RIVERS OF INDIA - QUESTIONS

1.     A tributary of Krishna River:

A)Musi

B)Kolar

C)Sabari

D)Jonk

2.   The longest river in South India:

A)Mahanadi

B)Krishna

C)Godavari

D)Cauvery

3.   The Island Sivasamudram situated in which river?

A)Krishna

B)Godaveri

C)Kaveri

D)Damodar

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

A)Brahmaputra

B)Chenab

C)Beas

D)Ravi

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

A)Champal

B)yamuna

C)Sone

D)Sutlej

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

A)Godawary

B)Krishna

C)Kaveri

D)Tapti

7.    Guwahati is situated on the Bank of River

A)Sindhu

B)Ganga

C)Brahmaputra

D)Yamuna

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

A)Son Valley

B)Mahanadi Valley

C)Godawari Valley

D)Damodar Valley

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

A)Gomati

B)Yamuna

C)Ganga

D)Padma

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

A)Mahanadi

B)Yamuna

C)Godawari

D)Ganga

11.Almatti Dam is on the river:

A)Krishna

B)Cauveri

C)Amaravati

D)Godavari

12.           Indravathi is  a tributary of which river:

A)Krishna

B)Kaveri

C)Godavari

D)Tapti

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

A)Kaveri

B)Kosi

C)Krishna

D)Narmada

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

A) The Son  

B) The Yamuna  

C) The Narmada

D) The Luni

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

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

A) Tunga bhadra

B) Sharavathi               

C) Koyna     

D) None of the above

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

A) Damodar         

B) Hugli      

C) Meghna  

D) Son

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

A) Hooghly 

B) Padma              

C) Pasur      

D) Yamuna

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

A) Padma    

B) Bhagirathi      

C) Rupnarayan   

D) Nubra

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

A) Mahanadi       

B) Godavari

C) Tapti       

D) Cauvery

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

A) Damodar         

B) Hooghly 

C) Godavari

D) Swarnarekha

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

A) Narmada         

B) Son

C) Mahe       

D) Netravati

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

A) Mahanadi       

B) Godavari

C) Cauvery 

D) Krishna

24.         Ahmedabad is situated on the river bank of

A) Sabarmati       

B) Mahi       

C) Luni        

D) Nannada

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

A) Cauvery

B) Godavari

C) Krishna

D) Mahanadi

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

A) Devprayag

B) Allahabad

C) Haridwar

D) Rishikesh

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

A) Mahanadi

B) Godavari

C) Krishna
D) Ganga

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

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

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