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?
- (a) 1, 2 and 4 ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) 1, 3 and 4
- (c) 2 and 5
- (d) 3 and 5
Why the answer is (a)
• Pair 1 is correct: the Yamuna rises from the Yamunotri glacier on the Bandarpunch massif.
• Pair 2 is correct: Bara Shigri in Lahaul (Himachal) feeds the Chandra river, a headstream of the Chenab.
• Pair 4 is correct: the Nubra river rises from the Siachen glacier.
• Pair 3 is wrong: Milam glacier (Kumaon) feeds the Goriganga, not the Mandakini, which rises from Chorabari glacier.
• Pair 5 is wrong: Zemu glacier (Sikkim) feeds the Teesta, not the Manas (which rises in Bhutan).
• Hence 1, 2 and 4, option (a).
Why the other options are wrong
- (b) 1, 3 and 4
- Pair 3 is wrong: Milam feeds the Goriganga.
- (c) 2 and 5
- Pair 5 is wrong: Zemu feeds the Teesta.
- (d) 3 and 5
- Pairs 3 and 5 are both wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2019, held on 2 June 2019. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.