Consider the following statements :
- 1.Jhelum River passes through Wular Lake.
- 2.Krishna River directly feeds Kolleru Lake.
- 3.Meandering of Gandak River formed Kanwar Lake.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: the Jhelum flows through Wular Lake in Kashmir. Statement 2 is wrong: Kolleru Lake lies between the Krishna and Godavari deltas and is fed by streams such as the Budameru and Tammileru and by delta drains, not directly by the Krishna. Statement 3 is wrong: Kanwar (Kabartal) Lake in Begusarai, Bihar is an oxbow lake left by the meandering Burhi Gandak, a different river from the Gandak. So only one.
Watch for: Burhi Gandak and Gandak are different rivers; and a lake lying between two deltas is not the same as being fed by those rivers.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because Kolleru is not fed directly by the Krishna, and Kanwar Lake is linked to the Burhi Gandak, not the Gandak.
- C. Wrong because statement 2 on Kolleru is clearly incorrect.
- D. Wrong because the Jhelum does pass through Wular Lake.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 India: Physical Environment, Ch 3 Drainage System; Ramsar Sites Information Service, Kabartal Wetland (Bihar) and Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
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