Q. With reference to the Indus river system, of the following four rivers, three of them pour into one of them which joins the Indus directly. Among the following, which one is such a river that joins the Indus directly? (2021)

(a) Chenab 

(b) Jhelum 

(c) Ravi 

(d) Sutlej 

Answer: (d) 

Option (d) is correct: 

The Indus River System is one of the largest river basins in the world. The Indus, also known as the Sindhu, is the westernmost of the Himalayan rivers in India. It originates from a glacier near Bokhar Chu in the Tibetan region in the Kailash Mountain range. The Sutlej River is the most extensive of the five rivers that run through the famous crossroad area of the state of Punjab in North India and Pakistan. The river is situated on the north of the Vindhya Mountain Range, to the south of the Hindu Kush division of the Himalayan Mountain Ranges and to the east of the Central Sulaiman range in Pakistan. Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi pour into Sutlej, which joins the Indus directly. The Sutlej is joined by the Beas River in Hari-Ke-Patan, Amritsar, Punjāb, India, and continues southwest into Pakistan to unite with the Chenab River, near Bahawalpur. The Sutlej joins the Indus River at Mithankot.