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UPSC 2022: Consider the following pairs : Wetland/Lake — Location 1. Hokera Wetland — Punjab 2. Renuka Wetland — Himachal Pradesh 3. Rudrasagar Lake — Tripura 4. Sasthamkotta Lake — Tamil Nadu How many pairs given above are correctly matched ?
(a)Only one pair
(b)Only two pairs
(c)Only three pairs
(d)All four pairs
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Only two pairs
Renuka Wetland (Himachal Pradesh) and Rudrasagar Lake (Tripura) are correctly paired. Hokersar/Hokera Wetland lies in Jammu & Kashmir, not Punjab, while Sasthamkotta Lake is in Kerala, not Tamil Nadu. Hence exactly two pairs match the given locations. ([vajiramandravi.com](https://vajiramandravi.com/upsc-exam/consider-the-following-pairs-24/?utm_source=openai))
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