Indian river system( Hkkjrh; unh ra= )
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Indian geography Important MCQ and detailed answer
Panchprayag Ganga
Largest river island Brahmaputra
Mahanadi Odisha
Kunchikal fall Varahi
Dhuan dhar falls Narmada
Tawa and Hiran are tributaries of which river?
rok vkSj fgju fdldh lgk;d ufn;ka gS
[Link]
if”pe dh vksj cgus okyh lcls
[Link] cMh izk;}hih; unh
[Link] /kqvka/kkj tyizikr
[Link] foa/; vkSj lriqMk jsat ds e/; cgus
okyh unh
Answer C
Which river is known as “dakshin
Ganga”?
dkSu lh unh nf{k.k xaxk ds uke ls tkuh tkrh gS
a)Mahanadi
b)Krishna
c) Godavari
d)Kaveri
Answer C
Which river make world’S largest delta?
dkSu lh unh fo”o dk lcls cMk MsYVk fufeZr djrh gS
A. Ganga and Ganga forms the largest
Brahmaputra delta of the world along
B. Only Brahmaputra
C. Indus
with brahmaputra
D. satluj which is known as
Sunderban delta
Ans A
Which two rivers make Estuaries?
dkSu lh 2ufn;ka ,”pqjh dk fuekZ.k djrh gS
a) Ganga or Yamuna Narmada 1312km
b) Narmada or Tapi Tapi 740km
c) Krishna and Cauveri
d) Godawari and Tapi
Ans B
Which one is not a tributary of Ganga ?
dkSu lh unh xaxk dh lgk;d ugha gS
Ravi – kullu hills of
[Link]
HP
[Link] 725 km length
[Link] Tributary of Satluj
[Link]
Ans C
Which river flows through Wular lake before
entring into Pakistan ?
ikfdLrku esa izos”k ls igys dkSu lh unh ow
yj >hy ls cgrh
gS
Rises in Verinag
[Link]
at pir panjal
B. Ravi
Length 400 km
C. Jhelum
[Link]
Answer C
which river makes largest waterfall in
India?
dkSu lh unh ns”k dk lcls cMk tyizikr cukrh gS
[Link]
• Kunchikal falls
[Link]
• 455m
[Link] • Shivmoga dist
[Link] of Karnataka
Answer C
dkSu dkSu lh ufn;ka fgekpy izns”k ls gksdj cgrh gS
Which of the following rivers flows through
Himachal pradesh?
A. Beas and Chenab
B. Beas and Ravi
C. Chenab ,Ravi,Satluj and Yamuna
D. Beas and Yamuna
E. All of the above
Answer E
vjc lkxj esa fxjus okyh ufn;ka
1. Narmada – Amarkantak in Mp 1312 km
2. Tapi – Satpura range in MP 740 km
3. Sabarmati – Mewar hills in Aravalli range
320 km
4. Mahi – Vindhyan range in MP 533 km
fla/kq unh ra= Indus river system
• Indus – Mansarovar lake of Tibet 2880 (709
km in india)
• Mountain tributaries – Gilgit ,Shyok,nubra
• Plain tributaries --Jhelum,Chenab,Ravi,
Beas,and Sutlej
• Empties into Arab sea
Ganga river system xaxk unh ra=
• Formed by Alaknanda and Bhagirathi in
Devprayad uttarakhand
• Bhagirathi rises from Gaumukh in gangotri
glacier uttarkashi district and Alaknanda rises
in chamoli district of uk
• Total length is 2525 km and 1450 km in
uttarpradesh
• 8,61,404 sq km basin ( largest basin in india)
Panch prayag
1. Vishnuprayag Alaknanda + dholiganga
2. Nandprayad Alaknanda + Nandakini
3. Karnaprayag Alaknanda + Pindar
4. Rudraprayag Alaknanda + Mandakani
5. Devprayag Alaknanda + Bhagirathi ---Ganga
called Ganga from here
Tributaries of Ganga xaxk dh lgk;d ufn;ka
• Left bank tributry • Right bank tributary
• Ramganga • Yamuna is the largest
• gomti tributary
• Kosi • Son
• ghaghra
• gandak and budhi
gandak
Teesta and Rangit are tributaries of Which River ?
