Consider the following statements : 1. There are no east flowing rivers in Kerala. 2. There are no west flowing rivers in Madhya Pradesh. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Q: 96 (IAS/2009)
Consider the following statements :
1. There are no east flowing rivers in Kerala.
2. There are no west flowing rivers in Madhya Pradesh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'rivers': [3, 2, 8, 8], 'madhya pradesh': [16, 0, 16, 28], 'kerala': [7, 2, 0, 3], 'west': [11, 4, 16, 22]}

Option 1 states that there are no east-flowing rivers in Kerala, which is incorrect as some rivers such as Kabini and Bhavani do flow eastwards from Kerala.

Option 2 states there are no west flowing rivers in Madhya Pradesh, which is also incorrect. Many rivers in Madhya Pradesh such as Betwa, Son and Hiran flow westward.

Option 3 suggests that both statements are correct, which is false as discussed above.

Option 4 says neither statement 1 nor 2 is correct, which is the correct answer as we’ve seen that there are both east-flowing rivers in Kerala and west-flowing ones in Madhya Pradesh.