Question

The holy city of Varanasi is situated on the bank of river ------?
a. Brahmaputra
b. Ganga
c. Kosi
d. Gandak

Answer 1

Hint: Varanasi, also known as Banaras, Banaras or Kashi, city, southeastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India.

Complete solution:
 It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges (Ganges) River and is one of the seven holy cities of Hinduism.

Ganges, the great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. Although officially called Ganga as well as popular in Hindi and other Indian languages, internationally it is known by its traditional name Ganga. It has been a sacred river of Hinduism since ancient times. For most of its course, it is a wide and lush stream, which flows into one of the most fertile and densely populated areas of the world. Despite its importance, the length of 1,560 miles (2,510 km) is relatively short compared to Asia or other great rivers of the world.

Rises in the Himalayas and empties into the Bay of Bengal, it leaves a quarter of India, and its basin supports millions of people. The greater part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain through which it flows is an area known as Hindustan and has been the cradle of successive civilizations from the Mauryan Empire of Ashoka in the establishment of the Mughal Empire in the third century BCE. 16th century.

For most of its course, the Ganges flows through the Indian territory, although its large delta in the Bengal region, which shares with the Brahmaputra River, is mostly located in Bangladesh. The general direction of flow of the river is from northwest to southeast. The flow in its delta is usually southward.

The Ganges rises in the southern Himalayas on the Indian side of the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its five major streams - Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Mandakini, Dhauliganga and Pinder - all rise in the mountainous region of northern Uttarakhand state. Among them, the two main head classes are the Alaknanda (tale of two), which rises about 30 miles (50 km) north of the Himalayan peak Nanda Devi, and the Bhagirathi, which originates at about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) from Gangotri. Above sea level in a satellite aquatic cave at the base of the Himalayan glacier known as. Gangotri is a holy place of Hindu pilgrimage in itself. The real source of the Ganges, however, is believed to be at Gaumukh, about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Gangotri.

Hence, the correct answer is option b.

Note:
The Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers unite at Devprayag to form the mainstream known as the Ganges, which rises through the Shivalik Range (outer Himalayas) on the northern side of the Indo-Gangetic plain to rise from the mountains in Rishikesh. - Cut to the west. It then flows into the plains of Haridwar, a place sacred by Hindus.