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Q. The area drained by a river is
  • (A) Watershed
  • (B) Basin
  • (C) Catchment
  • (D) All of them
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of them
Q. When the drainage develops similar to branches of a tree, it is called:
  • (A) Radial
  • (B) Dendritic
  • (C) Centripetal
  • (D) Trellis
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Dendritic
Q. Watershed is also known as
  • (A) Catchment area
  • (B) Dendritic
  • (C) Trellis
  • (D) Radial
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Catchment area
Q. Which river consists 77% of the drainage area?
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Brahmaputra
  • (C) Mahanadi
  • (D) All of them
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of them
Q. Major river basin includes
  • (A) 10 drainage basin
  • (B) 14 drainage basin
  • (C) 15 drainage basin
  • (D) 16 drainage basin
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 14 drainage basin
Q. Name a river of antecedent drainage:
  • (A) Indus
  • (B) Godawari
  • (C) Narmada
  • (D) Padma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Indus
Q. Which is the north-flowing tributary of Ganga?
  • (A) Kosi
  • (B) Ghaghra
  • (C) Son
  • (D) Chambal
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Son
Q. A relief which divides two areas drained by the river is known as
  • (A) Watershed
  • (B) River basin
  • (C) Drainage pattern
  • (D) Water management
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Watershed
Q. Name the source of the Krishna River:
  • (A) Deccan Plateau
  • (B) Mansarovar lake
  • (C) Mahableshwar
  • (D) Zanskar Valley
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Mahableshwar
Q. In the mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
  • (A) Meander
  • (B) Gorges
  • (C) Braided channels
  • (D) Delta
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Gorges
Q. River kaveri flows through
  • (A) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
  • (B) Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.
  • (C) Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
  • (D) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Q. Which one of the following river is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
  • (A) Damodar
  • (B) Son
  • (C) Kosi
  • (D) Gandak
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Damodar
Q. Which region has the youngest rivers in India?
  • (A) Deccan plateau
  • (B) Himalayas
  • (C) Western Ghats
  • (D) Eastern Ghats
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Himalayas
Q. Which is the largest of all the west-flowing rivers of the Peninsula?
  • (A) The Luni
  • (B) The Mahi
  • (C) The Narmada
  • (D) The Sabarmati
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) The Narmada
Q. Which is the second largest basin in India?
  • (A) Gangetic
  • (B) Godavari
  • (C) Krishna
  • (D) Narmada
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Godavari
Q. Which of the following is not the tributaries of the Indus River?
  • (A) Shyok
  • (B) Gilgit
  • (C) Zaskar
  • (D) Luni
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Luni
Q. The Mahanadi flows in
  • (A) Andhra Pradesh
  • (B) Karnataka
  • (C) Orissa
  • (D) Maharashtra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Orissa
Q. From where does the Chenab originate?
  • (A) Rohtang Pass
  • (B) Khardung La
  • (C) Nathu La
  • (D) Bara Lacha Pass
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Bara Lacha Pass
Q. The tributary of Indus River is
  • (A) Kosi
  • (B) Jhelum
  • (C) Padma
  • (D) Tungabhadra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Jhelum
Q. Which river flows through the rift valley?
  • (A) Narmada
  • (B) Tapi
  • (C) Both of them
  • (D) None of them
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Both of them
Q. On the basis of regional distribution the Indian drainage system is categorised into:
  • (A) two
  • (B) three
  • (C) four
  • (D) five
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) two
Q. Which river was dismem bered into three main drainage systems?
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Brahmaputra
  • (C) Indus
  • (D) Indo-Brahma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Indo-Brahma
Q. The Indus is also known as
  • (A) Brahmaputra
  • (B) Indobrahm
  • (C) Sindhu
  • (D) Singi
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Sindhu
Q. Which river rises from Pir panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir?
  • (A) Satluj
  • (B) Jhelum
  • (C) Indus
  • (D) Ravi
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Jhelum
Q. Which one of the following rivers is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
  • (A) Gandak
  • (B) Kosi
  • (C) Son
  • (D) Damodar
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Damodar
Q. What is the source of the Jhelum River?
  • (A) Zanskar Valley
  • (B) Mansarovar lake
  • (C) Western Ghats
  • (D) Wular lake
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Wular lake
Q. Name the main watershed of Peninsular rivers:
  • (A) Deccan Plateau
  • (B) the Western Ghats
  • (C) the Eastern Ghats
  • (D) Himalayan Mountains
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) the Western Ghats
Q. The meeting place of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi is
  • (A) Vishnu Prayag.
