Consider the following pairs :
| Famous place | River |
| 1. Pandharpur | Chandrabhaga |
| 2. Tiruchirappalli | Cauvery |
| 3. Hampi | Malaprabha |
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
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This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2019
– Pair 2: Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) is a city in Tamil Nadu situated on the banks of the Cauvery River. This pair is correctly matched.
– Pair 3: Hampi, the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire in Karnataka, is located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Malaprabha River is a different river in Karnataka, a tributary of the Krishna River. This pair is incorrectly matched.
– The Chandrabhaga River bend in Pandharpur is considered sacred by devotees.