Consider the following pairs : Area of conflict mentioned in news : Country where it is located 1. Donbas : Syria 2. Kachin : Ethiopia 3. Tigray : North Yemen How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Option (d) is correct because all three pairs are mismatched: Donbas is a region in eastern Ukraine, Kachin is a state in Myanmar, and Tigray is located in northern Ethiopia. Option (a) is the most tempting wrong choice for candidates who might correctly recognize one name but fail to accurately place it, such as confusing the Tigray conflict with the civil war in Yemen. The core concept being tested is the geographical mapping of major international conflict zones frequently featured in contemporary global news.