Indian Rivers Quiz Question and Answer PDF Download

Indian Rivers Quiz Question and Answer PDF Download

In this article, aspirants will find the important GK questions on rivers of India with PDF for different-2 kind of competitive exams like SSC CGL, CHSL, CPO, Railway Exam, Bank PO, Clerk, Assistants, Insurance. Some questions will clear your concepts about the rivers. Be ready to go through the Indian Rivers questions and answers.

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1. Consider the following rivers

  1. Kishenganga
  2. Ganga
  3. Wainganga
  4. Penganga

The correct sequence of these rivers when arranged in the North-South direction is

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4

(b) 2, 1, 3, 4

(c) 2, 1, 4, 3

(d) 1, 2, 4, 3

2. The Alamatti is on the river

(a) Godavari

(b) Cauveri

(c) Krishna

(d) Mahanadi

3. The canal-carrying capacity of Farrakka is

(a) 75000 Cusecs

(b) 70000 Cusecs

(c) 40000 Cusecs

(d) 35000 Cusecs

4. Which one of the following East flowing rivers of India has rift valley due to down warping?

(a) Damodar

(b) Mahanadi

(c) Son

(d) Yamuna

5. Which one of the following statement is not true?

(a) Ghaggar’s water is utilised in the Indira Gandhi Canal

(b) Narmada rises from Amarkantak region

(c) Nizam Sagar is situated on the Manjra river

(d) Penganga is a tributary of Godavari

6. The correct sequence of the Eastward flowing rivers of the Penisular India from North to South is

(a) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai

(b) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery and Vagai

(c) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri and Vagai

(d) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauveri, Vagai and Pennar

7. What is the correct sequence of the rivers Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?

(a) Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi

(b) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi

(c) Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi

(d) Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi

8. Chambal river is a part of

(a) Sabarmati basin

(b) Ganga basin

(c) Narmada basin

(d) Godavari basin

9. The river with highest tidal bore in India is

(a) Cauveri

(b) Mahanadi

(c) Hoogli

(d) Krishna

10. Which among the following statements provides the best evidence that a river is flowing through a rift valley?

(a) The Chambal Valley is marked by bad land topography

(b) River Tapi does not have delta but estuary

(c) River Mahanadi flows through a gorge at Satkosia

(d) River Colorado has the Grand Canyon along its valley

11. Shimsha, Hemavati, Arkavati are the tributaries of which one of the following rivers?

(a) Tapti

(b) Tungabhadra

(c) Cauveri

(d) Krishna

12. Which of the following are West flowing rivers?

  1. Krishna
  2. Narmada
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Sabarmati

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a) 2 and 4

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 1 and 4

(d) 2 and 3

13. Which one of the following river flows between Vinshyan and Satpura ranges?

(a) Narmada

(b) Son

(c) Mahe

(d) Netravati

14. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tribuaries of which one of the following rivers?

(a) Mahanadi

(b) Godavari

(c) Cauveri

(d) Krishna

15. Which among the following is the correct sequence of rivers starting from North to South?

(a) Bhima – Godavari – Penganga – Tungabhadra

(b) Godavari – Penganga – Bhima – Tungbhadra

(c) Penganga – Godavari – Bhima – Tungabhadra

(d) Penganga – Bhima – Godavari – Tungabhadra

16. Consider the following rivers

  1. Betwa
  2. Kosi
  3. Gandak

Which of the rivers mentioned above joins Yamuna river?

(a) Only 1

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 2 and 3

17. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Rivers Tributaries
(a) Godavari Pairi, Hasdo, Tel
(b) Mahe Puma, Penganga, Wainganga
(c) Krishna Manjra, Dudhana, Indravati
(d) Cauveri Kabani, Hemavati, Amravati

18. Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?

