Consider the following pairs: Community sometimes mentioned in the news In the affairs of 1. Kurd Bangladesh 2. Madhesi Nepal 3. Rohingya Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs: Community sometimes mentioned in the news In the affairs of 1. Kurd Bangladesh 2. Madhesi Nepal 3. Rohingya Myanmar Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? Correct Answer 2 and 3

The correct answer is 2 and 3.

• Kurds are the Muslim ethnic group predominantly in the Middle East.
  • ​Kurds inhabit a mountainous region straddling the borders of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Armenia.
  • They make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, but they have never obtained a permanent nation-state.
• Madhesis were in news for demanding greater representation for the community in the Nepalese constitution.
  • The Madhesi also referred to as Teraibasi Nepali are an indigenous ethnic group of Nepalese people who are natives of the Madhesh plains of Southern Nepal in Terai belt of South Asia.
• Rohingya are an ethnic group, the majority of whom are Muslim, who have lived in Myanmar province of Rakhine.
  • Many of their enemies refuse to acknowledge that the Rohingya are an ethnically distinct group.