MPPSC 2020 Prelims Paper-I · Question 82 of 100

Correct — C, Vindhyan Hills. The Betwa (Vetravati) river rises in the Vindhya Range in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, near Barkhera/Kumhra, and flows north-east to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh at Hamirpur.

• (a)Aravalli Hills — The Aravallis (Rajasthan) are the source region of rivers like the Banas, not the Betwa.
• (b)Satpura Hills — The Satpuras give rise to rivers such as the Tapti; the Betwa rises in the Vindhyas.
• (d)Western Ghats — The Western Ghats are the source of peninsular rivers like the Godavari and Krishna, far from the Betwa's Vindhyan source.

The Betwa is a right-bank tributary of the Yamuna. Rising in the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh, it flows through MP and Uttar Pradesh; the Ken and Betwa are the two rivers in the Ken-Betwa link project.

River-source matching: fix Betwa -> Vindhyan Hills (Raisen, MP) -> joins Yamuna. It is a Yamuna (hence Ganga-system) tributary.

• The Betwa (Vetravati) rises in the Vindhya Range in Raisen district, MP.
• It is a right-bank tributary of the Yamuna, joining it at Hamirpur (UP).
• It flows across the Bundelkhand region.
• It is one of the two rivers in the Ken-Betwa river-linking project.

• Confusing the Betwa's Vindhyan source with the Satpuras
• Mixing up peninsular (Western Ghats) rivers with central-Indian ones

River-source questions — Betwa = Vindhyan Hills.

No directly related past PYQ was found.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Betwa river is a tributary of which river?

  • (a)Yamuna
  • (b)Narmada
  • (c)Godavari
  • (d)Mahanadi

  Answer(a) The Yamuna.

• practice — not a real PYQ

  The Ken-Betwa link project connects the Ken and Betwa rivers primarily in which region?

  • (a)Bundelkhand
  • (b)Malwa
  • (c)Baghelkhand
  • (d)Nimar

  Answer(a) Bundelkhand.