How many of the pairs are correct?

Question

Consider the following pairs:

City — Respective Country

I. Maracaibo — Ukraine

II. Tabriz — Venezuela

III. Nuuk — Greenland

IV. Donetsk — Iran

How many of the pairs are correct?

1. A. Only one pair (Correct answer)
2. B. Only two pairs
3. C. Only three pairs
4. D. All of the above

Correct Answer

Option A — A

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Option A.

Key Points

• Checking each pair:
• Maracaibo is in VENEZUELA, not Ukraine. Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake in South America and the heart of Venezuela's oil industry.
• Tabriz is in IRAN, not Venezuela. It is the capital of East Azerbaijan province in the north-west.
• Nuuk is in GREENLAND — CORRECT. It is the capital and largest town of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.
• Donetsk is in UKRAINE, not Iran. It is a major city in the Donbas region.
• So only one pair (Nuuk — Greenland) is correctly matched.

Exam Tip

• notice the trap — the paper swaps Maracaibo and Donetsk's countries with Tabriz's. Three of the four countries named (Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran) are correct countries for cities in the list, just attached to the wrong city.
• Learn cities by country groupings rather than in isolation.

Additional Information

• Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is the largest lake in South America and sits over one of the world's richest oil basins, which is why the city shares its name.
• Tabriz is in north-western Iran, historically the capital of the Safavid empire under Shah Ismail.
• City-country pairings are best revised by region rather than alphabetically: grouping Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Central-Asian cities separately makes the swaps used in such questions easier to spot.