What is the Vedic name of the Ravi river?
- A.Askini
- B.Shutudri
- C.Parushni
- D.Kalindi
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Parushni. 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. Option A is wrong because Askini, also written Asikni, is the Vedic name of the Chenab, which is formed by the Chandra and Bhaga streams and is also called the Chandrabhaga. Option B is wrong because Shutudri is the Vedic name of the Sutlej, the river that enters India through the Shipki La pass. Option D is wrong because Kalindi is an old name of the Yamuna, which rises at the Yamunotri glacier and joins the Ganga at Prayagraj. The remaining pairs to memorise are the Jhelum as the Vitasta and the Beas as the Vipasha, since papers often ask all six Punjab rivers in one matching question.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich among the following is not a tributary of the Brahmaputra river?
- 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.
Read the full explanation →River Sutlej enters India through which pass?
- 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.
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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The Godavari is about 1,465 kilometres long, rises at Trimbakeshwar near Nashik in Maharashtra, crosses Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh and falls into the Bay of Bengal, all within India, which makes it the longest river flowing wholly inside the country.
Read the full explanation →The Godavari river originates from which of the following places?
- A.Amarkantak plateau
- B.Talakaveri
- C.Trimbakeshwar near Nashik
- D.Mahabaleshwar
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The Godavari rises in the Western Ghats at Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and flows east across the peninsula to the Bay of Bengal, draining the second largest basin in India after the Ganga.
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