Question

Which among the following rivers originates from Multai in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh?
1. Tapi
2. Kaveri
3. Godavari
4. Luni

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Tapi

The Correct Answer is Tapi.

• The Tapti River is a river between the Godavari and Narmada rivers in central India that flows westward before draining into the Arabian Sea.
• The river is 724 km long. Its source is near the forest of the Multai Reserve in MP. It reaches Maharashtra from there and flows through the western portion of Vidarbha and Khandesh. It flows into Gujarat from Maharashtra, where its mouth lies near Surat.
• The Tapti River overflowed its banks during heavy rains during the monsoon season on 7 August 1968, before the building of the Ukai Dam to bring its waters under control and provide hydroelectric power.

• Kaveri is a river in India that flows through the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.The Kaveri River rises in the Western Ghats, Kodagu district of Karnataka State, at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range.
• After the Ganga, the Godavari is India's second-longest river. In Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra, its source is.
• The Luni is the largest river in the Thar desert. It originates in the Aravalli Range valley of Pushkar, near Ajmer, passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Gujarat's Rann of Kutch, after travelling 495 km.