UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

Consider the following pairs: Wetland/Lake — Location 1. Hokera Wetland — Punjab 2. Renuka Wetland — Himachal Pradesh 3. Rudrasagar Lake — Tripura 4. Sasthamkotta Lake — Tamil Nadu How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. Only three pairs
  4. All four pairs

Answer

Correct Answer

Only two pairs

Explanation

Only pairs 2 and 3 are correct. Hokera Wetland is in Jammu & Kashmir (not Punjab), and Sasthamkotta Lake is in Kerala (not Tamil Nadu).

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