Purna river is a tributary of which of the following rivers?
- (a)Narmada
- (b)Tapti
- (c)Sonar
- (d)Dhasan
Correct — B, Tapti. The Purna River rises in the eastern Satpura Range in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, flows west through Maharashtra's Vidarbha region (Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Jalgaon), and joins the Tapti (Tapi) as its major left-bank tributary at Changdev in Jalgaon district.
- (a)Narmada — The Narmada is MP's other major west-flowing river, but the Purna does not feed it — it flows into the parallel Tapti system instead.
- (c)Sonar — Sonar is itself a small MP river (a Betwa tributary in the Yamuna system) — it is not the river the Purna joins.
- (d)Dhasan — Dhasan is a Betwa/Yamuna-system tributary in northern MP — unrelated to the Purna-Tapti system further south.
The Purna is the Tapti's most significant tributary — rising in the eastern Satpura Range of Betul district, MP, it drains a large part of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra before rejoining the Tapti. A different, same-named Purna River elsewhere in Maharashtra is a Godavari tributary — the name clash is a classic exam trap, so always fix the source state/course before answering.
The trap here is the name clash — there are two Indian rivers called 'Purna': one feeds the Tapti (this MP-origin river), the other feeds the Godavari (a separate river near Parbhani, Maharashtra). MPPSC's Purna, originating in MP, is the Tapti tributary.
- Purna River originates in the eastern Satpura Range, Betul district, Madhya Pradesh.
- It is the Tapti (Tapi) River's major left-bank tributary.
- It flows west through Maharashtra's Vidarbha region before rejoining the Tapti at Changdev, Jalgaon district.
- A separate, differently-sourced river of the same name ('Purna') is a Godavari tributary — a common name-clash trap.
- Confusing this MP-origin Purna (Tapti tributary) with the separate Maharashtra Purna (Godavari tributary)
- Assuming any Satpura-origin river must feed the Narmada — several, like the Purna, feed the Tapti instead
MPPSC tests 'X river is a tributary of Y' pairs heavily for MP's river system — anchor Purna firmly to Tapti, not Narmada.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Tapti River itself originates near which town, in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a)Amarkantak, Anuppur
- (b)Multai, Betul
- (c)Mhow, Indore
- (d)Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad
Answer(b) Multai, Betul district — the Tapti's source.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is also a west-flowing river originating in Madhya Pradesh, like the Tapti?
- (a)Godavari
- (b)Narmada
- (c)Krishna
- (d)Mahanadi
Answer(b) Narmada — MP's other major west-flowing river, alongside the Tapti.