drainage system of india, geography notes pdf
1. The Proposed Sea way “Sethusamudram” is the
canal passes through which sea-lanes?
(A) Gulf of Mannar (B) Malacca Strait
(C) Gulf of Kutch
(D) Andaman and Nicobar islands
Ans. (A)
2. The Study of Lakes is called-
(A) Limnology (B) Potomology
(C) Topology (D) Hydrology
Ans. (A)
3. Find the odd one –
(A) Delta (B) Bolson
(C) Arc Lake (D) Creep
Ans. (B)
4. “Loktak” is a –
(A) Valley (B) Lake
(C) River (D) Mountain range
Ans. (B)
5. Where is Lonar Lake situated?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(C) Maharashtra (D) Gujarat
Ans. (C)
6. Which is the largest Man Made Lake-
(A) Wular (B) Gobind Sagar
(C) Rana Pratap Sagar (D) Baikal
Ans. (B)
7. Shivasamudram falls is situated on the bank
of which river-
(A) Krishna (B) Godavari
(C) Cauvery (D) Mahanadi
Ans. (C)
8. Which of the following is the highest waterfall
in India?
(A) Shimsha falls (B) Hogenakkal falls
(C) Courtallam falls (D) Jog falls
Ans. (D)
9. The fertile land between two rivers is called-
(A) Drainage basin (B) Water-shed
(C) Doab (D) Lowland or terrain
Ans. (C)
10. Which is the highest river basin of Peninsular
India-
(A) Mahanadi (B) Godavari
(C) Krishna (D) Narmada
Ans. (C)
11. Which is the longest river of Peninsular India?
(A) Krishna (B) Cauvery
(C) Narmada (D) Godavari
Ans. (D)
12. Which river of India is also known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
(A) Krishna (B) Godavari
(C) Cauvery (D) Narmada
Ans. (B)
13. Which of the following river is known as
“Dakshin Ganga”?
(A) Krishna (B) Godavari
(C) Mahanadi (D) Cauvery
Ans. (B)
14. Nasik is located on the bank of which river?
(A) Mahanadi (B) Tapti
(C) Krishna (D) Godavari
Ans. (D)
15. Which of the following river originates out of
India?
(A) Brahmaputra (B) Beas
(C) Ravi (D) Jhelum
Ans. (A)
16. Which is the river known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
(A) Ganga (B) Brahmaputra
(C) Indus (D) Tista
Ans. (B)
17. The Point of origin of Indus River is-
(A) Hindu Kush Mountain
(B) Himalaya Range
(C) Karakoram Range (D) Mount Kailash
Ans. (D)
18. Which of the following river is beyond the
Himalaya?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna
(C) Sutlej (D) Ravi
Ans. (C)
19. Which of the river does not originate in Indian
territory?
(A) Ganga (B) Sutlej
(C) Mahanadi (D) Yamuna
Ans. (B)
20. Which of the following river originates beyond
Himalaya?
(A) Indus (B) Saraswati
(C) Ganga (D) Yamuna
Ans. (A)
21. Which river is known as “Open Sewer” in India?
(A) Ganga (B) Yamuna
(C) Narmada (D) Godavari
Ans. (B)
22. The Town located on the confluence of river
Bhagirathi and Alaknanda is-
(A) Rudraprayag (B) Devprayag
(C) Vishnuprayag (D) Karnaprayag
Ans. (B)
23. Where do river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda meet?
(A) Karnprayag (B) Devprayag
(C) Rudraprayag (D) Gangotri
Ans. (B)
24. Which of the following river flows from the sediments in India?
(A) Ganga (B) Indus
(C) Brahmaputra (D) Yamuna
Ans. (A)
25. Which of the following river is famous for changing its path?
(A) Narmada (B) Kosi
(C) Brahmaputra (D) Damodar
Ans. (B)
26. In north-east India, river flows out of the country is-
(A) Brahmaputra (B) Gandak
(C) Kosi (D) Ganga
Ans. (A)
27. Which of the following river does not form a
delta?
(A) Ganga (B) Godavari
(C) Mahanadi (D) Tapti
Ans. (D)
28. Which of the following state is not part of
Narmada valley?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat (D) Maharashtra
Ans. (B)
29. Which of the following Peninsular Indian river
does not meet the Arabian Sea-
(A) Periyar (B) Cauvery
(C) Narmada (D) Tapti
Ans. (B)
30. Which of the following river flow from south to
north direction?
