Consider the following pairs : Towns sometimes mentioned in news Country 1. Aleppo — Syria 2. Kirkuk — Yemen 3. Mosul — Palestine 4. Mazar-i-sharif — Afghanistan Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

1. (a)1 and 2
2. (b)1 and 4
3. (c)2 and 3
4. (d)3 and 4