Question

Which of the following rivers in Bihar originates in Amarkantak?
1. Koyal
2. Son
3. Punpun
4. Karo

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Son

The Correct Answer is Son.

• The Son River is a seasonal river in India's central region.
• It begins near Amarkantak Hill in Madhya Pradesh's Annupur district and ends near Patna, Bihar, where it merges with the Ganges river.
• After the Yamuna River, the Sone River is the Ganges' southern and second-largest tributary.
• The Koilwar Bridge, which spans the Sone River and connects Arrah and Patna, is India's oldest river bridge.
• The first dam on the Son was built at Dehri in 1873–74.

• The Koel River is a 285-kilometre (177-mile) long river in India that flows through the states of Jharkhand and Odisha.
• The Ganges has a tributary called the Punpun River. It rises in the Jharkhand district of Palamu and flows through the districts of Chatra, Aurangabad, Gaya, and Patna in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar.
• In the Indian states of Odisha and Jharkhand, the Karo River flows through Sundergarh and Keonjhar districts, as well as West Singhbhum.