RAS question
Chambal River leaves Rajasthan near which area?
Correct answer: (C) Dholpur.
The Chambal River leaves Rajasthan near Dholpur, specifically around Pali Ghat in Dholpur district.
Explanation
The Chambal River exits Rajasthan near Pali Ghat in Dholpur district. The Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board report supports this location by identifying a Chambal monitoring point at Dholpur as being "just before leaving Rajasthan State". That wording matters for the MCQ: the question is asking for the area where the river leaves the state, not a major upstream city on its Rajasthan course. After leaving Rajasthan, the Chambal continues into Uttar Pradesh and joins the Yamuna near Etawah. Therefore, among the options, Dholpur is the precise exit-area answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Kota lies much upstream on the Chambal's Rajasthan course, so it does not mark the point where the river leaves the state.
- (B) Karauli is geographically close to the lower Chambal region, but the exit point is in Dholpur district.
- (D) Sawai Madhopur is also upstream of the Chambal's exit from Rajasthan, so it cannot be the leaving point.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan drainage geography, especially the state-level course and exit points of major rivers. Such location-based river questions recur in RAS because they connect physical geography with district mapping.