I. Choose the correct answer

Question 1.
The area drained by a river is
(a) Watershed
(b) Basin
(c) Catchment
(d) All of them

Answer

Answer: (d) All of them

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Question 2.
When the drainage develops similar to branches of a tree, it is called:
(a) Radial
(b) Dendritic
(c) Centripetal
(d) Trellis

Answer

Answer: (b) Dendritic

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Question 3.
Watershed is also known as
(a) Catchment area
(b) Dendritic
(c) Trellis
(d) Radial

Answer

Answer: (a) Catchment area

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Question 4.
Which river consists 77% of the drainage area?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Mahanadi
(d) All of them

Answer

Answer: (d) All of them

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Question 5.
Major river basin includes
(a) 16 drainage basin
(b) 14 drainage basin
(c) 10 drainage basin
(d) 15 drainage basin

Answer

Answer: (b) 14 drainage basin

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Question 6.
On the basis of regional distribution the Indian drainage system is categorised into:
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five

Answer

Answer: (a) two

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Question 7.
Which river flows through the rift valley?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapi
(c) None of them
(d) Both of them

Answer

Answer: (d) Both of them

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Question 8.
Which river was dismem bered into three main drainage systems?
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Indus
(d) Indo-Brahma

Answer

Answer: (d) Indo-Brahma

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Question 9.
The Indus is also known as
(a) Brahmaputra
(b) Indobrahm
(c) Sindhu
(d) Singi

Answer

Answer: (c) Sindhu

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Question 10.
Which river rises from Pir panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir?
(a) Satluj
(b) Jhelum
(c) Indus
(d) Ravi

Answer

Answer: (b) Jhelum

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Question 11.
The largest tributary of Indus is
(a) Chandra
(b) Bhaga
(c) Chenab
(d) Son

Answer

Answer: (c) Chenab

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Question 12.
Which river is also known by the name ‘Parushani’?
(a) Ravi
(b) Beas
(c) Chandra
(d) Bhaga

Answer

Answer: (a) Ravi

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Question 13.
The river Beas is also known as
(a) Parushani
(b) Iravati
(c) Vipasa
(d) Bhaga

Answer

Answer: (c) Vipasa

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Question 14.
Which river rises in the Gangotri glacier near Gomukh?
(A) Yamuna
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Ganga
(d) Son

Answer

Answer: (c) Ganga

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Question 15.
The river Ganga discharges itself into the
(a) Bay of Bengal
(b) Arabian Sea
(c) None of them
(d) Both of them

Answer

Answer: (a) Bay of Bengal

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Question 16.
The antecedent river of Ganga is
(a) Ghaghra
(b) Gandak
(c) Kosi
(d) Sun Kosi

Answer

Answer: (c) Kosi

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Question 17.
In southern Tibet, the Brahmaputra is known as
(a) Tsangpo
(b) Rango
(c) Siang
(d) Dihang

Answer

Answer: (a) Tsangpo

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Question 18.
The length of Brahmaputra is
(a) 850 km.
(b) 750 km.
(c) 800 km.
(d) 700 km.

Answer

Answer: (b) 750 km.

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Question 19.
The major river of Dakshin is
(a) Ganga
(b) Godavari
(c) Narmada
(d) Jhelum

Answer

Answer: (b) Godavari

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Question 20.
The river Godavari rises in
(a) Gomukh
(b) Nasik
(c) Uttarkashi
(d) Dev prayag

Answer

Answer: (b) Nasik

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Question 21.
The largest river of Rajasthan is
(a) Sabarmati
(b) Saraswati
(c) Luni
(d) Sagarmati

Answer

Answer: (c) Luni

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Question 22.
The Ganga has its minimum flow during
(a) August-September
(b) January-June
(c) May-June
(d) July-August

Answer

Answer: (b) January-June

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Question 23.
The Mahanadi flows in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Orissa
(d) Maharashtra

Answer

Answer: (c) Orissa

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II. Fill up the blanks

Question 1.
……………. and …………….. are the two examples of consequent rivers.

Answer

Answer: Ganga, Yamuna

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Question 2.
The Thar desert is characterised by …………… pattern.

Answer

Answer: centripetal drainage

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Question 3.
The flow of water through well-defined channels is called ………………

Answer

Answer: drainage

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Question 4.
The rivers flowing through rift valleys are ……………… and ……………..

Answer

Answer: Narmada, Tapi

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Question 5.
………………. rivers have the maximum flow in rainy season.

Answer

Answer: The peninsular

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Question 6.
The Ganga is an example of a ……………… river.

Answer

Answer: consequent river

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Question 7.
Due to obstruction caused by the deposited alluvium, the river through the delta bifurcates into several smaller channels called …………..

Answer

Answer: distributaries

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Question 8.
Mississippi has ……………. with several main branches like the foot of a bird extending into the Gulf of Mexico.

Answer

Answer: Bird’s-foot delta

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Question 9.
……………….. pattern has streams diverging or radiating from a central elevated tract.

Answer

Answer: Radial

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Question 10.
A ……………… results due to weathering while ……………….. on the other hand, is the result of geological process.

Answer

Answer: gorge, rift valley

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