RIVERS OF INDIA - ANSWERS

1.     A tributary of Krishna River:

A)Musi

B)Kolar

C)Sabari

D)Jonk

Ans:A

2.   The longest river in South India:

A)Mahanadi

B)Krishna

C)Godavari

D)Cauvery

Ans:C

3.   The Island Sivasamudram situated in which river?

A)Krishna

B)Godaveri

C)Kaveri

D)Damodar

Ans:C

4.   On Which river the Baglihar  Hydro –power  project is located?

A)Brahmaputra

B)Chenab

C)Beas

D)Ravi

Ans:B

5.    Which of the following is not tributaires of river Ganga?

A)Champal

B)yamuna

C)Sone

D)Sutlej

Ans:D

6.   Which one of the following rivers originates from Mahabaleswar?

A)Godawary

B)Krishna

C)Kaveri

D)Tapti

Ans:B

7.    Guwahati is situated on the Bank of River

A)Sindhu

B)Ganga

C)Brahmaputra

D)Yamuna

Ans:C

8.   Where are the coal reservoirs of India largely concentrated?

A)Son Valley

B)Mahanadi Valley

C)Godawari Valley

D)Damodar Valley

Ans:D

9.   Lucknow city is situated on the banks of the river---------

A)Gomati

B)Yamuna

C)Ganga

D)Padma

Ans:A

10.          Hirakud Dam is built across the River---------?

A)Mahanadi

B)Yamuna

C)Godawari

D)Ganga

Ans:A

11.Almatti Dam is on the river:

A)Krishna

B)Cauveri

C)Amaravati

D)Godavari

Ans:A

12.           Indravathi is  a tributary of which river:

A)Krishna

B)Kaveri

C)Godavari

D)Tapti

Ans:C

13.           Which river is known as the Sorrow of Bihar?

A)Kaveri

B)Kosi

C)Krishna

D)Narmada

Ans:B

14.           Which of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?

A) The Son  

B) The Yamuna  

C) The Narmada

D) The Luni

Ans. C

15.           Which of the following rivers system form a part of the Koyna River?

A) The Cauvery  

B) The Krishna   

C) The Godavari 

D) The Mahanadi

Ans . B

16.           Which of the following river system created  the Jog waterfalls?

A) Tunga bhadra

B) Sharavathi               

C) Koyna     

D) None of the above

Ans . B

17.           Which of the following river is known as “Sorrow of Bengal”?

A) Damodar         

B) Hugli      

C) Meghna  

D) Son

Ans. A

18.          Which one of the following river is not a distributary of Ganga?

A) Hooghly 

B) Padma              

C) Pasur      

D) Yamuna

Ans. D

19.           By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh?

A) Padma    

B) Bhagirathi      

C) Rupnarayan   

D) Nubra

Ans: A)

20.         Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?

A) Mahanadi       

B) Godavari

C) Tapti       

D) Cauvery

Ans: (c)

21.           The river basin which is called 'Ruhr of India' is:

A) Damodar         

B) Hooghly 

C) Godavari

D) Swarnarekha

Ans: A)

22.         Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges?

A) Narmada         

B) Son

C) Mahe       

D) Netravati

Ans: A)

23.         Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?

A) Mahanadi       

B) Godavari

C) Cauvery 

D) Krishna

Ans: C)

24.         Ahmedabad is situated on the river bank of

A) Sabarmati       

B) Mahi       

C) Luni        

D) Nannada

Ans: A)

25.          Krishna Raja Sagar Dam, located in Karnataka is built on which of the following river?

A) Cauvery

B) Godavari

C) Krishna

D) Mahanadi

Ans: A

26.         At which place Alaknanda and Bhagirathi meets and take the name Ganga?

A) Devprayag

B) Allahabad

C) Haridwar

D) Rishikesh

Ans: A

27.          Which of the following is not the Peninsular Rivers of India?

A) Mahanadi

B) Godavari

C) Krishna
D) Ganga

Ans. D

28.         Which of the following is not matched correctly?

A) Ukai project: River Tapi

B) Sardar sarovar project: River Narmada

C) Farakka project:  River Yamuna

D) Salal project: River Chenab

Ans. C

29.         Brahmaputra River when it flows out of India into Bangladesh is called as ________?

A)Bangshi River
B)Mahananda River
C)Jamuna River
D)Yamuna River

Answer: C

30.         Which is the river island of Brahmaputra?
A) Isukathippa Island
B) Majuli
C) Minicoy Island
D) Netrani Island

ANSWER: B