MPPSC 2019 Prelims Paper-I · Question 96 of 99

Correct — B, Bhalkund. Of the four, Bhalkund waterfall (also called Rahatgarh Falls) lies on the Bina river near Rahatgarh in Sagar district — the Bina is a tributary of the Betwa, which drains into the Yamuna–Ganga system, not the Narmada. Kapildhara, Dudhdhara (the paper prints 'Dugdhdhara') and the falls at Bhedaghat (printed 'Bheraghat') are all on the Narmada, so Bhalkund is the one that is not.

• (a)Kapildhara — It IS on the Narmada — Kapildhara is the first major fall of the river, a short distance below its source at Amarkantak, so it does not fit 'not on the Narmada'.
• (c)Dugdhdhara — The paper's spelling of Dudhdhara, the fall on the Narmada just downstream of Kapildhara near Amarkantak; it IS on the Narmada.
• (d)Bheraghat — The paper's spelling of Bhedaghat near Jabalpur, where the Narmada plunges as the Dhuandhar Falls through the Marble Rocks gorge; it IS on the Narmada.

The Narmada rises at Amarkantak in the Maikal range and within its first stretch forms the Kapildhara and Dudhdhara falls; far downstream at Bhedaghat (Jabalpur) it forms the Dhuandhar Falls as it cuts through the Marble Rocks. Bhalkund (Rahatgarh) Falls belongs to a different river — the Bina, a Betwa tributary of the Ganga system.

The trap is that all four are well-known Madhya Pradesh waterfalls, so recognition alone is not enough — you must pair each fall to its river. Three sit on the Narmada; only Bhalkund is on the Bina.

• Kapildhara and Dudhdhara: falls on the Narmada near its source at Amarkantak
• Dhuandhar Falls at Bhedaghat (Jabalpur): the Narmada cutting through the Marble Rocks
• Bhalkund / Rahatgarh Falls: on the Bina river (a Betwa tributary), Sagar district — not the Narmada
• Narmada source: Amarkantak, Maikal range, Madhya Pradesh

• Assuming every famous Madhya Pradesh waterfall is on the Narmada
• Confusing Bhalkund (on the Bina) with the Narmada's own falls

MPPSC pairs waterfalls or dams with their rivers, or asks the odd-one-out; UPSC asks waterfall–river matches (e.g., Victoria–Zambezi).

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Dhuandhar Falls, formed where the river cuts through the Marble Rocks at Bhedaghat, is on which river?

  • (a)Narmada
  • (b)Chambal
  • (c)Tapti
  • (d)Betwa

  Answer(a) Narmada — Dhuandhar is the Narmada's fall at Bhedaghat near Jabalpur.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  Kapildhara falls lies close to the source of the Narmada at which place?

  • (a)Amarkantak
  • (b)Omkareshwar
  • (c)Maheshwar
  • (d)Bhedaghat

  Answer(a) Amarkantak — the Narmada rises here and Kapildhara is its first major fall.