Bihar Special GK PYQ 469 of 603 · Rivers, Lakes & Waterfalls

The naming of the "Diara" land of the Ganges River is related to which of the following?

  1. ADiya
  2. BDahar
  3. CDevara
  4. DDaira
  5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above

B.P.S.C. C.D.P.O. (Pre) 2018

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Correct answer: (a) Diya

Explanation

‘Diara’ lands are the low-lying alluvial tracts and sandbars along the Ganga and its tributaries in Bihar. They are built up by silt, go under water in the monsoon floods and are farmed after the water goes down, and their shape keeps changing as the river shifts its course.

The name ‘Diara’ is linked with ‘Diya’, the local Hindi/Bhojpuri word for an earthen lamp, so the answer is (a). Option (d) ‘Daira’ (a circle) only sounds similar.

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