Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

A survey proceeds southwards from the Shiwalik foothills and records the following sequence:

  • a narrow belt where rivers deposit rocks and boulders and sometimes disappear;
  • a marshy belt where these streams re-emerge without clearly demarcated channels;
  • plains composed of older and newer alluvial deposits.

Which one of the following correctly identifies this north-to-south sequence?

  1. Bhabar → Tarai → Bhangar and Khadar
  2. Tarai → Bhabar → Bhangar and Khadar
  3. Bhabar → Khadar → Tarai and Bhangar
  4. Khadar → Tarai → Bhabar and Bhangar
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