Previous Year Question
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?
1 and 2
1 and 2
2 and 3
Only 3
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
Pair 1 is incorrectly matched: The Kurds are not associated with Bangladesh. They are a West Asian ethnic community mainly distributed across Türkiye, Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Madhesi communities are associated with Nepal’s southern plains, known as the Terai.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Rohingya are an ethnic community primarily associated with Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Although a large number of Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh, their association in this pair is with Myanmar.