UPSC PYQ: National Parks and Rivers Mapping (2013)
UPSC Prelims 2013 — pair matching, worked on the map
The question
Consider the following pairs: National Park — River flowing through the Park 1. Corbett National Park — Ganga 2. Kaziranga National Park — Manas 3. Silent Valley National Park — Kaveri Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Incorrect pairCorbett National Park — Ganga
It's the Ramganga — a tributary of the Ganga — that flows through Corbett, in Uttarakhand, not the Ganga itself.
See Corbett National Park on the map ↗Incorrect pairKaziranga National Park — Manas
Kaziranga, in Assam, sits on the Brahmaputra floodplain. Manas is a separate river and national park elsewhere in Assam.
See Kaziranga National Park on the map ↗Incorrect pairSilent Valley National Park — Kaveri
Silent Valley, in Kerala, is watered by the Kunthipuzha (Kunthi) river, not the Kaveri.
See Silent Valley National Park on the map ↗Explore every pair yourself on the Protected Areas & Wetlands Map — switch to Recall mode once you've seen where each one actually sits.