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India's Rivers

131 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 3 of 6

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Q51. Which of the following is a landlocked river?

  1. ATapi
  2. BKrishna
  3. CLooni
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: C) Looni

Q52. The largest flowing river of India is-

  1. AMahanadi
  2. BGodavari
  3. CGanges
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: C) Ganges

Q53. The world's largest delta is formed in-

  1. Aby the Ganga and the Brahmaputra
  2. Bby Mississippi-Missouri
  3. CBy Yangsi Qiang
  4. DBy Hwangho
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Q54. Which of the rivers flowing in Bihar originates in Amarkantak?

  1. ACuckoo
  2. BSon
  3. CPunpun
  4. DCaro
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Answer: B) Son

Q55. Manas is a tributary of which river?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BMahanadi
  3. CKrishna
  4. DBrahmaputra
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Answer: D) Brahmaputra

Q56. Which river flows through a fault basin?

  1. ANarmada
  2. BSon
  3. CGodavari
  4. DKovari
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Answer: A) Narmada

Q57. Which of the following rivers forms the Dhuandhar Falls near Jabalpur?

  1. ATapi
  2. BLuni
  3. CNarmada and Son
  4. DTungabhadra
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Answer: C) Narmada and Son

Q58. Which of the following rivers has changed its course the most?

  1. ASon River
  2. BGandak River
  3. CKosi River
  4. DThe River Ganges
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Answer: C) Kosi River

Q59. Which of the following rivers is famous for its rift valley flow?

  1. AChambal
  2. BDamodar
  3. CGandak
  4. DRamganga
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Answer: B) Damodar

Q60. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BNarmada
  3. CKrishna
  4. Dof Mahanadi
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Answer: B) Narmada

Q61. Which of the following is the largest peninsular river of India?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BNarmada
  3. CKrishna
  4. Dof Mahanadi
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Answer: A) Godavari

Q62. Which of the following rivers does not originate in Indian territory?

  1. AGodavari
  2. BJhelum
  3. CRavi
  4. DGhaghra
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Answer: D) Ghaghra

Q63. Which of the following rivers does not originate in Indian territory?

  1. AMahanadi
  2. BBrahmaputra
  3. CRavi
  4. DChenab
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Answer: B) Brahmaputra

Q64. Which of the following rivers does not originate in India?

  1. ASutlej
  2. BRavi
  3. CChenab
  4. DDiameter
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Answer: A) Sutlej

Q65. All of the following are true regarding the Narmada River, except -

  1. AIt originates near Amarkantak.
  2. BThe famous Mahakaleshwar temple is situated on its banks.
  3. CIt flows through a group of marble rocks
  4. DThe famous Sardar Sarovar Dam is being built on this river.
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Answer: B) The famous Mahakaleshwar temple is situated on its banks.

Q66. Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of the Krishna River?

  1. ATungabhadra
  2. BMalaprabha
  3. CGhatprabha
  4. DAmravati
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Answer: D) Amravati

Q67. Which of these rivers merges into the Rann of Kutch?

  1. ASabarmati
  2. BLooni
  3. CBetwa
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) Looni

Q68. Of the tributaries of the Ganga described, which flow towards the north?

  1. AKosi
  2. BGhaghra
  3. CSon
  4. DGandak
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Answer: C) Son

Q69. The delta forming rivers in India are-

  1. AGanga, Mahanadi, Narmada
  2. BKrishna, Ganga, Tapi
  3. CCauvery, Ganga, Mahanadi
  4. DNarmada, Tapi, Krishna
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Answer: C) Cauvery, Ganga, Mahanadi

Q70. Where do Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet the Ganga?

  1. AKarna Prayag
  2. BRudra Prayag
  3. CGangotri
  4. DDev Prayag
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Answer: D) Dev Prayag

Q71. The rivers that form the Sundarban Delta are-

  1. AGanga and Brahmaputra
  2. BGanga and Jhelum
  3. CIndus and Jhelum
  4. DGanga and Sindhu
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Answer: A) Ganga and Brahmaputra

Q72. The origin of the Indus River is -

  1. ARohtang Pass
  2. BSheshnag Lake
  3. CMansarovar Lake
  4. DMapsatung Glacier
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Answer: C) Mansarovar Lake

Q73. Where does the Godavari River flow through?

  1. AMaharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
  2. BMaharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
  3. CMaharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
  4. DMaharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: A) Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Q74. Which of the following rivers does not originate from the peninsular plateau margin?

  1. AYamuna
  2. BDamodar
  3. CChambal
  4. DSon
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Answer: A) Yamuna

Q75. Which of these west flowing rivers flow between two mountain ranges?

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

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