(A) Krishna (B) Cauvery
(C) Son (D) Godavari
Ans. (C)
31. Consider the following pairsTributary Main river
1. Chambal Yamuna
2. Son Narmada
3. Manas Brahmaputra
Which of the following is correctly matched-
(A) 1, 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) Only 2
Ans.(A)
32. Which of the following river forms estuary ?
(A) Narmada (B) Cauvery
(C) Krishna (D) Mahanadi
Ans. (A)
33. Vijayawada is located on the bank of which
river?
(A) Cauvery (B) Krishna
(C) Mahanadi (D) Yamuna
Ans.(B)
34. Which river flows between Satpura and
Vindhyas?
(A) Godavari (B) Gandak
(C) Tapti (D) Narmada
Ans. (D)
35. Match the followingCity River
A. Jabalpur 1. Ravi
B. Paris 2. Narmada
C. London 3. Seine
D. Lahore 4. Thames
A B C D
(A) 2 3 4 1
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 1 4 3 2
(D) 4 1 2 3
Ans. (A)
36. Which of the following river does not relate
with Punjab?
(A) Sutlej (B) Ravi
(C) Beas (D) Tapti
Ans. (D)
37. Surat is located on the bank of which river?
(A) Narmada (B) Sharawati
(C) Mahi (D) Tapti
Ans. (D)
38. An important river of Indian desert is-
(A) Luni (B) Narmada
(C) Krishna (D) Beas
Ans. (A)
39. Majuli, the World’s largest river Island is
located in which state?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Assam
(C) Tripura (D) Mizoram
Ans. (B)
40. How many ports are there in India?
(A) 6 (B) 9
(C) 10 (D) 12
Ans. (D)
41. The Indira Gandhi canal gets water from which
river-
(A) Sutlej and Beas (B) Ravi and Beas
(C) Ravi and Chenab (D) Beas only
Ans. (A)
42. Which of the following groups of rivers have
their source of origin in Tibet?
(A) Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej
(B) Ganga, Sutlej & Yamuna
(C) Brahmaputra, Ganga & Sutlej
(D) Chenab, Ravi & Sutlej
Ans. (A)
43. Punjab has a large number of inundation canals
drawing water from
(A) Jhelum river (B) Chenab river
(C) Beas river (D) Sutlej river
Ans. (D)
44. The largest irrigation canal in India
(A) Yamuna canal
(B) Indira Gandhi canal
(C) Sirhand canal
(D) Upper Bari Doab canal
Ans. (B)
45. Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across
which river?
(A) Ganga (B) Sutlej
(C) Cauvery (D) Brahmaputra
Ans. (B)
46. Which of the following was not a purpose for
building Farakka Barrage?
(A) Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
(B) Checking silting of Kolkata Port
(C) Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
(D) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
Ans. (D)
47. Which river in the Southern Peninsula has the
second largest river basin in India?
(A) Godavari (B) Krishna
(C) Cauvery (D) Mahanadi
Ans. (A)
48. The Plateau that has both West and East
flowing drainage system is
(A) Malwa (B) Chota Nagpur
(C) Ranchi (D) Hazaribagh
Ans. (A)
49. The Siachin Glacier’s melting waters are the
main source of which of the following rivers?
(A) Bias (B) Sutlej
(C) Shylok (D) Nubra
Ans. (D)
50. Which of the following rivers makes an estuary?
(A) Krishna (B) Mahanadi
(C) Kosi (D) Narmada
Ans. (D)
51. Which of the following is a river flowing from
Central India and join Yamuna/Ganga?
(A) Ghagra (B) Gomti
(C) Kosi (D) Betwa
Ans. (D)
52. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it-
(A) Gets flooded often
(B) Causes maximum soil erosion
(C) Forms number of dangerous waterfalls
(D) Is not a perennial river
Ans. (A)
53. On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam
been constructed?
(A) Chambal (B) Yamuna
(C) Son (D) Periyar
Ans. (C)
54. River Indus originates from-
(A) Hindukush range (B) Himalayan range
(C) Karakoram range (D) Kailash range
Ans. (D)
55. Which city is located on the banks of the river
Mula-Mutha?
