3 is wrong because Shirdi is in Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar) district of western Maharashtra, while Vidarbha is the eastern region around Nagpur and Amravati. Pair 4 is wrong because Nashik is in north-western Maharashtra, while Malwa is the plateau of western Madhya Pradesh around Indore and Ujjain. So options A, B and D are wrong because each includes pair 1, 3 or 4. Exam tip: Bundelkhand = Khajuraho, Jhansi; Baghelkhand = Rewa; Vidarbha = Nagpur; Malwa = Indore, Ujjain; Rayalaseema = Tirupati, Kurnool.
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