UPSC Prelims 2022 Question:

Consider the following pairs:

Sl. No.	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?

 

Explanation:

• Hokera wetland is located in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located at the northwest Himalayan biogeopgraphic province of Kashmir, back of the snow-draped Pir Panchal. So, pair 1 is not correctly matched.
  
  
• Renuka Wetand is located in Himachal Pradesh. It is a natural wetland with freshwater springs and inland subterranean karst formations, fed by a small stream flowing from the lower Himalayan out to the Giri river. So, pair 2 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Rudrasagar lake is located in Tripura. It is a lowland sedimentation reservoir in the northeast hills, fed by three perennial streams discharging to the River Gomti. So, pair 3 is correctly matched.
  
  
• Sasthamkotta lake is located in Kerala. It is the largest freshwater lake in Kerala state in the southwest of the country, spring-fed and the source of drinking water for half a million people in the Kollam district. So, pair 4 is not correctly matched.
  
  

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography|Mapping