Question

Chotanagpur plateau is drained by the river ________.

• A. Godavari
• B. Mahanadi
• C. Damodar
• D. Krishna

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

• The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
  
• The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south.
  
• Damodar River is a river flowing across the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand before meeting the Damodar near Dishergarh West Bengal.
  
• The Damodar and the Barakar trifurcates the Chota Nagpur plateau. The rivers pass through hilly areas with great force, sweeping away whatever lies in their path.