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Drainage (Geography IX)

Comprehensive quiz covering Indian drainage systems including major rivers, tributaries, drainage patterns, lakes, and river management

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin.
b. An elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, that separates two drainage basins is known as a land divide.
c. The Brahmaputra has the largest river basin in India.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. b and c
  4. a and c
  5. only a
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. Which of the following charachteristics is/are correct for the the middle and the lower courses of these rivers?

a. Gorges
b. Meanders
c. Oxbow lakes

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only c
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following tributaries of River Ganga rises in the Nepal Himalayas?

  1. The Chambal
  2. The Betwa
  3. The Son
  4. The Meghna
  5. The Gandak
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Farakka in West Bengal is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta.
b. The Sundarbans delta is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta.
c. The plains from Ambala to the Sunderbans stretch over nearly 2500 km.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. b and c
  4. a and c
  5. only b
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet, East of Lake Mansarowar.
b. The Brahmaputra is slightly shorter than the Indus.
c. The Brahmaputra develops large meanders along its course.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only a
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

According to the regulations of the Indus Water Treaty (1960), India can use only 20 percent of the total water carried by the Indus. This water is used for irrigation in which of the following Indian regions?

a. Jammu
b. Kashmir
c. Punjab
d. Haryana
e. South and West Rajasthan

  1. a, b, c, d and e
  2. a, b and c
  3. a, c and d
  4. c, d and e
  5. a, d and e
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following peninsular rivers flows West and makes an estuary?

  1. Mahanadi
  2. Godavari
  3. Krishna
  4. Tapi
  5. Kaveri
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following rivers rises near Lake Mansarowar in Tibet?

  1. Ganga
  2. Brahmaputra
  3. Indus
  4. Tsangpo
  5. Narmada
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

‘Dhuadhar falls’ are located on river

  1. Tapi
  2. Godavari
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Narmada
  5. Krishna
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following rivers forms many riverine islands due to a highly braided channel?

  1. Ganga
  2. Narmada
  3. Indus
  4. Brahmaputra
  5. Godavari
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the name of Brahmaputra in Bangladesh?

  1. Tsang Po
  2. Dihang
  3. Dibang
  4. Lohit
  5. Jamuna
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following rivers is the largest peninsular river?

  1. Tapi
  2. Krishna
  3. Kaveri
  4. Godavari
  5. Narmada
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following peninsular rivers has Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini as its tributaries?

  1. Godavari
  2. Narmada
  3. Tapi
  4. Krishna
  5. Kaveri
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following lakes was formed as a result of tectonic activity?

  1. Dal lake
  2. Wulur lake
  3. Sambhar lake
  4. Chilika lake
  5. Pulicat lake
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following lakes is a natural freshwater lake?

  1. Barapani lake
  2. Loktak lake
  3. Sambhar lake
  4. Kolleru lake
  5. Pulicat lake
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Concern over rising pollution in our rivers led to the launching of various action plans to clean the rivers. When was the Ganga Action Plan (phase I) initiated?

  1. 1980
  2. 1983
  3. 1985
  4. 1993
  5. 2000
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. A lake helps to regulate the flow of a river.
b. Lakes can also be used for developing hydel power.
c. The damming of the rivers for the generation of hydel power has also led to the formation of lakes.

  1. only a
  2. only b
  3. only c
  4. a and b
  5. a, b and c
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Indus?

a. The Indus plain has a very gentle slope.
b. The Indus flows through Baltistan and Gilgit, and emerges from the mountains at Attock.
c. The Zaskar, the Nubra, the Shyok and the Hunza join the Indus in the Mithankot.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. b and c
  4. a and c
  5. only a
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
Rivers Source points
a. Mahanadi 1. Western Ghats in Nasik
b.Godavari 2. Satpura hills in Madhya Pradesh
c. Narmada 3. Highlands of Chattisgarh
d. Tapi 4. Amarkantak hills in Madhya Pradesh
  1. a - 1, b - 3, c - 4, d - 2
  2. a - 2, b - 1, c - 3, d - 4
  3. a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
  4. a - 4, b - 2, c - 1, d - 3
  5. a - 2, b - 4, c - 1, d - 3
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The streams within a drainage basin form certain patterns. Match the following patterns with their characteristics:

 
River drainage patterns Charachteristics
1. Dendritic a. When streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome like structure
2. Trellis b. Where the drainage pattern develops on a strongly jointed rocky terrain
3. Rectangular c. When the stream with its tributaries resembles the branches of a tree
4. Radial d. Where a river is joined by its tributaries at approximately right angles
  1. 1 - a, 2 - b, 3 - c, 4 - d
  2. 1 - b, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - c
  3. 1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - b, 4 - d
  4. 1 - b, 2 - c, 3 - d, 4 - a
  5. 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - b, 4 - a
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