Place Chenab
Asked 5 times across 3 UPSC exams over 4 years (2019–2023), peaking in 2019.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 3 of 5 PYQs
- Most asked in 2019
- Recurs across 4 years (2019–2023)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2019 → NDA 2020 → CBI 2023
How the concept evolved
Rising — more than half its appearances (4 of 5) are since 2016.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CBI2023
In the context of the Indus Water Treaty, 1960, water of which one of the following rivers was not allocated to India for its exclusive use?
- A Ravi
- B Chenab ✓
- C Sutlej
- D Beas
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
CSE2021
With reference to the Indus river system, of the following four rivers, three of them pour into one of them which joins the Indus direct. Among the following, which one is such a river that joins the Indus direct?
- A Chenab
- B Jhelum
- C Ravi
- D Sutlej ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
NDA2020
Bagalihar, Dulhasti and Salal hydro power projects have been developed on which of the following rivers ?
- A Chenab and Jhelum ✓
- B Chenab and Indus
- C Ravi
- D Chenab only
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Geography › Physical Geography of India
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