Consider the following pairs : Automobile Manufacturer Headquarters 1. BMW AG USA 2. Daimler AG Sweden 3. Renault S A. France 4. Volkswagen AG Germany Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

Only pairs 3 and 4 are correctly matched. Renault S.A. is a French automaker headquartered in France. Volkswagen AG is a German automaker with its headquarters in Germany, and Germany is home to major automobile manufacturers including Volkswagen and BMW [1]. BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke) is headquartered in Munich, Germany, not the USA [2]. Daimler AG (Mercedes‑Benz Group) is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, not Sweden [3]. Therefore, statements 1 and 2 are incorrect while 3 and 4 are correct.

Sources

1. [1] Physical Geography by PMF IAS, Manjunath Thamminidi, PMF IAS (1st ed.) > Chapter 30: Climatic Regions > Industrialisation > p. 458
2. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Headquarters
3. [3] https://www.britannica.com/money/Daimler-AG