World GK practice question for SSC. Select an option to check your answer, read the explanation and continue practicing.
Which of the following statements about Sambhar Lake is true?
Correct Answerसही उत्तर
D. It is the largest inland salt lake in India.D. यह भारत की सबसे बड़ी अंतर्देशीय खारे पानी की झील है।
Explanationव्याख्या
The printed answer is option (d): Sambhar Lake is the largest inland salt lake in India.
According to the source, Sambhar Salt Lake is located in Rajasthan and is India's largest inland salt lake.
The explanation then states that the inland lake receives water from 'five rivers', but proceeds to list Samaod, Khari, Mantha, Khandela, Medtha and Roopangarh — six names.
This creates an internal numerical inconsistency in the source explanation.
Because the project requires preserving source information without silently correcting it, the correct option for the actual MCQ remains index 3, while this supporting-detail discrepancy is explicitly flagged for review.
The central source-supported chain is: Sambhar Salt Lake — Rajasthan — India's largest inland salt lake.
The six river names printed in the source are Samaod, Khari, Mantha, Khandela, Medtha and Roopangarh, even though the preceding wording says 'five rivers'.
Students should therefore treat the river-count statement cautiously until independently checked.
The other options state that Sambhar is India's highest lake, was formed by a comet impact, or drains into the Arabian Sea; the printed solution rejects these and selects the inland-salt-lake statement.
This question demonstrates why source inconsistencies must be separated from the answer itself: the answer is clear, while one explanatory detail is internally contradictory.
Quick revision for the unambiguous part: Sambhar Lake — Rajasthan — Largest Inland Salt Lake in India.
Option (d) is correct according to the book.
Printed answer option (d) है: Sambhar Lake भारत की largest inland salt lake है। स्रोत के अनुसार Sambhar Salt Lake Rajasthan में located है और इसे India की largest inland salt lake बताया गया है। लेकिन explanation के अगले भाग में internal inconsistency है। Book कहती है कि यह lake 'five rivers' से water receive करती है, लेकिन इसके बाद Samaod, Khari, Mantha, Khandela, Medtha और Roopangarh—कुल छह names—दिए गए हैं। Project requirement के अनुसार source को silently correct नहीं करना है। इसलिए actual MCQ का answer index 3 ही रहेगा, जबकि supporting explanation की इस discrepancy को review के लिए flag किया गया है। Main unambiguous source-supported chain है: Sambhar Salt Lake — Rajasthan — India's Largest Inland Salt Lake। Source में printed river names हैं: Samaod, Khari, Mantha, Khandela, Medtha और Roopangarh, लेकिन preceding text 'five rivers' कहता है। इसलिए river-count fact को independent verification के बिना clean fact नहीं मानना चाहिए। बाकी options में Sambhar को India की highest lake, comet impact से formed lake या Arabian Sea में drain होने वाली lake बताया गया है। Printed solution इनको reject करके largest inland salt lake वाला statement select करती है। यह question दिखाता है कि answer और explanation inconsistency को अलग-अलग handle करना जरूरी है। Quick revision का clear हिस्सा: Sambhar Lake — Rajasthan — Largest Inland Salt Lake in India। Source के अनुसार option (d) सही है।
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