With reference to hydroelectricity in North India, which of the following statements is/are correct?1.There are huge possibilities of hydroelectricity in the Himalayan region.2.Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar cannot utilise this potential because the Himalayas situated to their North lies in boundary of Nepal.Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. A

   Only 2

   Only 2. The Himalayan hydro potential itself is also keyed.

2. B

   Neither 1 nor 2

   Neither. Both NCERT limbs hold.

3. C

   Both 1 and 2

   Both 1 and 2. Himalayan rivers have huge hydel potential. Eastern UP and Bihar cannot tap the stretch to their north because that Himalaya lies in Nepal.

4. D

   Only 1

   Only 1. The Nepal-border limb is also keyed.

Summary. Official key is (c) both. Himalayan hydel is large; eastern UP–Bihar cannot use the Nepal Himalaya immediately north of them. Also note: Run-of-river — Uttarakhand–HP projects; not the Bihar plain; Kosi / Gandak — Rise in Nepal; floods Bihar more than they power it; Indus–Ganga–Brahmaputra — India’s three Himalayan hydel belts; Treaty hydel — India–Nepal (Pancheshwar etc.) is the workaround.