(A) Surat (B) Ahmedabad
(C) Nagpur (D) Pune
Ans. (D)
56. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river-
(A) Teesta (B) Brahmaputra
(C) Hooghly (D) Sone
Ans. (B)
57. The originating point of river Godavari is-
(A) Nasik (B) Pune
(C) Mumbai (D) Sholapur
Ans. (A)
58. The river Brahmaputra is known as____as it enters Arunachal Pradesh.
(A) Dibang (B) Dihang
(C) Subansiri (D) Dhansiri
Ans. (B)
59. The river which joins Ganga from southern side is-
(A) Betwa (B) Chambal
(C) Son (D) Ken
Ans. (C)
60. The river on which the reservoir for Indira
Gandhi Canal has been built is-
(A) Sutlej (B) Ravi
(C) Luni (D) Jhelum
Ans. (A)
61. Consider the following pairs:
Tributary Main River
a. Chambal : Narmada
b. Son : Yamuna
c. Manas : Brahmaputra
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly
matched
(A) a, b and c (B) a and b only
(C) b and c only (D) c only
Ans. (C)
62. The highest multipurpose dam built on the
river Ravi is-
(A) Bhakra Nangal (B) Kahalgaon
(C) Ranjit Sagar dam (D) Rihand dam
Ans. (C)
63. Match the dams and the States in which they
are situated-
Dam State
A. Tungabhadra 1. Kerala
B. Lower Bhawani 2. Andhra Pradesh
C. Idukki 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Nagarjuna sagar 4. Karnataka
A B C D
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 2 4 3 1
(C) 4 3 1 2
(D) 1 4 2 3
Ans. (C)
64. Match the dams and the rivers across which
those have been constructed.
Dam River
A. Ukai 1. Mahanadi
B. Rana Pratap Sagar 2. Ravi
C. Thein 3. Chambal
D. Hirakud 4. Tapti
A B C D
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 3 4 1 2
Ans. (A)
65. Which of the fol lowings pa irs is wrongly
matched?
(A) Koyana Project – Maharashtra
(B) Sharavathy Project – Karnataka
(C) Balimela Project- Odisha
(D) Sanarigiri Project-Gujarat
Ans. (D)
66. Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river-
(A) Tapti (B) Mahi
(C) Chambal (D) Narmada
Ans. (D)
67. Which of the following canals is located in
West Bengal?
(A) Lower Ganga Canal (B) Sarada Canal
(C) Eden Canal (D) Sirhind Canal
Ans. (C)
68. Which one of the following pairs is correctly
matched?
(A) Tulbul Project – Himachal Pradesh
(B) Srisailam Project – Tamil Nadu
(C) Papanasam Project – Karnataka
(D) Ukai Project – Gujarat
Ans. (D)
69. Which one of the following hydroelectric
projects does not belong to Tamil Nadu?
(A) Idukki (B) Aliyar
(C) Periyar (D) Kundah
Ans. (A)
70. Where is Nathpa Jhakri power Project located?
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Andhra Pradesh
Ans. (C)
71. Which dam of India is the highest?
(A) Mettur (B) Rihand
(C) Thein (D) Bhakra
Ans. (D)
72. The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal
is –
(A) Gomati (B) Chambal
(C) Damodar (D) Kosi
Ans. (D)
73. The first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India was
set up at-
(A) Nizam Sagar (B) Shivasamudram
(C) Ramagundam (D) Mettur
Ans. (B)
74. The first multi-purpose project of independent
India is-
(A) Bhakra-Nangal (B) Damodar
(C) Hirakud (D) Nagarjunasagar
Ans. (B)
75. The ‘Pong Dam’ is constructed on the river
(A) Ravi (B) Tapti
(C) Beas (D) Don
Ans. (C)
76. The Nagarjuna Sagar dam is constructed on the
river-
(A) Krishna (B) Chambal
(C) Kosi (D) Sutlej
Ans. (A)
77. Sivasamudram is an island formed by the river-
(A) Ganga (B) Godavari
(C) Krishna (D) Cauvery
Ans. (D)
78. The longest dam in India is-
(A) Bhakra Dam (B) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
(C) Hirakund Dam (D) Kosi Dam
Ans. (C)
79. Which of the following is an inland riverine
port?
(A) Kolkata (B) Mumbai
(C) Chennai (D) Tuticorin
(SSC CML Pre 2002)
Ans (A)
80. The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed in the State of J & K will be on which
of the following rivers?
(A) Jhelum (B) Chenab
(C) Indus (D) Ravi
Ans. (B)
81. Which from the following rivers does not originate in Indian territory?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Brahmaputra
(C) Ravi
(D) Chenab
Ans. (B)
82. Name the longest river in India-
(A) Brahmaputra (B) Ganga
(C) Godavari (D) Krishna
Ans. (B)
83. Which city is located on the banks of the river
Brahmaputra?
(A) Kanpur (B) Srinagar
(C) Dibrugarh (D) Lucknow
Ans. (C)