Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh is the source of which pair of rivers?
- A.Narmada and Tapi
- B.Narmada and Son
- C.Son and Betwa
- D.Chambal and Kshipra
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Narmada and Son. Amarkantak, in Anuppur district, stands where the Maikal range joins the Vindhyas and the Satpuras, and both the Narmada and the Son rise there. The Narmada flows west through a rift valley to the Arabian Sea, while the Son flows east and north to join the Ganga, so a single hill feeds two different seas. The Narmada Kund and its ring of temples mark the source.
Option A is wrong because the Tapi rises at Multai in Betul district, not at Amarkantak. Option C is wrong because the Betwa rises near Raisen in the Vindhyan uplands and joins the Yamuna. Option D is wrong because the Chambal rises at Janapav hill near Mhow and the Kshipra, or Shipra, also rises in that part of the Malwa plateau.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich two of the twelve jyotirlingas are located in Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Somnath and Nageshwar
- B.Mahakaleshwar and Omkareshwar
- C.Bhimashankar and Trimbakeshwar
- D.Kedarnath and Vishwanath
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Mahakaleshwar stands at Ujjain on the bank of the Shipra and is the only south-facing jyotirlinga, known for the Bhasma Aarti performed before dawn.
Read the full explanation →Which jyotirlinga is the only one that faces south, and is therefore called Dakshinamukhi?
- A.Omkareshwar
- B.Mahakaleshwar
- C.Somnath
- D.Grishneshwar
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The jyotirlinga at Ujjain is installed facing south, which is why it is called Dakshinamukhi, and it is the only one of the twelve with that orientation.
Read the full explanation →The Omkareshwar jyotirlinga stands on an island in which river?
- A.Shipra
- B.Betwa
- C.Narmada
- D.Chambal
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Omkareshwar is on the island of Mandhata in the Narmada, in Khandwa district, and the island is said to take the shape of the syllable Om, from which the name comes.
Read the full explanation →The temples of Khajuraho were built by which dynasty?
- A.Paramara
- B.Chandela
- C.Bundela
- D.Kalachuri
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The Chandela rulers of Jejakabhukti built the Khajuraho group in Chhatarpur district between about 950 and 1050 CE, in the Nagara style with clustered shikharas rising over the sanctum.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest temple in the Khajuraho group?
- A.Lakshmana temple
- B.Chausath Yogini temple
- C.Kandariya Mahadeva temple
- D.Matangeshwara temple
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It is the largest and most developed of the Khajuraho temples, built in the western group under the Chandela ruler Vidyadhara in the early eleventh century, and it shows the Nagara plan at its fullest, with a cluster of smaller shikharas rising like foothills to the main spire over the…
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