Questions
Which one of the following rivers does not discharge its water in the Ararbian Sea?
- Indus
- Narmada
- Tapi
- Periyar
- Mahanadi
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Any elevated area that separates two drainage basins is called a water divide.
b. The Delhi ridge, the Aravalis and the Sahyadris consist of the water divide in the Indian peninsula.
c. Nearly fifty-fifty rivers are oriented towards discharging their waters into the Bay of Bengal drainage and the Arabian sea drainage.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. The flow of water through well-defined channels is known as ‘drainage’.
b. A river drains the water collected from a specific area, which is called its ‘catchment area’.
c. An area drained by a river and its tributaries is called 'watershed'.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- None of these
Which one of the following is the place where the rivers Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi meet to become the river Ganga?
- Nanda prayag
- Vishnu prayag
- Dev prayag
- Rudra prayag
- Karan prayag
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Major river basins have more than 20,000 sq. km of catchment area.
b. There are 44 major river basins in India.
c. Medium river basins have catchment area between 2,000-20,000 sq. km.
d. Medium river basins include fairly good number of rivers flowing in the area of low rainfall.
- a only
- a and b
- a, b, c and d
- a and c
- b and d
Which of the following is the largest tributary of the Indus?
- Jhelum
- Chenab
- Ravi
- Beas
- Satluj
Match the following columns:
| Drainage patterns | Characteristics |
| a. Dendritic | 1. Rivers originate from a hill and flow in all directions. |
| b. Radial | 2. Rivers discharge their waters from all directions in a lake or depression. |
| c. Trellis | 3. Resembling the branches of a tree |
| d. Centripetal | 4. Primary tributaries of rivers flow parallel to each other and secondary tributaries join them at right angles. |
- a - 1, b - 3, c - 2, d - 4
- a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
- a - 3, b - 4, c - 2, d - 1
- a - 3, b - 1, c - 4, d - 2
- a - 2, b - 4, c - 3, d - 1
Which of the following rivers is not a major left bank tributary of the Ganga?
- Ramganga
- Gomti
- Kosi
- Mahananda
- Son
Which of the following rivers is the largest peninsular river system and is also known as Dakshin Ganga?
- Narmada
- Tapi
- Krishna
- Kaveri
- Godavari
In which of the following states does the river Ganga not flow?
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Bihar
- West Bengal
Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Luni river system?
a. It is the largest river system, west of Aravali.
b. It is ephemeral in nature.
c. It forms a broad estuary.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Which of the following is not a tributary of the Godavari?
- Kabini
- Penganga
- Indravati
- Manjra
- Pranhita
Which of the following are tributaries of the river Krishna?
a. Koyna
b. Tungbhadra
c. Bhima
d. Bhavani
e. Amravati
- a, b, c, d and e
- a, b, c and d
- a, b, c and e
- a, b and c
- a, b and e
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Himalayan rivers display a strong meandering tendency in the plains.
b. The peninsular rivers show features like flat valleys, ox-bow lakes, flood plains and braided channels.
c. Geologists believe that a mighty river called Indo-Brahma traversed the entire longitudinal extent of the Himalayas and finally discharged into the Gulf of Sind near lower Punjab 5-24 million years ago.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following is/are correct?
a. The rivers flowing towards the Arabian sea have short courses.
b. The flow pattern of rivers of peninsular India witnesses fluctuations.
c. The peninsular rivers have a super imposed drainage pattern resulting in trellis, radial and rectangular patterns.
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- All of the above
- None of these