Direction: Read the following Passage given below and answer the questions
The Ganga especially is the river of India, beloved of her people, round which are intertwined her racial memories, her hopes and fears, her songs of triumph, her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India's age-long culture and civilization, ever-changing, ever-flowing, and yet ever the same Ganga. She reminds me of the snow-covered peaks and the deep valleys of the Himalayas, which I have loved so much and of the rich and vast plains below, where my life and work have been cast.

What are the things loved by the author?

1. A
   The snow-covered peaks and the deep valleys of the Himalayas.
2. B
   The rich fields and forests
3. C
   The flowing rivers and streams.
4. D
   The snowy peaks and the deep valleys of the Himalayas as well as the rich and vast plains below.