Consider the following pairs: Row Sea Bordering Country 1. Adriatic Sea Albania 2. Black Sea Croatia 3. Caspian Sea Kazakhstan 4. Mediterranean Sea Morocco 5. Red Sea Syria How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched? |ForumIAS

[A] Only two pairs

[B] Only three pairs

[C] Only four pairs

[D] All five pairs

Answer: B

Notes:

Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Adriatic Sea is bordered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, and Slovenia.
Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Croatia borders the Adriatic Sea. The Black Sea is bordered by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Caspian Sea is bordered by Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
Pair 4 is correctly matched: Morocco borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Strait of Gibraltar).
Pair 5 is incorrectly matched: Syria borders the Mediterranean Sea (west coast).