{"id":2386,"date":"2025-05-01T14:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:43:45","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-himalayan-rivers-joining-the-ganga-downstream-of-prayagraj-from-west-to-east-which-one-of-the-following-sequences-is-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-himalayan-rivers-joining-the-ganga-downstream-of-prayagraj-from-west-to-east-which-one-of-the-following-sequences-is-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the Himalayan rivers joining the Ganga downstream of Prayagraj from West to East, which one of the following sequences is correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Ghaghara \u2013 Gomati \u2013 Gandak \u2013 Kosi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gomati \u2013 Ghaghara \u2013 Gandak \u2013 Kosi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ghaghara \u2013 Gomati \u2013 Kosi \u2013 Gandak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gomati \u2013 Ghaghara \u2013 Kosi \u2013 Gandak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) Gomati \u2013 Ghaghara \u2013 Gandak \u2013 Kosi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6812e4c3ecabe\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Gomti\u00a0<\/strong>is an alluvial river that originates from the\u00a0<strong>Gomat Taal, otherwise called Fulhaar Jheel, found near the Madho Tanda in Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh<\/strong>, India. After flowing through an incised valley southwards through the districts of Sitapur, Lucknow, Barabanki, Sultanpur, and Jaunpur, it joins\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/ganga-river-system-upsc\/\">River Ganga<\/a>\u00a0<strong>near Varanasi.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Ghaghara\u00a0<\/strong>originates in the\u00a0<strong>glaciers of Mapchachungo<\/strong>. After collecting the waters of its<br>tributaries \u2013 Tila, Seti and Beri, it comes out of the mountain, cutting a deep gorge at Shishapani.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>river Sarda (Kali or Kali Ganga) joins it\u00a0<\/strong>in the plain before it finally meets the Ganga\u00a0<strong>at Chhapra.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Gandak<\/strong>\u00a0comprises two streams, namely\u00a0<strong>Kaligandak and Trishulganga<\/strong>. It rises in the\u00a0<strong>Nepal Himalayas<\/strong>\u00a0between the Dhaulagiri and Mount Everest and drains the central part of Nepal. It enters the Ganga plain in Champaran district of Bihar and<strong>\u00a0joins the Ganga at Sonpur near Patna<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Kosi\u00a0<\/strong>is an antecedent river with its source to the north of Mount Everest in Tibet, where its main stream\u00a0<strong>Arun<\/strong>\u00a0rises. After crossing the Central Himalayas in Nepal, it is joined by the Son Kosi from the West and the Tamur Kosi from the east. It forms Sapt Kosi after uniting with the river Arun. The\u00a0<strong>Kosi river joins\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/tributaries-of-ganga-river\/\">Ganga<\/a>\u00a0in the Katihar district of Bihar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna_basins-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna basins\" class=\"wp-image-51263\" style=\"width:798px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Geography 2024 3\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (b) Gomati \u2013 Ghaghara \u2013 Gandak \u2013 Kosi Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[37],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-geography","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":37,"label":"Geography"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":37,"name":"Geography","slug":"geography","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":37,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}