Indian Rivers and Waterways

This is the correct answer. In Meghalaya, a 200-year-old system of tapping stream and spring water by using bamboo pipes, is prevalent.

This is the correct answer. In Gujarat, the Sabarmati-basin farmers were agitated and almost caused a riot over the higher priority given to water supply in urban areas.

This is the correct answer as the Ranjit Sagar Dam is on river Ravi.

The Yamuna river joins the Ganga at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad (now Prayagraj).

Hampi, the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, is located in the state of Karnataka. It is situated on the southern bank of the Tungabhadra River, though the question asks for the bank; historically, it is associated with the Tungabhadra river basin.

The Kosi River in India is famously known as the Sorrow of Bihar due to its tendency to shift its course frequently, causing massive flooding.

The Damodar River flows through West Bengal and Jharkhand and is a major tributary of the Hugli River.

Gomukh is the source of the Ganga river, located in the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. While the Himalaya range contains the source, Gomukh is the specific location. Rain feeds the river but is not the source.

When a specific number of items is mentioned as a group (the three states), the definite article 'the' is used to define that specific set.

Raj Ghat is a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, located on the banks of the Yamuna River.

The Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River in the state of Odisha.

The definite article 'the' is required before the names of mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas.

The names of rivers always take the definite article 'the'.

The Godavari River is often referred to as 'Dakshin Ganga' (South Ganga) or 'old Ganga' due to its religious significance and importance in peninsular India. It's the second-longest river in India after the Ganga and holds immense cultural importance in southern states.

Damodar is a river flowing across the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. Earlier it was known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of its ravaging floods in the plains of West Bengal.