Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following assertion:

Khadar is more regularly renewed by present-day floods than Bhangar.

Which of the following statements support the assertion?

  1. Khadar is new alluvium deposited annually by floods, which add fine silt to it.
  2. Bhangar is older alluvium generally deposited away from the active floodplains.
  3. Both Khadar and Bhangar may contain calcareous concretions called kankars.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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