The terrorist group “ Al-Shabaad’ massacred 147 people in Arpil 2015 in Garissa University, which is located in

The correct answer is B) Kenya. On 2 April 2015, al-Shabaab gunmen attacked Garissa University College in north-eastern Kenya, near the Somali border, after forcing students of Christian faith to separate from others. Official tallies put the death toll at about 148, and the figure of 147 in the question is close to the commonly cited number.

The other options fail for clear reasons:

• A) Syria: Syria's conflict involved the Assad government, ISIS and Al-Nusra Front, not al-Shabaab, and it had no connection to this attack.
• C) Somalia: This is the trap. Al-Shabaab originated in Somalia and remains based there, but the university itself lies in Kenya.
• D) Iraq: Iraq saw ISIS-led violence in 2014-15, but al-Shabaab is an East African al-Qaeda affiliate and has no base there.

Core concept: the geography of transnational terror groups and their links to Kenya's Somalia-border security issues. For Mains GS-III (internal security and cross-border terrorism), this attack is a standard example of how Kenya's Operation Linda Nchi and the African Union mission AMISOM responded to al-Shabaab spillover.

Trap: Candidates pick Somalia because the group is named after and based there, and forget to check the country where the attack actually happened.