Question

The Yamuna and the Sone are tributaries of the river ________.
A) Jhelum
B)Beas
C)Ravi
D)Ganga

Answer 1

Hint:The River is the largest river of India and holds a very sacred place for Hindus. It has been mentioned even in the ancient scriptures and is regarded as ‘mother’.

Complete answer:
Yamuna originates from the Yamunotri Glacier (a total length of 1,376 km) from the Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand and has a system of 366,223 square kilometers of water supply. The Sone River (784 km long) is one of India's longest rivers (ranked after Yamuna). It originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh, east of the Narmada River.
>The option is incorrect. The Jhelum River is a common river between India and Pakistan. It is the westernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region (others being Satluj, Beas, Chenab, & Ravi), and also passes through the Kashmir Valley as its origin lies in Pir Panjal Range. Also, it is a tributary of the River Chenab and Yamuna isn’t its tributary.
>It is an incorrect option. Beas River (also known as Vipasha) rises in the Himalayas (central Himachal Pradesh, India) and flows for some 470 kilometers before flowing into the Sutlej River in Punjab. Yamuna isn’t a tributary of this river.
>Again, this answer is wrong. The Ravi River forms a trans-boundary river between India and Pakistan. It is an integral part of the Indus River Basin which comprises six rivers (Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Satluj, Ravi, & Beas). It drains its water into the Arabian Sea through the Indus. Yamuna isn’t a tributary of this river.
>Yes, this is the correct answer. Yamuna, the largest tributary of the Ganga River, is considered as another sacred river in India. It forms a total of 40.2% of the entire Ganga Basin. The Son River (also known as the Sone) is a river in central India and the second-largest tributary of the Ganges River south of the Yamuna River.

The correct answer is Option D

Additional information
Yamuna passes through several states: Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and later Delhi. It meets Ganga at Triveni Sangam, Prayagraj, which is the site of Kumbh Mela (a Hindu festival held every 12 years). There are three major sources of pollution in the river: housing and municipal dumps, erosion from deforestation that occurs to open up agriculture, and chemical cleaning of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and commercial outlets and industrial areas.

Note:Due to the increase in pollution, the government has taken steps to save the river, which is being described as the "conservation". The Yamuna development program was launched by the Indian Government to conserve the river, which was started in 1993 by the National River Conservation Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Forests.