Here is Question No. 38 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2019
Q38. Consider the following pairs:
Glacier River
- Bandarpunch: Yamuna
- Bara Shigri: Chenab
- Milam: Mandakini
- Siachen: Nubra
- Zemu: Manas
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 3 and 5 only
Answer: A
- Pair 1 is correctly matched: An important glacier of the Yamuna River basin is the Bandarpunch Glacier in the Garhwal division of the Himalayas. It is 12 km long and situated on the Northern slopes of Bandarpunch West, Khatling Peak and Bandarpunch Peak the glacier is formed by three cirque glaciers and then joins the river of Yamuna.
- Pair 2 is correctly matched: Bara Shigri glacier is located in Lahaul and Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The Bara Shigri glacier attracted much attention for many years because of the valuable antimony deposits found there. It feeds the Chandra River and after the junction at Tandi with the Bhaga River, it is known as the Chenab River.
- Pair 3 is not correctly matched: Milam Glacier in Munsiyari, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand is the source of the Gori Ganga River and not of the Mandakini River. Gori Ganga is also an important tributary of the Kali River.
- Pair 4 is correctly matched: The Siachen Glacier is located in Northern Ladakh in the eastern Karakoram Range of the Himalayas. It is the source of the Nubra River, a tributary of the Indus River flowing into Pakistan and the Arabian Sea. The water of the Nubra drains into the Shyok River and then into the Indus. The Siachen Glacier is the highest battleground on Earth
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