Out of the following which waterfall is not on river Narmada ?

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) 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) The paper's spelling of Dudhdhara, the fall on the Narmada just downstream of Kapildhara near Amarkantak; it IS on the Narmada.  (d) 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.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2019 Q96 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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