Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

Consider the following statements:

  1. The proposed Indo-Brahma or Shiwalik River flowed longitudinally along the Himalayas during the Miocene period.
  2. Uplift of the Potwar Plateau helped create a water divide between the Indus and Ganga systems.
  3. Down-thrusting of the Malda Gap diverted the Ganga and Brahmaputra systems towards the Arabian Sea.
  4. The Indo-Brahma system was eventually dismembered into the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra drainage systems.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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