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Q116 (NDA-I/2024) Geography › Indian Physical Geography Official Key

Which of the following statements regarding the given rivers is/are correct ? 1. Tsangpo crosses over into India under the name of Dihang. 2. Godavari has the second largest river basin covering about 10 percent of the area of India. 3. Rivers Chambal and Betwa are the important tributaries of river Ganga which join river Ganga directly in Uttar Pradesh. Select the answer using the code given below :

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: The Brahmaputra river, known as the Tsangpo in Tibet, enters India in Arunachal Pradesh through a deep gorge, where it is known as the Dihang (or Siang).

Statement 2 is correct: The Godavari is the largest peninsular river. Its basin is the second largest in India after the Ganga, covering approximately 3.13 lakh sq. km, which constitutes nearly 10 percent of India's total geographical area.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The Chambal and Betwa are major tributaries of the Yamuna, not the Ganga. They join the Yamuna river (Chambal near Etawah and Betwa near Hamirpur) in Uttar Pradesh. The Yamuna then flows to Prayagraj to join the Ganga. Therefore, they do not join the Ganga directly.

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