UPSC Prelims 2016 · Question 44 of 98
UPSC Prelims 2016 question on Kurd Madhesi Rohingya
- ExamUPSC CSE
- Year2016
- PaperGeneral Studies Paper I
- SubjectInternational Relations
- TopicCurrent Affairs
- DifficultyMedium
- TypeMatch
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?
Show answer
Answer: C. 2 and 3
Verdict
The answer is 2 and 3. Madhesi with Nepal and Rohingya with Myanmar are correct; Kurd with Bangladesh is not.
Analysis
Pair 2 is CORRECT. The Madhesi, also called Terai basi Nepali, are an ethnic group native to the Madhesh plains of southern Nepal in the Terai belt, and their agitation over the new Nepali constitution kept them in the news. Pair 3 is CORRECT. The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority in majority Buddhist Myanmar. Pair 1 is INCORRECT. Between twenty five and thirty five million Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia, making them the fourth largest ethnic group in West Asia, with no connection to Bangladesh.
Source
The Hindu reporting on Nepal's Madhesi politics and related coverage.
How to crack it
All three communities were genuinely in the news, so recognition alone gains nothing and the question turns entirely on placement. Log every community that appears in international reporting as a triplet of community, country and the issue that put it there. Note also the elimination shortcut: rejecting the Kurd and Bangladesh pairing alone removes two options, so one confident rejection can close a three pair question.
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