Question 1 : The patterns formed by the streams, rivers and lakes, in a particular drainage basin, which are governed by the topography of the land of an area, is called as
a) water flow system
b) drainage system
c) river-flow system
d) none of the above
Answer : bd
Question 2 : Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?
a) Ganga, Bramhaputra and Godavari
b) Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri
c) Luni, Narmada and Tapti
d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer : d
Question 3 : Bramhaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which of the following may be true definition of an antecedent drainage?
a) Which follows the initial slope of the Himalaya
b) Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence
c) Which followed the dip or rock beds of the Himalayas
d) Which followed the strikes of rock bed of Himalayas
Answer : b
Question 4 : Which of the following factor/factors affect the drainage pattern of a particular area?
a) Nature and structure of rocks
b) Topography
c) Slope
d) All of the above
Answer : d
Question 5 : The pattern formed by the streams, rivers and lakes in a particular basin is called
a) water pattern
b) stream pattern
c) river pattern
d) drainage pattern
Answer : d
Question 6 : Trellised pattern of drainage is generally found in which of the following rock types?
a) Hard resistant rock
b) Sedimentary
c) Alluvial plain
d) None of these
Answer : c
Question 7 : Which of the following rivers is famous for its fault valley drainage?
a) Chambal
b) Damodar
c) Gandak
d) Ramaganga
Answer : b
Question 8 : Sone river is an example of
a) Dendritic drainage pattern
b) Radial drainage pattern
c) Trellis drainage pattern
d) Centripetal drainage pattern
Answer : b
Question 9 : The rivers of South India mainly have which of the following drainage pattern?
a) Radial
b) Intermittent
c) Dendritic
d) Trellis
Answer : c
Question 10 : Consider the following statements
I. In dendritic river pattern, the primary tributaries of rivers flow parallel to each other.
II. Dendritic systems form in V-shaped valleys.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II
Answer : b
Question 11 : Arrange the following feature formed by rivers in its course starting from upstream.
I. Meanders
II. Falls
III. Deltas
IV. Oxbow lake
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
a) II, I, IV, III
b) II, I, III, IV
c) I, II, III, IV
d) I, IV, II, III
Answer : b
Question 12 : Coming Soon
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b)
c)
d)
Answer :
Question 13 : Himalayan rivers are perennial because
a) these rivers have many tributaries
b) these rivers receive water from rain
c) most of the Himalayan rivers originate from the snow capped glaciers or mountains
d) all of the above
Answer : d
Question 14 : The longest river in India is
a) Brahmaputra
b) Ganga
c) Godavari
d) Indus
Answer : b
Question 15 : At which of the following towns the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi combines to form river Ganga?
a) Haridwar
b) Rishikesh
c) Rudraprayag
d) Devprayag
Answer : d
Question 16 : River Ganga, after entering Bangladesh is know by which of the following names?
a) Lohit
b) Padma
c) Kaliganga
d) Nabaganga
Answer : b
Question 17 : Which one of the following rivers joins Ganga directly?
a) Chambal
b) Sone
c) Betwa
d) Ken
Answer : b
Question 18 : Which river among the following does not join the Ganga river from left?
a) Gomti
b) Ghaghara
c) Kosi
d) Sone
Answer : d
Question 19 : Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga system flows Northwards?
a) Kosi
b) Ghaghara
c) Gandok
d) Sone
Answer : d
Question 20 : The catchment area of which of the following river is maximum?
a) Mahananda
b) Sone
c) Ramganga
d) Gandak
Answer : b
Question 21 : Which one of the following rivers joins Ganga in Bihar?
a) Chambal
b) Sone
c) Betwa
d) Ken
Answer : b
Question 22 : The active delta of the Ganga in India lies in
a) Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah
b) Sunderbans
c) Noth 24 parganas and South 24 parganas
d) Medinipur (East) and Howrah
Answer : c
Question 23 : Which valley of the following rivers is known to deep ravines?
a) Narmada
b) Sone
c) Chambal
d) Tapi
Answer : c
Question 24 : Which of the following is an East flowing river?
a) Sharavati
b) Brahmani
c) Mahi
d) Sabarmati
Answer : b
Question 25 : Among the following tributaries, which one is the part of Ganga river basin?
