Q. With reference to Kosi River, consider the following statements;
1.Kosi carries the maximum amount of silt and sand in India.
2.The river flows through Tibet, Nepal and India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 is incorrect: Kosi carries the maximum amount of silt and sand after the Brahmaputra in India.
Statement 2 is correct: The Kosi is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, Nepal and India. Its three major tributaries, the Sun Kosi, Arun and Tamur meet at one point just upstream of a 10 km gorge cut through the Himalayan foothills.
Source: DTE
