{"id":995,"date":"2023-06-19T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=995"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:45:28","slug":"q-consider-the-following-pairs-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-pairs-12","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glacier \u2013 River<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bandarpunch \u2013 Yamuna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bara Shigri \u2013 Chenab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milam \u2013 Mandakini<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Siachen \u2013 Nubra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zemu \u2013 Manas<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Which of the pairs correctly matched?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 2 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 and 5<\/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: (a) 1, 2 and 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bandarpunch<\/strong>\u00a0is a mountain massif of the\u00a0<strong>Garhwal<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;division of the&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Himalayas<\/strong>, in the\u00a0Indian\u00a0state of\u00a0<strong>Uttarakhand<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is part of the Sankari Range and lies within the Govind Pashu Vihar National Park and Sanctuary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a&nbsp;<strong>source of the Yamuna river<\/strong>, whose source lies&nbsp;<strong>above Yamnotri<\/strong>, on the west end of the massif below White Peak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bara-Shigri glacier<\/strong>\u00a0which is the\u00a0<strong>second longest glacier in Himalaya after Gangotri<\/strong>, is located in the\u00a0<strong>Chandra valley of Lahaul<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The name comes from the&nbsp;Lahaul&nbsp;dialect, where Bara means big and Shigri means glacier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>glacier feeds the Chenab river<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Milam glacier<\/strong>\u00a0is a major glacier of the\u00a0<strong>Kumaon Himalaya<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a part of the&nbsp;<strong>Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand<\/strong>, India, about 15 kilometres northeast of&nbsp;<strong>Nanda Devi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The glacier is the&nbsp;<strong>source of the&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Goriganga River<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mandakini river<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>tributary of the Alaknanda river<\/strong>\u00a0which originates from the\u00a0<strong>Chorabari glacier near Kedarnath<\/strong>\u00a0in Uttarakhand, India.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mandakini is fed by&nbsp;<strong>Vasukiganga river<\/strong>&nbsp;at&nbsp;Sonprayag. Mandakini joins&nbsp;Alaknanda&nbsp;at&nbsp;<strong>Rudraprayag<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alaknanda then proceeds towards&nbsp;<strong>Devaprayag<\/strong>&nbsp;where it joins&nbsp;Bhagirathi River&nbsp;to form the&nbsp;Ganges River.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mandakini river flows along&nbsp;<strong>NH-107<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;Rudraprayag district&nbsp;and turns violent during monsoon, often destroying parts of the highway and adjoining villages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Siachen glacier<\/strong>\u00a0is located in the\u00a0<strong>eastern Karakoram range<\/strong>\u00a0in the Himalayas just\u00a0<strong>northeast of the point&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>NJ9842<\/strong>\u00a0where the LOC\u00a0between\u00a0India\u00a0and\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0ends.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The glacier\u2019s melting waters are the main&nbsp;<strong>source of the Nubra River<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Indian region of Ladakh, which&nbsp;<strong>drains into the Shyok River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Shyok in turn joins the 3000 kilometre-long&nbsp;<strong>Indus River<\/strong>&nbsp;which flows through Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Zemu glacier<\/strong>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is located at the base of&nbsp;<strong>Kangchenjunga<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Zemu glacier drains the east side of Kanchenjunga, the world\u2019s third highest mountain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The glacier is the&nbsp;<strong>source of water for numerous rivers<\/strong>, as it feeds them when it melts. One of them is the&nbsp;<strong>Teesta river<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manas river<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>transboundary river<\/strong>\u00a0in the Himalayan foothills between\u00a0<strong>southern Bhutan and India.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u200b<\/strong>It is&nbsp;<strong>the largest river system of Bhutan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The total length of the river is 400 kilometres which flows through&nbsp;Tibet,&nbsp;China&nbsp;for 24&nbsp;km, flows in Bhutan for 272 kilometres and then flows through Assam for 104 kilometres before&nbsp;<strong>it joins the mighty&nbsp;Brahmaputra River&nbsp;at&nbsp;Jogighopa<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Must Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/important-glaciers-in-india-upsc\/\">Important Glaciers in India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_0cf6a6-f3 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_0cf6a6-f3 .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_0cf6a6-f3\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glacier \u2013 River Which of the pairs correctly matched? 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