Consider the following pairs : Region — Country I. Mallorca — Italy II. Normandy — Spain III. Sardinia — France In how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched?
- A.Only one
- B.Only two
- C.All the three
- D.None
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, None. Mallorca belongs to Spain, Normandy to France and Sardinia to Italy, so every pair in the question is wrong.
Mallorca, also spelt Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean and part of Spain; its capital is Palma. Normandy is a region in north-western France on the English Channel, famous for the D-Day landings of June 1944 in the Second World War and for Mont-Saint-Michel. Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and is an autonomous region of Italy; it lies just south of the French island of Corsica, which may cause confusion.
A is wrong because not even one pair is correctly matched. B is wrong for the same reason. C is wrong because all three pairs are mismatched.
Exam tip: Balearics (Mallorca) = Spain; Corsica = France; Sardinia and Sicily = Italy.
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