RAS question
Match: 1. Savanna — Africa 2. Pampas — South America 3. Steppes — Russia 4. Veld — South Africa. All correct?
Correct answer: (A) Yes, all four are correct.
Savanna-Africa, Pampas-South America, Steppes-Russia and Veld-South Africa are all correct grassland-region matches.
Explanation
All four pairs are valid because the question is testing named world grasslands by region, not asking for one climate type only. Savanna is a tropical grassland, and Britannica places the largest savanna areas in Africa. Pampas refers to the plain of Argentina in South America, matching the standard South American temperate grassland association. Russia has steppe and wooded-steppe belts, with Britannica describing the true steppe and Russia's share of the Eurasian Steppe. Veld is the Southern African grassland term, and the South African Highveld and Lowveld are treated by Britannica as veld regions. Since each listed name is correctly tied to its region, the all-correct option is the only defensible answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) It keeps Steppes-Russia and Veld-South Africa but wrongly rejects Savanna-Africa and Pampas-South America, both of which are valid grassland-region pairs.
- (C) It accepts Savanna-Africa and Pampas-South America but wrongly excludes Steppes-Russia and Veld-South Africa, even though both are standard matches.
- (D) It says none are correct, but every listed pair matches the named grassland to its recognised region.
Concept
This tests the world-geography map memory of major natural grasslands: tropical savanna and temperate grasslands such as Pampas, Steppe and Veld. RAS repeats these pairs because they connect climate, vegetation, soils and regional location in one compact factual frame.