Region in news

15.Consider the following pairs : Region sometimes mentioned in news country

1. Catalonia          –        Spain
2. Crimea             –        Hungary
3. Mindanao         –       Philippines
4. Oromia             –       Nigeria

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 3 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 2 and 4 only

Ans: c) 1 and 3 only
Explanation:-

Catalonia    : Spain
Crimea        : Ukraine
Mindanao   : Philippines
Oromia       : Ethiopia

The  Catalonia  region,  in  north-eastern  Spain,  is  known  for  Pyrenees  Mountains.  There  have  been growing calls for Catalonian independence.

Crimea is a peninsula on the northern end of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe. With the collapse of the Soviet  Union,  Ukraine  was  formed  as  an  independent  state  in  1991  and  most  of the  peninsula  was reorganized as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, while the city of Sevastopol retained its special status within Ukraine.

Oromia is one of the nine ethnically based regional states of Ethiopia