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Q38·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2019

Glaciers and river sources matching

GeographyPhysical geography - glaciers and riversMatching pairsHardStatic

Question

Consider the following pairs:

Glacier : River

1Bandarpunch : Yamuna
2Bara Shigri : Chenab
3Milam : Mandakini
4Siachen : Nubra
5Zemu : Manas

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Options

a

1, 2 and 4

b

1, 3 and 4

Answer
c

2 and 5

d

3 and 5

Explanation

Pair 1 is correct: Bandarpunch glacier is a source of the Yamuna River. Pair 2 is incorrect: Bara Shigri glacier feeds the Bhaga River (tributary of Ravi), not the Chenab directly. Pair 3 is correct: Milam glacier is a source of the Mandakini River in Uttarakhand. Pair 4 is correct: Siachen glacier feeds the Nubra River in Ladakh. Pair 5 is incorrect: Zemu glacier feeds the Teesta River, not the Manas River. The Zemu glacier is located in Sikkim. Therefore, pairs 1, 3, and 4 are correctly matched. > Bandarpunch-Yamuna, Milam-Mandakini, Siachen-Nubra correct; Bara Shigri-Chenab and Zemu-Manas incorrect. Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2019

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q38

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Physical geography - glaciers and rivers

Type

Matching pairs

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography - Indian Rivers

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