Consider the following statements : 1. Chambal river is a tributary of Narmada 2. Damodar river after draining the Chhotanagpur plateau joins the river Ganga. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

examrobotsa's picture

Submitted by examrobotsa on

Q: 13 (IES/2006)
Consider the following statements :
1. Chambal river is a tributary of Narmada
2. Damodar river after draining the Chhotanagpur plateau joins the river Ganga.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IES

stats: 

0,33,71,9,49,13,33

keywords: 

{'river ganga': [1, 0, 3, 3], 'tributary': [0, 0, 0, 3], 'chambal river': [0, 0, 2, 0], 'damodar river': [1, 0, 1, 0], 'chhotanagpur plateau': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'narmada': [20, 1, 18, 13]}

Option- 1 states that Chambal river is a tributary of Narmada. This statement is incorrect. The Chambal river is actually a tributary of the Yamuna river, not the Narmada. It originates in the Vindhya range and flows through Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh before joining the Yamuna river.

Option- 2 states that the Damodar river, after draining the Chhotanagpur plateau, joins the river Ganga. This statement is incorrect as well. The Damodar river is a major tributary of the Hugli (Hooghly) river, not the Ganga. It originates in Chhattisgarh and flows through Jharkhand and West Bengal before joining the Hugli river near Kolkata.

Therefore, neither statement 1 nor statement 2 is correct. The correct answer is option 4: Neither 1 nor 2.