Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2022 · Environment · Question 30

Consider the following pairs: Wetland/Lake - Location 1. Hokera Wetland - Punjab 2. Renuka Wetland - Himachal Pradesh 3. Rudrasagar Lake - Tripura 4. Sasthamkotta Lake - Tamil Nadu. How many pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. Only three pairs
  4. All four pairs

Answer

Only two pairs

  1. Hokera Wetland – Punjab: Incorrect. Hokera Wetland is in Jammu & Kashmir (Srinagar), not Punjab.
  2. Renuka Wetland – Himachal Pradesh: Correct. Renuka Wetland/Renuka Lake is in Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
  3. Rudrasagar Lake – Tripura: Correct. Rudrasagar Lake is a Ramsar site in Tripura.
  4. Sasthamkotta Lake – Tamil Nadu: Incorrect. Sasthamkotta Lake is in Kerala, not Tamil Nadu.

So, only two pairs are correctly matched.

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