Which of the following statement is correct?
(1) Ram Ganga river joins the Ganga at Kannauj.
(2) River Betwa joins the Yamuna near Prayagraj.
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Correct — D, Only 1. Statement 1 is right: the Ramganga, a Himalayan tributary rising in Uttarakhand, joins the Ganga near Kannauj (the confluence lies on the Ganga close to Kannauj, at Katri Chandapur in Hardoi district on the opposite bank). Statement 2 is wrong: the Betwa joins the Yamuna not near Prayagraj but at Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh — well upstream of Prayagraj, where it is the Yamuna itself that meets the Ganga at the Sangam. Since only statement 1 is correct, the answer is 'Only 1'.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Reverses the truth — statement 2 (Betwa 'near Prayagraj') is the false one; the Betwa actually meets the Yamuna at Hamirpur. It is statement 1 that is correct.  (b) Statement 2 is false (the Betwa joins the Yamuna at Hamirpur, not near Prayagraj), so both statements cannot be correct.  (c) Statement 1 is in fact correct (the Ramganga joins the Ganga near Kannauj), so 'neither' is wrong.

Concept: In the Ganga system, the Ramganga is a left-bank Himalayan tributary that rises in the Kumaon Himalayas of Uttarakhand and joins the Ganga in the Kannauj/Hardoi area. The Betwa (Vetravati) is a Yamuna tributary that rises in the Vindhyas of Madhya Pradesh, flows north-east through Bundelkhand, and merges with the Yamuna at Hamirpur (UP) — upstream of Prayagraj, where it is the Yamuna that joins the Ganga (the Sangam).

State PCS 2023 Q115 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q115 — Geography PYQ with Answer