Question

Which is the longest river in India?
1. Godavari
2. Yamuna
3. Ganga
4. Brahmaputra

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Ganga

The correct answer is Ganga.

• The Ganga is a great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. 
• It flows through the Indian states of Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.
• Ganga river length is 1,560 miles is short compared with the other great rivers of Asia or of the world.
• Ganga river is rising in the Himalayas Gangotri and emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
• It drains 1/4th  of the territory of India, and its basin supports hundreds of millions of people.
• It has been the cradle of successive civilizations from the Mauryan empire of Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE to the Mughal Empire, founded in the 16th century.
• The Ganges Brahmaputra system has the third greatest average discharge of the world’s rivers, at roughly 1,086,500 cubic feet per second.
• Ganga Brahmaputra system approximately 390,000 cubic feet per second is supplied by the Ganges alone.
• The rivers’ combined suspended sediment load of about 1.84 billion tons per year is the world’s highest.

Godavari	The Godavari is India's second-longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra. It flows east for 1,465 kilometers, draining the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Length - 1465 km. Discharge -  3505 m³/s. Basin size -  312,812 km2 . Mouth -  Bay of Bengal. Bridges -  Rajamahendra Varam. Godavari Arch Bridge, The Havelock Bridge, Godavari Arch Bridge.
Yamuna	The Yamuna is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganga and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of 6387 meters. Length - 1376 km Basin size -  366,223 km2 Sources -  Yamunotri, Champasar Glacier  Mouths - the Ganges, Triveni Sangam Bridges - Old Naini Bridge road and rail bridge
Brahmaputra	The Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh and Luit, Dilao in Assam, is a trans-boundary river that flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh. It is the 9th largest river in the world by discharge and the 15th longest. Length -  3848 km. Source-  Himalayas. Tributaries - Teesta River, Danba Qu, Lohit, Subansiri River. Bridges -  Bogibeel Bridge, Dhola Sadiya Bridge, Naranarayan Setu. Mouths - the Ganges, Bay of Bengal.