UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2019

Consider the following pairs: Glacier : River 1. Bandarpunch : Yamuna 2. Bara Shigri : Chenab 3. Milam : Mandakini 4. Siachen : Nubra 5. Zemu : Manas Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. 1, 2 and 4
  2. 1, 3 and 4
  3. 2 and 5
  4. 3 and 5

Answer

Correct Answer

1, 2 and 4

Explanation

Bandarpunch feeds the Yamuna, Bara Shigri feeds the Chandra (Chenab) and Siachen gives rise to the Nubra. Milam is the source of the Gori Ganga (not the Mandakini) and Zemu (Sikkim) feeds the Teesta system (not the Manas).

Topics: geography, glacier-river pairs, himalayan glaciers and rivers, indian geography