Question

Wainganga and Penganga are the tributaries of __________.
1. Godavari River
2. Tapi River
3. Narmada River
4. Krishna river

Answer 1

Hint: The stream or rivers that flow into the large stream and main river or lake is called a tributary. This river is the second longest river in India after Ganga. The project Gosikhurd irrigation is also built on the Wainganga river.

Complete answer:
The river rises from the Mahadeo hills in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. The drainage basin where it drains is Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
The Wainganga river joins Wardha river at Chaprala in Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. After the river joins it is called as Pranahita river. The wardha river originates in Satpura range of Betul district, Madhya Pradesh.
The major tributary of the Wardha river at Chaprala is Penganga river and rises in the range of Ajanta. The river Pranahita empties into the river Godavari at Kaleshwaram, Telangana. Pranahita river has about 34% of drainage basin which is the largest tributary of the Godavari river.
Wainganga river is the key tributaries of the river Godavari and Wainganga and Penganga are the tributaries of Godavari river. The river flows to the east of about 1,465 kilometers and it drains in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Orissa .

The tributaries Wainganga and Penganga are of Godavari river.

The answer is 1. Godavari River

Note:
The starting point of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project is the confluence point of Pranahita River and Godavari River. Very close to each other are the Godavari and Krishna deltas. Together in an area of 12,700 sq km, they support nearly 1 crore people.