Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
- ASlovenia: BratislavaCorrect
- BSeychelles: Victoria
- CSierra Leone: Freetown
- DUzbekistan: Tashkent
Explanation
Option A is the correct answer because it is the only pair that is incorrectly matched.
Slovenia is a country in Central Europe, and its capital city is Ljubljana. Bratislava is actually the capital city of Slovakia.
The other options are correctly matched: Victoria is the capital of Seychelles, Freetown is the capital of Sierra Leone, and Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan.
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