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Which one of the following is a north-flowing river?
(A) Cauvery
(B) Narmada
(C) Chambal
(D) Brahmaputra

Answer
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Hint: It is likewise called the Reva and beforehand otherwise called Narbada (Nerbudda). It is otherwise called "Life Line of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat" for its colossal commitment to the province of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat from numerous points of view. It ascends from Amarkantak Plateau in Anuppur locale Madhya Pradesh.

Complete answer:
 Narmada is a north streaming river. The Narmada River additionally called the Rewa and before otherwise it is called Nerbudda, is a river in central India after the Godavari, and the Krishna. It is otherwise called "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its tremendous commitment to the territory of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh from various perspectives. It shapes the conventional limit between North India and South India and streams westwards over a length of 1,312 km ($815.2$ mi) before depleting through the Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea, 30 km ($18.6$ mi) to the west of Bharuch city of Gujarat.
 It is one of the rivers in India that streams in a break valley, streaming west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. Being the break valley stream, the Narmada River doesn't shape the delta. Break valley river structures estuaries. The Tapti River and Mahi River likewise course through break valleys, however between various reaches. It moves through the conditions of Madhya Pradesh (1,077 km ($669.2$ mi)), and Maharashtra, (74 km ($46.0$ mi)),(39 km ($24.2$ mi)) (really along the fringe between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (39 km ($24.2$ mi)) and afterward the outskirt among Maharashtra and Gujarat (74 km ($46.0$ mi)) and in Gujarat (161 km (100 mi)).
The wellspring of the Narmada is a little supply, known as the Narmada Kund, situated at Amarkantak on the Amarkantak Plateau in the Anuppur District, Shahdol zone of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note: The river plunges from Sonmud, at that point falls over a precipice as Kapildhara cascade and wanders in the slopes, moving through a convoluted course crossing the stones and islands up to the demolished royal residence of Ramnagar. Among Ramnagar and Mandla, (25 km ($15.5$ mi)), further southeast, the course is relatively forthright with profound water without rough obstructions.
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