Consider the following pairs Towns sometimes mentioned Count...........

Geography Geomorphology

Consider the following pairs

Towns sometimes mentioned Country in news

1. Aleppo — Syria

2. Kirkuk — Yemen

3. Mosul — Palestine

4. Mazar-i-sharif — Afghanistan

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

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UPSC CSP Previous Year Paper (2018)

1 and 2

1 and 4

2 and 3

3 and 4

These cities have been in recent news due to war and violence.

Aleppo – Syria- the anti- establishment protest have turned into civil war claiming many lives in Aleppo.

Kirkuk – Iraq- the city was attacked by ISIS and freed in 2018 with the efforts of Kurds fighters.

Mosul – Iraq- the city was under ISIS since 2014 and was liberated 2018

Mazar-i-sharif – Afghanistan- in news due to Taliban attacks.

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