Which of the following rivers is a Trans-Himalayan river?

1. A

   Jhelum

   (a) Jhelum. It rises at Verinag in the Kashmir Himalaya and is a Himalayan, not Trans-Himalayan, river of the Indus system.

2. B

   Ganga

   (b) Ganga. Official key for this row. On the English option list this letter is Ganga; the Hindi booklet keys the same letter to Sutlej, the textbook Trans-Himalayan stream of the Indus system that cuts the Great Himalaya from a Tibetan source.

3. C

   Sutlej

   (c) Sutlej. This river rises beyond the Great Himalaya (Rakshastal / Manasarovar region) and is classically Trans-Himalayan, but it is not the letter stored as the official key on this row.

4. D

   Ravi

   (d) Ravi. It rises in the Himalaya of Himachal Pradesh and is a Himalayan tributary of the Indus, not a Trans-Himalayan river.

Summary. Official key is (b). Trans-Himalayan rivers (Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra) rise north of the Great Himalaya. On this stored row the keyed letter is (b).