Consider the following pairs: **Famous place** **Region** 1. Bodhgaya Baghelkhand 2. Khajuraho Bundelkhand 3. Shirdi Vidarbha 4. Nasik (Nashik) Malwa 5. Tirupati Rayalaseema Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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A. 1, 2 and 4 only
B. 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
C. 2 and 5 only
D. 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
Answer: 2 and 5 only
Option c is the correct answer.
Pair 1 is incorrectly matched. Bodhgaya is in Bihar and Baghelkhand is a region shared by Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Pair 2 is correctly matched. Khajuraho was built by Chandela dynasty in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh.
Pair 3 is incorrectly matched. Shirdi is in Ahmednagar district, not in Vidharba region. Pa. 4 is incorrectly matched. Malwa, is a region of westentral India, comprising a large portion of western and cent:d Madhya Pradesh state and parts of southeastern Rajasthan. Nasik is in Maharashtra Pair 5 is correctly matched. Rayalaseema is a geographic region in Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the state namely, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool. Tirupati is located in Chittoor district.