Geography PYQ 81 of 587 · Drainage System, River Cities, Waterfalls & Lakes · Ganga Drainage System

At which of the following towns the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi combine to form River Ganga?

  1. AHaridwar
  2. BRishikesh
  3. CRudraprayag
  4. DDevprayag
  5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above

60th to 62nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2016

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Correct answer: (d) Devprayag

Explanation

There are five major confluence points on the course of the Alaknanda river, collectively called the Panch Prayag. These are Vishnuprayag, Nandprayag, Karnprayag, Rudraprayag, and Devprayag. Devprayag is the place where the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet. Here, they merge and then flow ahead as the ‘Ganga’.

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