GK
NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Which River is known as “Bengal’s Sorrow"?
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Koshi
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Damodar
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Brahmaputra
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -River Damodar is known as “Bengal’s sorrow” because of its ravaging floods in the plains of West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Option 1 is the correct answer: Damodar River is called the ‘River of Sorrow’, specifically ‘Sorrow of Bengal’. Origin: Chhota Nagpur Plateau.
Detailed explanation-3: -Damodar River, river in northeastern India, rising with its many tributaries, notably the Bokaro and Konar, in the Chota Nagpur plateau of south-central Bihar state. It follows a generally eastward course for 368 miles (592 km) through West Bengal to join the Hugli (Hooghly) River southwest of Kolkata (Calcutta).
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