Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which group of rivers was allotted to India for unrestricted use?
- A.Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
- B.Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
- C.Jhelum, Ravi and Beas
- D.Chenab, Sutlej and Beas
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. The Indus Waters Treaty, signed in 1960 with the World Bank as a party to the arrangement, gave India the unrestricted use of the three eastern rivers, the Ravi, the Beas and the Sutlej, and gave the three western rivers to Pakistan, with India allowed limited uses such as run of the river power and some irrigation. Option A is wrong because the Indus, the Jhelum and the Chenab are exactly the western group allotted to Pakistan. Options C and D are wrong because each mixes the two groups, putting a western river, the Jhelum in one case and the Chenab in the other, on the Indian side. The quick memory hook is that the eastern rivers, being farther from Pakistan, went to India, and the projects on them, such as Bhakra Nangal on the Sutlej and Pong on the Beas, followed from the treaty.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Teesta
- B.Siang
- C.Tons
- D.Manas
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The Tons is a tributary of the Yamuna in the Ganga system, rising in the Garhwal Himalaya, and has nothing to do with the Brahmaputra basin.
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- A.Zoji La
- B.Nathu La
- C.Lipulekh
- D.Shipki La
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The Sutlej rises from the Rakas lake near Mansarovar in Tibet, where it is called the Langchen Khambab, and enters India through the Shipki La pass in Himachal Pradesh before flowing on to join the Beas at Harike.
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- A.Askini
- B.Shutudri
- C.Parushni
- D.Kalindi
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In the Rigveda the Ravi appears as the Parushni, and it is on this river that the Battle of the Ten Kings, the Dasarajna, is placed.
Read the full explanation →Musi river is a tributary of which of the following rivers?
- A.Cauvery
- B.Godavari
- C.Krishna
- D.Mahanadi
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The Musi rises in the Anantagiri hills of Telangana, flows through Hyderabad, and joins the Krishna in Nalgonda district, which is why the city's water supply and floods are tied to it.
Read the full explanation →Which is the longest river flowing entirely within the territory of India?
- A.Ganga
- B.Godavari
- C.Narmada
- D.Krishna
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