SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -This is evident in the name of rivers, for instance, ‘Brahmaputra’ is named after ‘Son of Lord Brahma’ and is regarded as the only ‘male’ river in India while all the other major rivers carry female names.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit and Brahmaputra in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla.

Detailed explanation-3: -Actually when a river has distributary it is known or named as a female river and in the other hand the rivers which don’t have any distributary is known as a male river.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are more than one river in India which are considered male. Brahmaputra, Shon, Bhadra, Damodar, Ajay, Dwarekeshwar, Rupnarayan.