Question
Consider the following pairs:
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
Correct answer: (b) Only two pairs
Pair 1 is incorrect: Hokera (Hokersar) Wetland is near Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir (Jhelum basin), not Punjab.
Pair 2 is correct: Renuka Wetland, in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, is a natural freshwater wetland fed by springs and karst channels.
Pair 3 is correct: Rudrasagar Lake (Rudijala), a Ramsar site in Tripura, is fed by perennial streams draining into the Gomti River.
Pair 4 is incorrect: Sasthamkotta Lake, the largest natural freshwater lake in Kerala, is in Kollam district, Kerala — not Tamil Nadu.