Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following assertion:

India can experience destructive floods in one region while another region simultaneously suffers from drought, despite its rivers carrying a large annual volume of water.

Which of the following statements support the assertion?

  1. River water is unevenly distributed across both time and space.
  2. Non-perennial rivers carry little water during the dry season, while large rainy-season flows may be lost through floods and discharge into the sea.
  3. All Indian rivers carry an approximately uniform discharge throughout the year.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1 and 3 only
  3. 2 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3
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