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Q36 (IAS/2014) Geography › Maps & Locations › Conflict and strategic regions Official Key

Consider the following pairs : Region often in news Country 1. Chechnya : Russian Federation 2. Darfur : Mali 3. Swat Valley : Iraq Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: A
Explanation

Chechnya is a republic within Russia that has had violent secessionist movements[1], confirming that pair 1 (Chechnya: Russian Federation) is correctly matched.

Pair 2 is incorrect. Darfur is a region in western Sudan[3], not Mali. Darfur has been the site of a major humanitarian crisis and conflict in Sudan.

Pair 3 is also incorrect. Swat Valley is actually located in Pakistan, specifically in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, not in Iraq. It gained international attention due to Taliban insurgency and military operations in the region during the late 2000s.

Therefore, only pair 1 is correctly matched, making option A the correct answer.

Sources
  1. [1] Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 1: The End of Bipolarity > Tensions and Conflicts > p. 10
  2. [2] https://origins.osu.edu/article/worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis-understanding-darfur-conflict
  3. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur
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Q. Consider the following pairs : Region often in news Country 1. Chechnya : Russian Federation 2. Darfur : Mali 3. Swat Valley : Iraq …
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Origin: Books + Current Affairs Fairness: Low / Borderline fairness Books / CA: 3.3/10 · 3.3/10
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This question masquerades as 'Current Affairs' but is actually rooted in static NCERT Political Science examples. Chechnya and Darfur are explicitly cited in Class XII 'Contemporary World Politics' as case studies for conflict and UN intervention. If you skipped the 'examples' in Pol Sci to focus only on theory, you lost 2 marks.

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Is Chechnya a region (federal subject) of the Russian Federation?
Origin: Direct from books Fairness: Straightforward Book-answerable
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Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 1: The End of Bipolarity > Tensions and Conflicts > p. 10
Presence: 5/5
“Most of the former Soviet Republics are prone to conflicts, and many have had civil wars and insurgencies. Complicating the picture is the growing involvement of outside powers. In Russia, two republics, Chechnya and Dagestan, have had violent secessionist movements. Moscow's method of dealing with the Chechen rebels and indiscriminate military bombings have led to many human rights violations but failed to deter the aspirations for independence. In Central Asia, Tajikistan witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years till 2001. The region as a whole has many sectarian conflicts. In Azerbaijan's province of Nagorno-Karabakh, some local Armenians want to secede and join Armenia.”
Why this source?
  • Explicitly names Chechnya as one of the republics in Russia (paired with Dagestan).
  • Discusses secessionist movements within Russia in those republics, which presumes their status as federal units of the Russian state.
Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 92: World Constitutions > RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION > p. 688
Presence: 4/5
“It provides for a federal state. The Russian Federation consists of 21 Republics, 6 Territories (Krai), 49 Regions (Oblast), 10 Autonomous Areas (Avtonomy Okrug),”
Why this source?
  • States that the Russian Federation consists of 21 Republics among other federal subjects.
  • Provides the constitutional category ('Republics') into which Chechnya (named in snippet 7) would fall.
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