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River Damodar is called 'Sorrow of Bengal' because it ________.
  1. Gets flooded often causing havoc
  2. Causes maximum soil erosion
  3. Is not a perennial river
  4. Forms number of dangerous waterfalls

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Is not a perennial river
B
Causes maximum soil erosion
C
Forms number of dangerous waterfalls
D
Gets flooded often causing havoc
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Damodar River was earlier known as the "River of Sorrows" as it used to flood many areas of Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah and Medinipur districts. Even now the floods sometimes affect the lower Damodar Valley, but the havoc it wreaked in earlier years is now a matter of history. The floods were virtually an annual ritual.

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