Consider the following pairs:Famous Place River1.Pandharpur : Chandrabhaga2.Tiruchirappalli : Cauvery3.Hampi : MalaprabhaWhich of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. A

   1 and 2 only

   (a) 1 and 2 only. Pandharpur stands on the Bhima, locally called Chandrabhaga, so pair 1 matches. Tiruchirappalli sits on the Cauvery, so pair 2 matches. Hampi is on the Tungabhadra, not the Malaprabha, so pair 3 fails. That 1-and-2 code is the official key.

2. B

   2 and 3 only

   (b) 2 and 3 only. Pair 3 is the mismatch (Hampi–Malaprabha), so this code is not the key.

3. C

   1 and 3 only

   (c) 1 and 3 only. Pair 3 fails, so this pair is not the key.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   (d) 1, 2 and 3. All-three needs Hampi on the Malaprabha; Hampi is Tungabhadra, so all-three is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (a) 1 and 2 only. Chandrabhaga at Pandharpur is the Bhima. Tiruchirappalli is a Cauvery bank city. Hampi’s river is the Tungabhadra; the Malaprabha is a Krishna tributary further north (Badami–Pattadakal belt). Honour the stored letter (a).