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The Godavari is the longest river of Peninsular India. It originates near which town in Maharashtra?

Correct answer: (D) Nashik (Trimbakeshwar).

The Godavari originates at Trimbakeshwar near Nashik in Maharashtra.

  1. (A)

    Nagpur

  2. (B)

    Pune

  3. (C)

    Aurangabad

  4. (D)

    Nashik (Trimbakeshwar)

Explanation

The Godavari is the longest river of Peninsular India, with a length of 1,465 km. India-WRIS Wiki gives the key location point: the river rises at Trimbakeshwar near Nasik, the same place given in the option as Nashik (Trimbakeshwar). This is why option D is the precise answer, not merely a nearby Maharashtra city. The source is also at about 1,067 m elevation, and the river is widely significant as the Dakshin Ganga. From its Maharashtra origin, it flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Nagpur is wrong because India-WRIS Wiki places the Godavari’s rise at Trimbakeshwar near Nasik, not at Nagpur.
  • (B) Pune is wrong because the origin specified by India-WRIS Wiki is Trimbakeshwar near Nashik.
  • (C) Aurangabad is wrong because the origin point is Trimbakeshwar near Nashik, not Aurangabad.

Concept

This tests the Indian drainage-system concept of river origins, especially the peninsular rivers. It recurs in RAS because source-location pairs such as Godavari-Trimbakeshwar are standard map-based geography facts.

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