Question

Q. Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

River	Source
1. Godavari	Trimbakeshwar
2. Krishna	Amarkantak
3. Kaveri	Mahabaleshwar
4. Luni	Pushkar

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

• A.
  4 only
• B.
  2 and 3 only
• C.
  1 and 4 only
• D.
  3 and 4 only

Answer 1

The correct option is C

1 and 4 only
Explanation:

Pair 1 is correctly matched: The Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra. It flows east for 1,465 kilometres, draining the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, ultimately emptying into the Bay of Bengal through its extensive network of tributaries.

Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: The Krishna River has its origin at Mahabaleshwar in the vicinity of Jor village in the state of Maharashtra. The river ultimately pours into the Bay of Bengal at Hamsaladeevi in Andhra Pradesh, on the eastern shorelines of India.

Pair 3 is incorrectly matched: Kaveri, is a river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats.

Pair 4 is correctly matched: Luni is the largest river in the Thar desert in north-west India. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer. It passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.