Q9 · UPSC Prelims 2024 · Set A · Geography

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Consider the following information Waterfall : Region : River1.Dhuandhar : Malwa : Narmada2.Hundru : Chota Nagpur : Subarnarekha3.Gersoppa : Western Ghats : NetravatiIn how many of the above rows is the given information correctly matched ?

A Only one
B Only two
C All three
D None

Correct answer: (a) Only one

Explanation

  1. A

    Only one

    Only one. Hundru on the Subarnarekha in Chota Nagpur is the clean row.

  2. B

    Only two

    Only two. Dhuandhar is Narmada but in the Satpura/Marble Rocks belt, not Malwa as labelled; Gersoppa is Sharavati, not Netravati.

  3. C

    All three

    All three. Two rows are mismatches.

  4. D

    None

    None. Hundru is correctly matched.

Summary. Official key is (a) only one. Hundru Falls: Subarnarekha, Chota Nagpur — correct. Dhuandhar is on the Narmada at Bhedaghat (Jabalpur), not in the Malwa region as the table says. Jog/Gersoppa is on the Sharavati in the Western Ghats, not the Netravati. So only row 2 matches.

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