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Consider the following pairs

Consider the following pairs:
Country Animal found in its natural habitat
1. Brazil Indri
2. Indonesia Elk
3. Madagascar Bonobo
How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a)

Only one

(b)

Only two

(c)

All three

(d)

None*

Answer:

(d)

Explanation

None of the options are correctly matched. Pair 1 is not correctly matched: Indris are found in the northeastern part of Madagascar. Pair 2 is not correctly matched: Elk is the largest and most advanced subspecies of red deer found in North America and in high mountains of Central Asia. Pair 3 is not correctly matched: Bonobos can only be found in forests south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).