  • (B) Karan Prayag.
  • (C) Dev Prayag.
  • (D) Rudra Prayag.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Dev Prayag.
Q. Name the main water shed of Peninsular rivers.
  • (A) Deccan Plateau
  • (B) Western Ghats
  • (C) Eastern Ghats
  • (D) Himalayan Mountains
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Eastern Ghats
Q. Name the source of River Indus.
  • (A) Deccan Plateau
  • (B) Mansarovar lake
  • (C) Gangotri
  • (D) Zanskar Valley
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Mansarovar lake
Q. Name an important river of the Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Godawari
  • (C) Narmada
  • (D) Padma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Narmada
Q. Name the source of Krishna River:
  • (A) Deccan Plateau
  • (B) Mansarovar lake
  • (C) Zanskar Valley
  • (D) Mahableshwar
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Mahableshwar
Q. Which is the river basin with the largest catchment area?
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Indus
  • (C) Godavari
  • (D) Krishna
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Ganga
Q. The largest riverine island in India is
  • (A) Lohit
  • (B) Majuli
  • (C) Raghopur
  • (D) Lakra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Majuli
Q. Which of the following region is famous for the world’s largest reserve of Barytes?
  • (A) Chauka hills
  • (B) Jaisalmer
  • (C) Ratnagiri
  • (D) Cuddapah
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Cuddapah
Q. Which dam is built on the Mahanadi?
  • (A) Bhakra Dam
  • (B) Hirakud Dam
  • (C) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
  • (D) Sardar Sarovar Dam
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Hirakud Dam
Q. In the end of its mountainous journey at Attock, Indus river is joined by which river from Afghanistan?
  • (A) Hari river
  • (B) Helmand river
  • (C) Kabul river
  • (D) Amu Darya
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Kabul river
Q. Which of the following affects the self-cleansing capacity of the river?
  • (A) Aquatic organisms
  • (B) Drawing of water for irrigation
  • (C) Hydroelectricity generation
  • (D) Pollution
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Pollution
Q. What is the source of Jhelum River?
  • (A) Wular lake
  • (B) Western Ghats
  • (C) Mansarovar lake
  • (D) Zanskar Valley
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Wular lake
Q. The river Beas is also known as
  • (A) Parushani
  • (B) Iravati
  • (C) Vipasa
  • (D) Bhaga
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Vipasa
Q. The largest tributary of Indus is
  • (A) Son
  • (B) Chenab
  • (C) Bhaga
  • (D) Chandra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Chenab
Q. Which river is also known by the name β€˜Parushani’?
  • (A) Ravi
  • (B) Beas
  • (C) Chandra
  • (D) Bhaga
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Ravi
Q. Name a river of antecedent drainge.
  • (A) Indus
  • (B) Godawari
  • (C) Narmada
  • (D) Padma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Indus
Q. Which river rises in the Gangotri glacier near Gomukh?
  • (A) Yamuna
  • (B) Brahmaputra
  • (C) Ganga
  • (D) Son
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Ganga
Q. The river Godavari rises in
  • (A) Gomukh
  • (B) Nasik
  • (C) Uttarkashi
  • (D) Dev prayag
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Nasik
Q. The largest river of Rajasthan is
  • (A) Sabarmati
  • (B) Saraswati
  • (C) Luni
  • (D) Sagarmati
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Luni
Q. Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth:
