Q 1 – Name a river of antecedent drainge.
(a) Indus
(b) Godawari
(c) Narmada
(d) Padma
(a) Indus
Q 2 – Which is the north-flowing tributary of Ganga?
(a) Kosi
(b) Ghaghra
(c) Son
(d) Chambal
(c) Son
Q 3 – A relief which divides two areas drained by the river is known as
(a) Watershed
(b) River basin
(c) Drainage pattern
(d) Water management
(a) Watershed
Q 4 – Name the source of the Krishna River.
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Mahableshwar
(d) ZanskarValley
(c) Mahableshwar
Q 5 – In the mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
(a) Meander
(b) Gorges
(c) Braided channels
(d) Delta
(b) Gorges
Q 6 – Which one of the following rivers is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
(a) Gandak
(b) Kosi
(c) Son
(d) Damodar
(d) Damodar
Q 7 – What is the source of the Jhelum River?
(a) Zanskar Valley
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Wular lake
(d) Wular lake
Q 8 – Which region has the youngest rivers in India?
(a) the Eastern Ghats
(b) the Western Ghats
(c) the Himalayas
(d) Deccan plateau
(c) Himalayas
Q 9 – 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
(d) Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu
Q 10 – Name the main watershed of Peninsular rivers.
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) the Western Ghats
(c) the Eastern Ghats
(d) Himalayan Mountains
(b) the Western Ghats
Q 11 – Name the source of River Indus.
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Gangotri
(d) Zanskar Valley
(b) Mansarovar lake
Q 12 – Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
(a) Ganga
(b) Godawari
(c) Narmada
(d) Padma
(c) Narmada
Q 13 – Which one of the following rivers was known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?
(a) The Gandak
(b) The Son
(c) The Kosi
(d) The Damodar
(d) The Damodar
Q 14 – Which one of the following rivers has the largest river basin in India?
(a) The Indus
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Ganga
(d) The Krishna
(c) The Ganga
Q 15 – Which one of the following rivers is not included in ‘Panchnad’?
(a) The Ravi
(b) The Chenab
(c) The Indus
(d) The Jhelum
(c) The Indus
Q 16 – Which one of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?
(a) The Son
(b) The Narmada
(c) The Yamuna
(d) The Luni
(b) The Narmada
Q 17 – Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi?
(a) Vishnu Prayag
(b) Rudra Prayag
(c) Karan Prayag
(d) Deva Prayag
(d) Deva Prayag
Q 18 – The pattern of flow of water in a river channel over a year is known as what?
(a) Regime
(b) Cumecs
(c) Cusecs
(d) None of these
(a) Regime
Q 19 – Cumecs is measured:
(a) Cubic foot per second
(b) Cubic metres per second
(c) In square metres
(d) None of these
(b) Cubic metres per second
Q 20 – When the shape of drainage system resembles branches of a tree, it is called:
(a) Dendritic drainage system
(b) Radial drainage system
(c) Trellis
(d) Centripetal Drainage System
(a) Dendritic drainage system
Q 21 – The path on which the river flows along is called:
(a) River course
(b) River flow
(c) River channel
(d) Watershed
(a) River course
Q 22 – Which of the following river falls into Arabian Sea?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Krishna
(c) Narmada
(d) Kaveri
(c) Narmada
Q 23 – Which of the following is the largest river of peninsular India?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Sabarmati
(c) Godavari
Q 24 – Which of the following rivers forms a delta?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapti
(c) Sabarmati
(d) Krishna
(d) Krishna
Q 25 – Which of the following river is called Dakshin Ganga?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Sabarmati
(c) Godavari
Q 26 – Name the westernmost and longest tributary of river Ganga?
(a) Kosi
(b) Ramganga
(c) Gandak
(d) Yamuna
(d) Yamuna
Q 27 – By which name is river Brahmaputra known in Tibet?
(a) Dihang
(b) Dibang
(c) Shansi
(d) Sangpo
(d) Sangpo
Q 28 – Which river has formed Sunderban delta?
(a) Ganga
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Sabarmati
(a) Ganga
Q 29 – From where does river Chenab originate?
(a) Baralacha Pass
(b) Rohtang Pass
(c) Rakstal
(d) Verinag
(a) Baralacha Pass
Q 30 – The area drained by a river is
(a) Watershed
(b) Basin
(c) Catchment
(d) All of them
(d) All of them
Q 31 – When the drainage develops similar to branches of a tree, it is called:
(a) Radial
(b) Dendritic
(c) Centripetal
(d) Trellis
(b) Dendritic
Q 32 – Watershed is also known as
(a) Catchment area
(b) Dendritic
(c) Trellis
(d) Radial
(a) Catchment area
Q 33 – Which river consists 77% of the drainage area?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Mahanadi
(d) All of them
(d) All of them
Q 34 – Major river basin includes
(a) 16 drainage basin
(b) 14 drainage basin
(c) 10 drainage basin
(d) 15 drainage basin
(b) 14 drainage basin
Q 35 – On the basis of regional distribution the Indian drainage system is categorised into:
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five
(a) two
Q 36 – Which river flows through the rift valley?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) None of them
(d) Both of them
(d) Both of them
Q 36 – Which river flows through the rift valley?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) None of them
(d) Both of them
(d) Both of them
Q 37 – Which river was dismem bered into three main drainage systems?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Indus
(d) Indo-Brahma
(d) Indo-Brahma
Q 38 – The Indus is also known as
(a) Brahmaputra
(b) Indobrahm
(c) Sindhu
(d) Singi
(c) Sindhu
Q 39 – The Mahanadi flows in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Orissa
(d) Maharashtra
(c) Sindhu
Q 40 – Which river rises from Pir panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir?
(a) Satluj
(b) Jhelum
(c) Indus
(d) Ravi
(b) Jhelum
Q 41 – The largest tributary of Indus is
(a) Chandra
(b) Bhaga
(c) Chenab
(d) Son
(c) Chenab
Q 42 – Which river is also known by the name ‘Parushani’?
(a) Ravi
(b) Beas
(c) Chandra
(d) Bhaga
(a) Ravi
Q 43 – The river Beas is also known as
(a) Parushani
(b) Iravati
(c) Vipasa
(d) Bhaga
(c) Vipasa
Q 44 – Which river rises in the Gangotri glacier near Gomukh?
(A) Yamuna
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Ganga
(d) Son
(c) Ganga
Q 45 – The river Ganga discharges itself into the
(a) Bay of Bengal
(b) Arabian Sea
(c) None of them
(d) Both of them
(a) Bay of Bengal
Q 46 – The antecedent river of Ganga is
(a) Ghaghra
(b) Gandak
(c) Kosi
(d) Sun Kosi
(c) Kosi
Q 47 – In southern Tibet, the Brahmaputra is known as
(a) Tsangpo
(b) Rango
(c) Siang
(d) Dihang
(a) Tsangpo
Q 48 – The length of Brahmaputra is
(a) 850 km.
(b) 750 km.
(c) 800 km.
(d) 700 km.
(b) 750 km.
Q 49 – The major river of Dakshin is
(a) Ganga
(b) Godavari
(c) Narmada
(d) Jhelum
(b) Godavari
Q 50 – The river Godavari rises in
(a) Gomukh
(b) Nasik
(c) Uttarkashi
(d) Dev prayag
(b) Nasik