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The Peninsular rivers which do not join the Arabian Sea are ______.
  1. Narmada and Tapi
  2. Narmada and Brahmaputra
  3. Godavari and Krishna
  4. Tapi and Ganga

A
Narmada and Tapi
B
Tapi and Ganga
C
Godavari and Krishna
D
Narmada and Brahmaputra
Solution
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On the basis of flow, peninsular rivers are divided into two categories: east-flowing and west-flowing rivers.
East flowing rivers such as Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi drained into Bay of Bengal and West flowing rivers such as the Narmada, the Tapi drained into the Arabian Sea.
In given options though The Ganga, The Brahmaputra river drained into the Bay of Bengal but these are himalayan rivers, not peninsular rivers.

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