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Indian Rivers and Waterways

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This topic covers major Indian rivers, their basins, hydroelectric projects, and historical water management systems. Questions on river geography are essential for SSC, banking, railways, UPSC, and state exams. Solving these questions builds mapping and factual accuracy for test takers.

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Indian Rivers and Waterways Questions

Multiple choice

Which one of the following characteristics is not relevant to the river Ganga?

  1. It is a braided river with numerous channels

  2. It has multiple intertwined sand bars

  3. It has extensive gully erosion

  4. It deposits enormous sediment annually into the Bay of Bengal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Ganga is a braided river in parts of its course and deposits significant sediment. However, it is not characterized by extensive gully erosion, which is more typical of the Chambal river basin.

Multiple choice

The other name of the river Ganga

  1. Pavitra Nadi

  2. Bhageerathi

  3. Devnadi

  4. Sridass
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The river Ganga is also known as the Bhagirathi in its upper reaches, where it originates from the Gangotri Glacier.

Multiple choice

The Ganga in Bangladesh is called

  1. Meghna

  2. Hooghly

  3. Padma

  4. Swaran Ganga
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When the Ganga enters Bangladesh, it is known as the Padma river. The Meghna and Hooghly are other river systems or distributaries in the region.

Multiple choice

Tehri Dam is situated on which river

  1. Yamuna

  2. Mandakini

  3. Bhagirathi

  4. Alakananda
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Tehri Dam is built on the Bhagirathi River in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

Multiple choice

Which is the main tributary of the river yamuna?

  1. Chambal

  2. Chiramal

  3. Cheveli

  4. Veli

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Chambal River is the largest and most significant tributary of the Yamuna River. It flows through Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh before joining the Yamuna.

Multiple choice

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.

  1. a only

  2. b only

  3. c only

  4. a and b

  5. a, b and c
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both these statements are correct. Any elevated area that separates two drainage basins is called a water divide. The Delhi ridge, the Aravalis and the Sahyadris consist of the water divide in the Indian peninsula.

Multiple choice

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.

  1. a only

  2. a and b

  3. a, b, c and d

  4. a and c

  5. b and d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as both statements a and c are correct.