UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2020

Consider the following pairs: River - Flows into: 1. Mekong - Andaman Sea 2. Thames - Irish Sea 3. Volga - Caspian Sea 4. Zambezi - Indian Ocean. Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 3 only
  3. 3 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2 and 4 only

Answer

Correct Answer

3 and 4 only

Explanation

The Volga drains into the Caspian Sea and the Zambezi into the Indian Ocean (Mozambique Channel). The Mekong flows into the South China Sea and the Thames into the North Sea, so pairs 1 and 2 are wrong.

Topics: geography, mouths of mekong, rivers of the world, thames, volga & zambezi, world geography