Question

The river Ganga divides the state of Bihar into ______ parts.
1. five
2. three
3. four
4. two

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : two

The correct answer is two.

• The river Ganga divides the state of Bihar into two parts. 

• Ganga enters the boundary of Bihar at Chausa a village near Buxar after its confluence with Karmanasa.
• The Bihar plain is divided into two unequal halves by the river Ganga which flows through the middle from west to east.
• The most common soil in Bihar is Gangetic alluvium of the Indo-Gangetic plain region
• Ganga river originates as Bhagirathi from the Gangotri glacier.
  • Alaknanda river joins Bhagirathi at Devprayag, onwards known as Ganga.
  • It is joined by the river Yamuna at Allahabad.
  • At Farraka, it bifurcates into Bhagirathi-Hugli in West Bengal and Padma - Meghna in Bangladesh.
  • It drains into the Bay of Bengal.
  • Tributaries- Yamuna, Gandak, Ramganga, Son, Ghaghra, Gomti, Kosi, Tamsa, Punpun, and Mahananda.