rhLrk vkSj jaxhr fdldh lgk;d ufn;ka gS
[Link]
B. Satluj • Brahmaputra River –
C. Brahmaputra chemayungdung
[Link] glacier of tibet
• 2,960 km long
• 2,40,000 sq basin
Answer C
IB ,MAND and JONK are the tributaries of
which River ?
bc ]ekaM vkSj tksad fdl unh dh lgk;d ufn;ka gS
[Link] • Mahanadi origin – foothills of
B. Mahanadi Dandkaranya hills of raipur dist
C. Godawari Of chattisgarh ( sihawa )
[Link] • Other name is Mahasweta
• Flows through chattisgarh ,
Karnataka,Odisha,Bihar,
Answer B Maharastra
Which one is the longest peninsular river ?
I
zkk;}hih; Hkkjr dh lcls yE
ch unh dkSu lh gS
a)Godawari
b)Bhima Godawari 1465 km and
c) Krishna basin 3,12,812 sq km lies in
d)Koyna Maharastra ,telangana,
Andhra pradesh,MP ,
odisha,karnataka
2nd largest river in india
Answer A
Which river is the tributary of Godawari River?
dkSu lh unh xksnkojh dh lgk;d unh gS
[Link]
B. Indravati Manzira is right
C. Wenganga bank tributary other
[Link] are left bank
E. All of the above tributaries
Answer E
Which river is the largest tributary of Indus ?
fla/kq dh lcls cMh lgk;d unh dkSu lh gS
Chenab largest
[Link]
tributary
[Link] Origin kullu hills of HP
[Link] Length 1800 in india
[Link] Flows between greater
himalayas and Pir
panjal range
Ans A
Which river is not a tributary of Krishna
river ?
dkSu lh unh dz’
.kk dh lgk;d unh ugha gS
A. Bhima
B. Ghatprabha Krishna river –origin
C. Malprabha mahabaleshver in western ghats
D. Wakul Length 1400 km
Flowing east to bay of bengal
Ans D
Which of the given peninsular rivers has
largest basin
fuEufyf[kr izk;}hih; ufn;ksa esa ls dkSu lh unh dk csflu
lcls fo”kky gS
1. Godawari 3,12,810 sq
A. Mahanadi
B. Subarnrekha km
C. Godawari 2. Mahanadi 141600 sq
D. Cauvery km
3. Cauvery 87,900 sq km
Answer C
Which State does not have the Brahmaputra river
Basin
czgeiq= unh dk csflu fdl jkT; esa QSyk ugha gS
• Also known as sorrow of
Assam
A. Tripura
• Important tributaries are
B. Meghalaya
C. West bengal TEESTA,
D. Arunachal pradesh SU BANSARI,
DIHANG ,DIBANG
Answer A
,RANGEET,LOHIT,
DHANSIRI AND
MANAS
Mazuli dweep is located on which river ?
ektqyh }hi fdl unh ij fLFkr gS
[Link] Largest river island MAZULI
B. Indus Smallest River island
C. Brahmaputra UMANANDA
Both are located on
[Link]
Brahmaputra
Ans C
Which river does not have origin
source in India ?
fdl unh dk mnxe lzksr Hkkjr esa ugha gS
[Link] • Satluj MANSAROVAR
B. Brahmaputra LAKE
C. Indus • Brahmaputra
[Link] of the above chemayungdun glacier of
Answer D Kailash range
• Indus Mansarovar lake
Which river empties into the Palk Bay ?
fdl unh dk foy; ikd tylaf/k esa gksrk gS ?
[Link]
Vaigai river
[Link]
• Flows in Tamilnadu
[Link]
• Passes through theni
[Link]
,dindigul and
Answer A Madurai
Narmada river dispute between which
states ?
ueZnk unh dks ysdj fdu jkT;ksa ds e/; fookn gS
?
[Link]
B. MP
C. Gujrat
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E. All
Ans E