Question

Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in ________
(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Chattisgarh

Answer 1

Hint The Narmada river, also known as “Life line of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat”.Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau in Anuppur District in Madhya Pradesh.

Step by step answer
1. Along with the Tapti River and the Mahi river, Narmada River is one of only three major rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west. It is one of the rivers in India that flows in a Rift Valley.
2. The Narmada Valley is a gap, a layered block of the Earth’s crust that dropped down relatively to the blocks on either side due to ancient expanding of the Earth's crust.
3. Two normal faults, known as the Narmada North fault and Narmada South fault, parallel to the river's course, and mark the boundary between the Narmada block and the Vindhya and Satpura ranges which rose relative to the Narmada Graben.
4. The Narmada's watershed includes the northern slopes of the Satpuras, and the steep southern slope of the Vindhyas, but not the Vindhyan high bench plateau or a tableland, the streams from which flow into the Ganga and Yamuna
5. The Narmada valley is considered highly major for palaeontological studies in India. Several dinosaur fossils have been found in the area.

Therefore the answer is (c) Madhya Pradesh

Note
According to Indian history, the Kannada emperor from the chalukya dynasty Pulakeshin II is said to have defeated the Gupta emperor Harshavardhana of Kannauj on the banks of Narmada.