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Godawari
  • (C) Narmada
  • (D) Padma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Narmada
Q. The river Ganga discharges itself into the
  • (A) Bay of Bengal
  • (B) Arabian Sea
  • (C) Both of them
  • (D) None of them
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Bay of Bengal
Q. In mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
  • (A) Meander
  • (B) Gorges
  • (C) Braided channels
  • (D) Delta
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Gorges
Q. Which river is also known by the name β€˜Parushani’?
  • (A) Ravi
  • (B) Beas
  • (C) Chandra
  • (D) Bhaga
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Ravi
Q. The antecedent river of Ganga is
  • (A) Ghaghra
  • (B) Gandak
  • (C) Kosi
  • (D) Sun Kosi
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Kosi
Q. In southern Tibet, the Brahmaputra is known as
  • (A) Tsangpo
  • (B) Rango
  • (C) Siang
  • (D) Dihang
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Tsangpo
Q. The length of Brahmaputra is
  • (A) 700 km
  • (B) 750 km
  • (C) 800 km
  • (D) 850 km
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) 750 km
Q. The major river of Dakshin is
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Narmada
  • (C) Jhelum
  • (D) Godavari
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Godavari
Q. Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
  • (A) Ganga
  • (B) Godawari
  • (C) Narmada
  • (D) Padma
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Narmada
Q. What is the total length of the river Ganga?
  • (A) 2900 Kms
  • (B) 2700 Kms
  • (C) 2300 Kms
  • (D) 2500 Kms
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 2500 Kms
Q. Which is not a tributary of the Indus?
  • (A) Kosi
  • (B) Sutlej
  • (C) Jhelum
  • (D) Ravi
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Kosi
Q. Which is the largest river basin in India ?
  • (A) Kaveri
  • (B) Yamuna
  • (C) Ganga
  • (D) Son
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Ganga
Q. Which one of the following rivers has the largest river basin in India?
  • (A) The Krishna
  • (B) The Ganga
  • (C) Brahmaputra
  • (D) The Indus
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) The Ganga
Q. Which is the north flowing tributary of Ganga?
  • (A) Kosi
  • (B) Ghaghra
  • (C) Son
  • (D) Chambal
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Son
Q. The Ganga has its minimum flow during
  • (A) August-September
  • (B) January-June
  • (C) May-June
  • (D) July-August
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) January-June
Q. A river along with its tributaries is known as:
  • (A) River system
  • (B) Delta
  • (C) George
  • (D) Estuaries
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) River system
Q. Which river has form a picturesque gorge in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir?
  • (A) Ravi
  • (B) Beas
  • (C) Sutlej
  • (D) Indus
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Indus
Q. In the final stage before meeting the seas and oceans, river breakup into various streams called as
  • (A) Tributaries
  • (B) Deltas
  • (C) Estuaries
  • (D) Distributaries
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Distributaries
Q. Jamshedpur steel plant is located at the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and
  • (A) Damodar
  • (B) Kosi
  • (C) Kharkai
  • (D) Sone
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Damodar
Q. The world’s longest river is
  • (A) Mississippi
  • (B) Amazon
  • (C) Brahmaputra
  • (D) Nile
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Nile
Q. The Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum are the major tributaries to the river
  • (A) Ganges
  • (B) Brahmaputra
  • (C) Indus
  • (D) Godavari
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Indus
Q. Which one of the following does not belong to antecedent rivers in respect of lesser and outer ranges of Himalayas?
  • (A) Jhelum
  • (B) Gola
  • (C) Ravi
  • (D) Ramganga
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Gola
Q. The Tajewala barrage is located in the district of
  • (A) Sonipat
  • (B) Panipat
  • (C) Yamunanagar
  • (D) Karnal
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Yamunanagar
Q. Indori is a tributary of which of the following rivers?
  • (A) Dohan
  • (B) Sahibi
  • (C) Raka
  • (D) Yamuna
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Sahibi
Q. The Brahmaputra River, while flowing outside India is popularly known as
  • (A) Dihang
  • (B) Lohit
  • (C) Tsangpo
  • (D) Brahmaputra
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Tsangpo
Q. The two head streams of the Ganga unite at ?
  • (A) Haridwar
  • (B) Dev Prayag
  • (C) Delhi
  • (D) Lucknow
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Dev Prayag
Q. Which one of the following does not belong to antecedent rivers in respect of all three parallel ranges of Himalayas?
  • (A) Brahmaputra
  • (B) Ganga
  • (C) Ghaghra
  • (D) Gola
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Gola
Q. Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the Bhagiratni ?