a) Sankh
b) North Koel
c) South Koel
d) Barakar
Answer : b
Question 26 : The Ganga river is an example of
a) the antecedent drainage
b) consequent drainage system
c) superimposed of drainage system
d) subsequent drainage system
Answer : a
Question 27 : Identify the only tributary of river Ganga which rises in the plains
a) Sone
b) Sharda or Saryu
c) Gomti
d) Ramganga
Answer : c
Question 28 : Among the following tributaries, which one is the part of the Ganga river basin?
a) Sankh
b) North Koel
c) South Koel
d) Barakar
Answer : b
Question 29 : Coming Soon
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b)
c)
d)
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Question 30 : India and Asia’s first Dolphin Research Centre – NDRC is being set up on the banks of the Ganga river at
a) Haridwar
b) Patna
c) Varanasi
d) Bhagalpur
Answer : b
Question 31 : The rainfall distribution pattern over the Ganga basin decreases from the
a) West to East and North to South
b) East to West and North to South
c) West to East and South to North
d) East to West and South to North
Answer : d
Question 32 : Sunderban Delta is formed by the rivers
a) Ganga and Brahmaputra
b) Ganga and Jhelum
c) Sindhu and Jhelum
d) Ganga and Sindhu
Answer : a
Question 33 : ‘Moribund Delta’ is a sub-division of which of the following Delta?
a) Krishna-Godavari Delta
b) Mahanadi Delta
c) Bengal Delta
d) Kaveri Delta
Answer : c
Question 34 : The depth of Gangetic alluvial soil below the land surface is about
a) 6000 meter
b) 600 meter
c) 800 meter
d) 100 meter
Answer : a
Question 35 : Name the river which flows between Kedarnath and Rudraprayag
a) Bhagirathi
b) Alaknanda
c) Saryu
d) Mandakini
Answer : d
Question 36 : With which drainage system or main river is Mandakini associated?
a) Alaknanda
b) Bhagirathi
c) Yamuna
d) Dhauli Ganga
Answer : a
Question 37 : The Bhagirathi river originates from
a) Gomuki
b) Gangotri
c) Tapovan
d) Vishnuprayag
Answer : a
Question 38 : Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet at
a) Devprayag
b) Karnaprayag
c) Vishnuprayag
d) Rudraprayag
Answer : a
Question 39 : What was the primary objective of construction of the Farakka Barrage?
a) Flood control in the lower Bengal
b) Augmentation of water supply in the Hoogly river
c) Generation of electricity for West Bengal
d) Inland water transport in Bihar
Answer : b
Question 40 : Identify the correct decreasing order of river basin area in India
a) Ganga, Bramhaputra, Indus, Godavari
b) Ganga, Indus, Bramhaputra, Krishna
c) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari, Indus
d) Ganga, Indus, Godavari, Krishna
Answer : d
Question 41 : From North towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?
a) Shyok – Spiti – Zaskar – Sutlej
b) Shyok – Zaskar – Spiti – Sutlej
c) Zaskar – Shyok – Sutlej – Spiti
d) Zaskar – Sutlej – Shyok – Spiti
Answer : b
Question 42 : The river Yamuna originates from
a) Chaukhmba
b) Bandar Poonch
c) Nanda Devi
d) Neelkanth
Answer : b
Question 43 : Which one of the following rivers is not a tributary of Yamuna?
a) Betwa
b) Chambal
c) Ken
d) Ramganga
Answer : d
Question 44 : Which of the following rivers does not fall into river Yamuna?
a) Ken
b) Betwa
c) Sone
d) Chambal
Answer : c
Question 45 : Which valley of the following rivers is known to deep Ravines?
a) Narmada
b) Sone
c) Chambal
d) Tapti
Answer : c
Question 46 : Which one of the following rivers does not join river Chambal
a) Kshipra
b) Kali Sindh
c) Betwa
d) Parvati
Answer : c
Question 47 : Betwa river joins the
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Brahmaputra
d) Sone
Answer : b
Question 48 : Which range acts as a water divide between Yamuna and Sone?
a) Bhander
b) Kaimur
c) Maikal
d) Mukundwara
Answer : b
Question 49 : Which one of the following Himalayan rivers does not originate from across the Himalayas?
a) Indus
b) Sutlej
c) Ganga
d) Brahmaputra
Answer : c
Question 50 : The Brahmaputra, Irrawaddy and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet narrow and flow in parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a ‘U’ turn in its course to flow into India. This ‘U’ turn is due to
a) uplift of folded Himalayan ranges
b) syntaxial bending of geologically young mountains
c) geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
d) both (a) and (b) above
Answer : b
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