Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
The city located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system is
(a) Jabalpur
(b) Ambala
(c) Meerut
(d) Chandigarh
Answer
Answer: (b) Ambala
Question 2.
Which river is called the Dihang when it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh
(a) The Ganga
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Indus
(d) The Kaveri
Answer
Answer: (b) The Brahmaputra
Question 3.
The world’s largest drainage basin is of the
(a) Amazon river
(b) Nile river
(c) Ganga river
(d) Hwang Ho river
Answer
Answer: (a) Amazon river
Question 4.
Which one of the following peninsular river of India flows west and makes estuaries?
(a) The Krishna
(b) The Mahanadi
(c) The Godavari
(d) The tapi
Answer
Answer: (d) The tapi
Question 5.
The Vembanad Lake is located in
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Odisha
Answer
Answer: (a) Kerala
Question 6.
Which one of the following lake is artificial?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Chilika
(c) Pulicat
(d) Rana Pratap sagar
Answer
Answer: (d) Rana Pratap sagar
Question 7.
Which of the peninsular rivers is called the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
(a) The Mahanadi
(b) The Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) tha tapi
Answer
Answer: (c) Godavari
Question 8.
The valley of Kashmir is famous for the
(a) Dal Lake
(b) houseboats
(c) shikaras
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all of the above
Question 9.
The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I was started in the year:
(a) 1970
(b) 1975
(c) 1980
(d) 1985
Answer
Answer: (d) 1985
Question 10.
The drainage basin of the Mahanadi is not shared by
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Jharkhand
Answer
Answer: (a) Madhya Pradesh
Question 11.
Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree?
(a) Radial
(b) Dendrite
(c) Centrifugal
(d) Trellis
Answer
Answer: (b) Dendrite
Question 12.
In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer
Answer: (c) Punjab
Question 13.
The river Narmada has its source at
(a) Satpura
(b) Dal
(c) Amarkantak
(d) Gobind Sagar
Answer
Answer: (d) Gobind Sagar
Question 14.
Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Dal
(c) Wular
(d) Gobind Sagar
Answer
Answer: (a) Sambhar
Question 15.
Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India?
(a) Narmada
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Mahanadi
Answer
Answer: (c) Godavari
Question 16.
Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Tapi
Answer
Answer: (d) Tapi
Question 17.
TheWainganga and the Penganga are tributaries of which of the following rivers?
(a) The Mahanadi
(b) The Narmada
(c) The Godavari
(d) The Krishna
Answer
Answer: (c) The Godavari
Question 18.
Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of river Godavari?
(a) Purna
(b) Ghatprabha
(c) ardha
(d) Pranhita
Answer
Answer: (b) Ghatprabha
Question 19.
Which of the following rivers rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Narmada
(c) Godavari
(d) Koyna
Answer
Answer: (c) Godavari
Question 20.
The drainage basin of which of the following rivers covers parts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Kaveri
(d) Musi
Answer
Answer: (c) Kaveri
Question 21.
Which of the following rivers originates from the Hazaribagh plateau of Chhota Nagpur region and flows eastwards?
(a) Amravati
(b) Bhima
(c) Ghatprabha
(d) Damodar
Answer
Answer: (d) Damodar
Question 22.
Which type of lakes contain water only during the rainy season?
(a) Oxbow lakes
(b) Lagoons
(c) Lakes in basins of inland drainage
(d) Glacial lakes
Answer
Answer: (c) Lakes in basins of inland drainage
Question 23.
Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake?
(a) Wular Lake
(b) Sambhar Lake
(c) Barapani Lake
(d) Dal Lake
Answer
Answer: (b) Sambhar Lake
Question 24.
Which of the following lakes is formed as a result of tectonic activity?
(a) Wular Lake
(b) Kolleru Lake
(c) Loktak Lake
(d) Dal Lake
Answer
Answer: (a) Wular Lake
Question 25.
Which one of the following is not a lake created by human beings?
(a) Gobind Sagar
(b) Nizam Sagar
(c) Barapani
(d) Hirakud
Answer
Answer: (c) Barapani
Question 26.
which of the following states are Nainital and Bhimtal located?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
Answer
Answer: (d) Uttarakhand
Question 27.
Lakes are of great value to human beings. Which of the following statements about lakes given below is incorrect?
(a) Helps to regulate the flow of rivers
(b) It results in flooding
(c) Can be used for developing hydel power
(d) Enhances natural beauty
Answer
Answer: (b) It results in flooding
Question 28.
Which of the following is not one of the causes of river pollution?
(a) Dumping of garbage
(b) Aquatic organisms and algae
(c) Discharge of untreated sewage
(d) Discharge of industrial effluents
Answer
Answer: (b) Aquatic organisms and algae
Question 29.
Which of the following is the result of concern over rising pollution in our rivers?
(a) Banning hydroelectric projects
(b) Various river action plans
(c) Rainwater harvesting
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Various river action plans
Describe the following river system under the given column—the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
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Describe major peninsular rivers under the following column.
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