UPSC 2025GeographyModerate

Consider the following pairs of places frequently mentioned in the news and the region/country they are located in: 1. Hodeidah : Yemen 2. Haifa : Israel 3. Rafah : Egypt 4. Bandar Abbas : Iran How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

A
Only one
B
Only two
C
Only three
Correct Answer
D
All four

Explanation

Hodeidah is a major port city in Yemen, Haifa is a northern port city in Israel, and Bandar Abbas is a strategic port city in Iran, making pairs 1, 2, and 4 correctly matched. Pair 3 is incorrectly matched because Rafah is located in the southern Gaza Strip (Palestine) on the border with Egypt, not within Egypt itself.

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