UPSC Prelims 2016 · Question 19 of 98
UPSC Prelims 2016 question on Bodhgaya Khajuraho Shirdi Nashik Tirupati
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2016
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectGeography
- TopicIndian Geography
- DifficultyHard
- TypeMatch
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?
Show answer
Answer: C. 2 and 5 only
Verdict
The answer is 2 and 5 only. Khajuraho is in Bundelkhand and Tirupati is in Rayalaseema; the other three pairings are wrong.
Analysis
Pair 2 is CORRECT. Khajuraho was built by the Chandelas in the region later known as Bundelkhand. Pair 5 is CORRECT. Tirupati lies in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh. Pair 1 is INCORRECT. Bodhgaya is in Bihar, whereas Baghelkhand covers north-eastern Madhya Pradesh and a small part of western Uttar Pradesh. Pair 3 is INCORRECT. Shirdi lies in western Maharashtra, while Vidarbha is the eastern region of the State around Nagpur. Pair 4 is INCORRECT. Nashik is in western Maharashtra, not in Malwa, which is in Madhya Pradesh.
Source
Standard atlas and NCERT Geography.
How to crack it
Place the site's State first, because a regional name belongs to exactly one State and a mismatch closes the pair instantly. Bodhgaya is Bihar and Baghelkhand is Madhya Pradesh, so pair 1 fails without any knowledge of regional boundaries. Learn India's traditional regional names as a map layer of their own, since Bundelkhand, Baghelkhand, Malwa, Vidarbha, Marathwada, Rayalaseema and Telangana recur constantly in both geography and news questions.