Geography PYQ 432 of 587 · Ocean Salinity & Rivers of the World · Towns & Cities along River Banks

Match the rivers with the cities through which they are flowing and select the correct answer using the codes given below: City River A. Rotterdam (1) Seine B. Paris (2) Potomac C. Budapest (3) Rhine D. Washington (4) Danube Code : A B C D

  1. A2 3 1 4
  2. B1 3 4 2
  3. C3 1 4 2
  4. D4 3 2 1

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Correct answer: (c) 3 1 4 2

Explanation

The correct matching is: Rotterdam (Netherlands) – Rhine (the Rhine and the Nieuwe Maas), Paris (France) – Seine, Budapest (Hungary) – Danube, Washington D.C. (USA) – Potomac.

Note: the question says ‘Washington’, but the city on the Potomac is Washington, D.C. Washington is also the name of a state of the United States.

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