Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: List-I (Lakes) A) Ashtamudi B) Pulicat C) Rooppkund D) Surajkund List-II (Location) 1) Haryana 2) Kerala 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Uttarkhand

The correct answer is B. The matching is A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1.

• Ashtamudi (2, Kerala): A backwater lake near Kollam, famous for its island cluster and mangroves. It is a Ramsar wetland, listed in 2002.
• Pulicat (3, Tamil Nadu): A brackish lagoon on the Coromandel coast, shared with Andhra Pradesh. Its main Indian-state association for this question is Tamil Nadu (Tiruvallur district).
• Roopkund (4, Uttarakhand): A glacial lake at high altitude in Chamoli district, known for the human skeletal remains found around it.
• Surajkund (1, Haryana): A stepped reservoir in Faridabad, known today for its annual crafts mela.

The core concept is the geographical location of Indian lakes and wetlands, which links to the Ramsar Convention and wetland conservation, a recurring Mains theme on ecology and environment.

Trap: Confusing Pulicat with Chilika (Odisha) or assuming Roopkund lies in Himachal or Sikkim because of its high-altitude setting.