Consider the following pairs: Country Context / News Reason 1. Argentina Severe macroeconomic crisis and hyperinflation 2. Sudan Conflict between the regular armed forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) 3. Turkey Formal withdrawal from NATO military alliance How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] Only one pair

[B] Only two pairs

[C] All three pairs

[D] None of the pairs

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: Argentina has been facing severe economic turbulence, soaring inflation rates, and currency devaluation.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: Sudan has experienced intense conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Gen. Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Gen. Dagalo.
Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Turkey has not rescinded its membership of NATO; it remains a key member state maintaining NATO’s second-largest standing army.