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Ghod is a tributary of the ____________
A. Ganga
B. Narmada
C. Krishna
D. Bhima

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Hint: Ghod is located in Maharashtra. It originates on the eastern slope of Western ghats above the sea level. Ghod flows from the Northern side of Sahyadri hills.

Complete answer:
Ghod river is located in Pune district Maharashtra. It is a tributary of Bhima river. It flows from Maharashtra crossing over to Karnataka and Telangana.
Kukadi river is one of the tributaries of Ghod river and Ghod river is a tributary of Bhima river.
Inamgaon a post-Harappan agrarian village is located on the banks of this river.
Ghod originates from the East slopes of the Western ghats at 3580 feet above the sea level.
It flows in an east-southeast direction for 200 kilometres along the Northern side of the Sahyadri hills.
The river flows from the northern sign of Bhimashankar hills of the Western ghats. It originates at about 1090 metres above sea level.
The river is dammed at several places including the Ghod dam. The height of the dam is 97 feet and the length of the dam is 10,800 feet. New volume content is 1,020 kilometres³ under storage capacity up to 2,16,300 kilometre³ along with the chinchani dam. It's reservoir has a capacity of 5.47 TMC.
When gold travels a head many smaller rivers join it. After it is joined by the Kukadi river it is locally known as ulkaddi river until the name changed back to Ghod at the dam.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

Note: The other main tributaries of Ghod river are, the Mula and mutha rivers. Mulla rises in mulshi taluka and muttha in velhe. The tributary Mina rises in Sahyadri ghats. God was one of the major rivers used by the nearby inhabitants for irrigation purposes.