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India's Rivers

131 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 2 of 6

Q26. Which river forms the Kapildhara Falls near Bhedaghat?

  1. ANarmada
  2. BTapi
  3. CGokak
  4. DSharavati
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Answer: A) Narmada

Q27. Which of the following rivers forms an estuary?

  1. ARapti
  2. BMahanadi
  3. CNarmada and Son
  4. DSwarnrekha
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Answer: C) Narmada and Son

Q28. Which of the following rivers of peninsular India is distinctly different from the remaining three?

  1. ANarmada
  2. BCauvery
  3. CKrishna
  4. DGodavari
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Answer: A) Narmada

Q29. Which of the following rivers does not form an estuary?

  1. ANarmada
  2. BTapi
  3. CMandvi
  4. Dof Mahanadi
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Answer: D) of Mahanadi

Q30. Which of the following rivers of India does not form a delta?

  1. AGanges
  2. BGodavari
  3. CMahanadi
  4. DTapti
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Answer: D) Tapti

Q31. Kshipra river is a tributary of which of the following?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BChambal
  3. CMahanadi
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: B) Chambal

Q32. Which of the following rivers does not originate from the Amarkantak plateau?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BNarmada
  3. CTawa
  4. DSon
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Answer: A) Godavari

Q33. Where do the Mahanadi, Narmada and Son rivers originate?

  1. AFrom Ramgarh Gumbad
  2. Bfrom Panchmarh hill
  3. Cfrom Gwal Hill
  4. DFrom Amarkantak Hills
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Answer: D) From Amarkantak Hills

Q34. Which of the following pairs of rivers forms an estuary?

  1. ANarmada and Tapi
  2. BGanga and Brahmaputra
  3. CKrishna and Kaveri
  4. DKrishna and Godavari
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Answer: A) Narmada and Tapi

Q35. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?

  1. AChambal
  2. BNarmada
  3. CCauvery
  4. DGodavari
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Answer: B) Narmada

Q36. Which of the following rivers does not form a delta at its mouth?

  1. ACauvery and Godavari
  2. BMahanadi
  3. CGodavari
  4. DTapi
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Answer: D) Tapi

Q37. Which river divides the plateau region of South India into two parts?

  1. ATapi
  2. BNarmada
  3. Cof the Mahi River
  4. DSabarmati
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Answer: B) Narmada

Q38. The longest river among the rivers of South India is-

  1. AGodavari
  2. BKrishna
  3. CCauvery
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: A) Godavari

Q39. Which of the following rivers is known as 'Vriddha Ganga'?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BMahanadi
  3. CKrishna
  4. DCauvery
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Answer: A) Godavari

Q40. The origin of the river Godavari is-

  1. AMultai city
  2. BTrimbak village
  3. CJanapav Hill
  4. DBrahmagiri Hill
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Answer: B) Trimbak village

Q41. Whose tributaries are Vanganga and Panganga?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BKrishna
  3. CGanga and Sindhu
  4. DJhelum
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Answer: A) Godavari

Q42. The longest river of India whose origin and mouth both are located in Indian territory -

  1. AGanges
  2. BGodavari
  3. CBrahmaputra
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: B) Godavari

Q43. The source of river Kaveri is-

  1. ABrahmagiri Hills
  2. Bsahyadri hills
  3. CGawaligarh Hills
  4. DAmarkantak Hills
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Answer: A) Brahmagiri Hills

Q44. The river Kaveri falls in

  1. Ain the Bay of Bengal
  2. Bin the Arabian Sea
  3. Cin the Palk Strait
  4. Din the Gulf of Khambhat
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Answer: A) in the Bay of Bengal

Q45. The Cauvery River water dispute is mainly between which two states?

  1. AA.P. and Tamil Nadu
  2. BKerala and Karnataka
  3. CKerala and Tamil Nadu
  4. DKarnataka and Tamil Nadu
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Answer: D) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Q46. Which of the following rivers is called the 'Ganga of South India' because of its sanctity?

  1. AMahanadi
  2. BGodavari
  3. CKrishna
  4. DCauvery
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Answer: D) Cauvery

Q47. Near which place is the origin of Krishna River?

  1. AMahabaleshwar
  2. BUdagamandalam
  3. CKhandala
  4. DPanchmarhi
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Answer: A) Mahabaleshwar

Q48. Panchganga and Dudhganga are tributaries of which river?

  1. AKrishna
  2. BGodavari
  3. CGanges
  4. DJhelum
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Answer: A) Krishna

Q49. Which of the following two rivers originate from Amarkantak?

  1. ATapi and Narmada
  2. BNarmada and Son
  3. CSon and Betwa
  4. DChambal and Betwa
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Answer: B) Narmada and Son

Q50. Damodar river originates from-

  1. Afrom Tibet
  2. Bfrom the Chotanagpur plateau
  3. Cnear Nainital
  4. DFrom the hill of Someshwar
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Answer: B) from the Chotanagpur plateau

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