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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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Only two pairs. Renuka Wetland in Himachal Pradesh and Rudrasagar Lake in Tripura are correctly matched; Hokera and Sasthamkotta are not.
All four are Ramsar sites. Hokera Wetland lies near Srinagar in the Kashmir valley of Jammu and Kashmir, and is a stop for migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asia. Renuka Wetland, in Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, is a natural lake fed by springs and named after the mother of Parashurama. Rudrasagar Lake, near Melaghar in Tripura, holds the Neermahal water palace built by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya. Sasthamkotta Lake, in Kollam district, is the largest freshwater lake of Kerala and supplies drinking water to the area.
Pair 1 is wrong because Hokera is in Jammu and Kashmir, not Punjab.
Pair 4 is wrong because Sasthamkotta is in Kerala, not Tamil Nadu.
So A, C and D are wrong, as exactly two pairs are correct.
Exam tip: Hokera = Kashmir; Renuka = Himachal; Rudrasagar = Tripura (Neermahal); Sasthamkotta = Kerala.
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