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Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

Afforestation in the catchment area of rivers helps in _______________.

  1. Making more water available for irrigation

  2. It increases rainfall

  3. It helps in the conservation of water and soil

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Afforestation in catchment areas reduces surface runoff, increases water infiltration into the soil, and prevents soil erosion, thereby conserving both water and soil.

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

Name the place where Blue and White Nile Rivers effect a confluence.

  1. Cairo

  2. Constantinople (except Greenland)

  3. Khartoum

  4. Teheran
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C Correct answer
Explanation

C. Khartoum

Khartoum State is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. The city is located in the heart of Sudan at the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, where the two rivers unite to form the River Nile. The confluence of the two rivers creates a unique effect. As they join, each river retains its own color which is the White Nile with its bright whiteness and the Blue Nile with its alluvial brown color. These colors are more visible in the flood season.

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

The erosion of soil by river mainly depends upon its ________________.

  1. width

  2. length

  3. speed with which it flows

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The erosive power of a river is directly related to its kinetic energy, which is determined by its mass (volume) and the square of its velocity (speed).

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

What do you understand by the term 'Doab'?

  1. Where the delta of river begins

  2. Where two or more rivers meet

  3. Land between two separate river systems

  4. Land between two tributaries of a river
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Land between two tributaries of a river means 'Doab'. The place where two small streams join together and results in the formation of a big river is called a DOAB. The small streams might be the tributaries of a river also.


Doab. Doab is a term used in South Asia for the "tongue," or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers. McGregor defines it as "(Persian do-āb: a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers.

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

What floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes?

  1. Computer virus

  2. Worm

  3. Denial-of-service attack

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack involves flooding a server with excessive traffic to make it unavailable to legitimate users.

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

From which river would the National River Project be started?

  1. Yamuna

  2. Gomati

  3. Ganga

  4. Krishna
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The National River Linking Project (NRLP) is designed to ease water shortages in western and southern India while mitigating the impacts of recurrent floods in the eastern part of the Ganga basin. 

Multiple choice geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

The group of depositional features formed by the Himalayan rivers is _______.

  1. Dunes, corrosion, U-shaped valley.

  2. Bars, Lagoons, Atolls.

  3. Gorge, V-shaped valley, Cliff.

  4. Meanders, ox-bow lake and Delta
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The group of depositional features formed by the Himalayan rivers is Meanders, ox-bow lake and Delta.