UPSC Prelims 2019 question on Bandarpunch Bara Shigri Zemu Glaciers

Statement by statement

Pair 1 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: Bandarpunch glacier is located at the western edge of the High Himalayan Range. It is a major watershed for the headwaters of the Yamuna River, whose source lies above Yamnotri, on the west end of the massif below White Peak.

Pair 2 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: Bara-Sigri glacier which is the second longest glacier in Himalaya after Gangotri, is located in the Chandra Valley of Lahaul. The glacier feeds the Chenab River.

Pair 3 – INCORRECTLY MATCHED: Milam Glacier is a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalaya in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. Mandakini is a tributary of the Alaknanda River which originates from the Chorabari Glacier near Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, India — not Milam.

Pair 4 – CORRECTLY MATCHED: Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range. The glacier's melting waters are the main source of the Nubra River in the Indian region of Ladakh.

Pair 5 – INCORRECTLY MATCHED: Zemu Glacier is the largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya. It is located at the base of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, India. The Manas River is a transboundary river in the Himalayan foothills between southern Bhutan and India — not fed by Zemu.