Q68 · UPPSC Prelims 2025 · Set A · General Studies

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Which of the following pairs is/are NOT correctly matched ? (City) (River)1.Budapest - Danube2.Cologne - Rhine3.New Orleans - Missouri4.Hyderabad (India) - PaleruSelect the correct answer from the code given below:

A Only 1, 2 and 3
B Only 3 and 4
C Only 2, 3 and 4
D Only 1 and 2

Correct answer: (b) Only 3 and 4

Explanation

  1. A

    Only 1, 2 and 3

    Only 1, 2 and 3. Budapest–Danube and Cologne–Rhine are correctly matched.

  2. B

    Only 3 and 4

    Only 3 and 4. New Orleans is on the Mississippi, not the Missouri. Hyderabad (India) is on the Musi, not the Paleru.

  3. C

    Only 2, 3 and 4

    Only 2, 3 and 4. Cologne–Rhine holds.

  4. D

    Only 1 and 2

    Only 1 and 2. Those two are correct matches, so they are not the answer to ‘NOT matched’.

Summary. Official key is (b) only 3 and 4. New Orleans–Missouri and Hyderabad–Paleru are the wrong pairs. Also note: Danube — Budapest; also Vienna, Belgrade; Rhine — Cologne; Rotterdam mouth; Mississippi — New Orleans; Missouri is a tributary upstream; Musi — Hyderabad; Paleru is a Krishna tributary in AP, not the city river.