Which Indian river was added to the National River Conservation Plan in 2024?

Correct — B. SSC's key names the Musi, the Krishna tributary on whose banks Hyderabad stands.

The 2024 date is the stem's claim and could not be confirmed: a 2016 report already calls the Musi part of the NRCP. Nor were the Yamuna and Gomti new in 2024, since their action plans date from the 1990s.

The card follows the key → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Yamuna — The Yamuna was no 2024 addition: it has been under river conservation since the Yamuna Action Plan began in 1993.
• (c)
  Krishna — The Krishna is the main river the Musi drains into. The key names the Hyderabad tributary itself, not its parent stream.
• (d)
  Gomti — The Gomti got its own action plan under Ganga Action Plan Phase II, which was later folded into the NRCP, so it was no 2024 addition.

The National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) pays for pollution abatement in identified river stretches. Like the Ganga Action Plan of 1985 it grew out of, it works mainly by intercepting and treating sewage before it reaches the river.

The Musi is a major tributary of the Krishna. Hyderabad stands on its banks, and the river divides the Old City from the newer city.

Key facts

• The Musi is a major tributary of the Krishna and flows through Hyderabad, Telangana.
• The News Minute (3 August 2016) described the Musi as part of the NRCP 'for the past six years'.
• The Yamuna Action Plan began in 1993.
• The NRCP grew out of the Ganga Action Plan, begun in 1985.

Common traps

• Picking the Yamuna because it is the best-known polluted river — it has been under action plans since 1993, so it was not new in 2024.
• Picking the Krishna because the Musi flows into it — the question names one river, and the key names the tributary.

No directly related past PYQ was found.