  • (A) Dev Prayag
  • (B) Karan Prayag
  • (C) Rudra Prayag
  • (D) Vishnu Prayag
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Dev Prayag
Q. Which river has its source outside of India?
  • (A) Ravi
  • (B) Jhelum
  • (C) Brahmaputra
  • (D) Beas
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Brahmaputra
Q. Where does the Chambal rise?
  • (A) Dewas
  • (B) Dhar
  • (C) Khargone
  • (D) Mhow
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Mhow
Q. The Indus and Brahmaputra river originates from the north of ______________ mountain ranges.
  • (A) Yamunotri Glacier
  • (B) Himalaya
  • (C) Mansarovar Lake
  • (D) Gangotri glacier
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Himalaya
Q. Canal irrigation is widely prevalent in which of the following states of India?
  • (A) Punjab
  • (B) Andhra Pradesh
  • (C) Bihar
  • (D) Tamil Nadu
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Punjab
Q. The Dibang and the Lohit are the tributaries of the river
  • (A) Narmada
  • (B) Mahanadi
  • (C) Brahmaputra
  • (D) Godavari
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Brahmaputra
Q. When an elevated area of mountain and upland separates two drainage basin, such upland is known as
  • (A) Water divides
  • (B) George
  • (C) Both of the above
  • (D) None of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Water divides
Q. The Ghaggar river does not passes through which of the following district of Haryana?
  • (A) Kaithal
  • (B) Bhiwani
  • (C) Fatehabad
  • (D) Sirsa
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Bhiwani
Q. Yamuna enters Haryana from the district of
  • (A) Karnal
  • (B) Bhiwani
  • (C) Kaithal
  • (D) Yamunanagar
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Yamunanagar

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Table of contents

  1. The area drained by a river is
  2. When the drainage develops similar to branches of a tree, it is called:
  3. Watershed is also known as
  4. Which river consists 77% of the drainage area?
  5. Major river basin includes
  6. Name a river of antecedent drainage:
  7. Which is the north-flowing tributary of Ganga?
  8. A relief which divides two areas drained by the river is known as
  9. Name the source of the Krishna River:
  10. In the mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
  11. River kaveri flows through
  12. Which one of the following river is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
  13. Which region has the youngest rivers in India?
  14. Which is the largest of all the west-flowing rivers of the Peninsula?
  15. Which is the second largest basin in India?
  16. Which of the following is not the tributaries of the Indus River?
  17. The Mahanadi flows in
  18. From where does the Chenab originate?
  19. The tributary of Indus River is
  20. Which river flows through the rift valley?
  21. On the basis of regional distribution the Indian drainage system is categorised into:
  22. Which river was dismem bered into three main drainage systems?
  23. The Indus is also known as
  24. Which river rises from Pir panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir?
  25. Which one of the following rivers is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
  26. What is the source of the Jhelum River?
  27. Name the main watershed of Peninsular rivers:
  28. The meeting place of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi is
  29. Name the main water shed of Peninsular rivers.
  30. Name the source of River Indus.
  31. Name an important river of the Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
  32. Name the source of Krishna River:
  33. Which is the river basin with the largest catchment area?
  34. The largest riverine island in India is
  35. Which of the following region is famous for the world’s largest reserve of Barytes?
  36. Which dam is built on the Mahanadi?
  37. In the end of its mountainous journey at Attock, Indus river is joined by which river from Afghanist
  38. Which of the following affects the self-cleansing capacity of the river?
  39. What is the source of Jhelum River?
  40. The river Beas is also known as
  41. The largest tributary of Indus is
  42. Which river is also known by the name β€˜Parushani’?
  43. Name a river of antecedent drainge.
  44. Which river rises in the Gangotri glacier near Gomukh?
  45. The river Godavari rises in
  46. The largest river of Rajasthan is
  47. Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth:
  48. The river Ganga discharges itself into the
  49. In mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
  50. Which river is also known by the name β€˜Parushani’?
  51. The antecedent river of Ganga is
  52. In southern Tibet, the Brahmaputra is known as
  53. The length of Brahmaputra is
  54. The major river of Dakshin is
  55. Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
  56. What is the total length of the river Ganga?
  57. Which is not a tributary of the Indus?
  58. Which is the largest river basin in India ?
  59. Which one of the following rivers has the largest river basin in India?
  60. Which is the north flowing tributary of Ganga?
  61. The Ganga has its minimum flow during
  62. A river along with its tributaries is known as:
  63. Which river has form a picturesque gorge in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir?
  64. In the final stage before meeting the seas and oceans, river breakup into various streams called as
  65. Jamshedpur steel plant is located at the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and
  66. The world’s longest river is
  67. The Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum are the major tributaries to the river
  68. Which one of the following does not belong to antecedent rivers in respect of lesser and outer range
  69. The Tajewala barrage is located in the district of
  70. Indori is a tributary of which of the following rivers?
  71. The Brahmaputra River, while flowing outside India is popularly known as
  72. The two head streams of the Ganga unite at ?
  73. Which one of the following does not belong to antecedent rivers in respect of all three parallel ran
  74. Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the Bhagiratni ?
  75. Which river has its source outside of India?
  76. Where does the Chambal rise?
  77. The Indus and Brahmaputra river originates from the north of ______________ mountain ranges.
  78. Canal irrigation is widely prevalent in which of the following states of India?
  79. The Dibang and the Lohit are the tributaries of the river
  80. When an elevated area of mountain and upland separates two drainage basin, such upland is known as
  81. The Ghaggar river does not passes through which of the following district of Haryana?
  82. Yamuna enters Haryana from the district of