(a) Mahanadi

(b) Cauveri

(c) Tapti

(d) Godavari

19. Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I (River) List II (Source)
A. Ganga 1. Amarkantak
B. Son 2. Gaumukh
C. Godavari 3. Mahabaleshwar
D. Krishna 4. Trimbakeshwar
5. Mansarovar

(a) A-1, B-2, C-4,D-5

(b) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

(c) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

(d) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

20. Deltas are common in India for the East-flowing river systems, whereas they are nearly absent on the West Coast, because West-flowing rivers

(a) are few

(b) have lesser water volume and carry less run-off silt

(c) originate in dry areas

(d) originate largely in the Western Ghats and have a short distance to cover the sea

21. Which is the correct arrangement of the following rivers from North to South?

(a) Godavari, Pennar, Cauveri, Periyar

(b) Pennar, Godavari, Periyar, Cauveri

(c) Godavri, Cauveri, Pennar, Periyar

(d) Cauveri, Godavari, Periyar, Pennar

22. Which one of the following places is not located on the banks of river Ganga?

(a) Uttarkashi

(b) Kanpur

(c) Fatehpur

(d) Bhagalpur

23. Which of the following three rivers of the Peninsular India have the Amarkantak region as their source?

(a) Narmada, Krishna, Godavari

(b) Son, Mahanadi, Narmada

(c) Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri

(d) Chambal, Betwa, Luni

24. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga system flows Northwards?

(a) Kosi

(b) Ghaghara

(c) Gandak

(d) Son

25. The city of Nasik is situated on the banks of which one of the following rivers?

(a) Krishna

(b) Mandovi

(c) Godavari

(d) Tapi

26. The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?

(a) Betwa

(b) Ghaghara

(c) Kosi

(d) Rihand

27. River Luni originates near Pushkar and drains into which one of the following?

(a) Rann of Kachchh

(b) Arbian Sea

(c) Gulf of Cambay

(d) Lake Sambhar

28. Which one is the correct sequence of the following topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river?

(a) Ox-bow lake-Rapids-Estuary

(b) Rapids-Estuary-Ox-bow lake

(c) Rapids-Ox-bow lake-Estuary

(d) Estuary-Ox-bow lake-Rapids

29. At which one of the following places do the rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi merge to form Ganga?

(a) Devprayag

(b) Rudraprayag

(c) Karnaprayag

(d) Vishnuprayag

30. In the Cauveri river water dispute, which one of the following groups of states are concerned?

(a) Kerala and Karnataka

(b) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra

(c) Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherrry

(d) Kerala, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

31. The interests of the Vijyanagar and Bahmani rulers clashed in three separate and distinct areas in Deccan. Which one among the following was not directly associated with intense conflict?

(a) Tungabhadra doab

(b) Krishna-Godavari delta/basin

(c) Cauveri interior delta

(d) Marathawada country

32. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given tiger reserves of India from North to South?

(a) Dudhwa-Kanha-Indravati-Bandipur

(b) Kanha-Bandipur-Dudhwa-Indravati

(c) Indravati-Kanha-Dudhwa-Bandipur

(d) Dushwa-Kanha-Bandipur-Dudhwa

33. What is the characteristic feature of Narmada valley?

(a) Volcanic origin

(b) Structural origin

(c) Glacial origin

(d) Aeolian origin

34. Consider the following statements

  1. Dakshin Gangotri is India’s second scientific manned station in Antarctica after Maitri.
  2. The National Centre for Antarctica and Ocean Research is situated at Goa.

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Only 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

35. Which one of the following rivers flows between the Vindhyan Range and the Satpura Range of mountains?

(a) Narmada

(b) Tapti

(c) Son

(d) Chambal

36. Which one of the following rivers flows into the Arabian Sea?

(a) Indravati

(b) Godavari

(c) Cauveri

(d) Narmada

37. What is ‘Operation Kolleru” that was recently in the news?

(a) A massive river linkage project

(b) A project to improve a wetland

(c) A project to supply drinking water to a mega city

(d) A rural drinking water supply scheme of a Southern state

38. Which one of the following states has built the famous Gandhi Sagar across the Chambal river?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Madhya Pradesh

39. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

List I (River) List II (Tributary)
A. Brahamaputra 1. Musi
B. Krishna 2. Tawa
C. Narmada 3. Bhavani
D. Cauveri 4. Dikhow

(a) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

(b) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

(c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

(d) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

40. Which of the following are the principal tributaries of the river Brahmaputra in India?

  1. Manas
  2. Dhansiri
  3. Subansiri
  4. Pagladira

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a) 1 and 3

(b) 1, 2 and 4

(c) 2 and 3

(d) All of these

41. Through which one among the following groups of states does the river Narmada flow?

(a) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh

(b) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

(d) Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

42. The second largest river basin in India is that of

(a) Mahanadi

(b) Godavari

(c) Narmada

(d) Krishna

43. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a ‘U’ turn in its course to flow into India. This ‘U’ tuern is due to

(a) uplift of folded Himalayan series

(b) synatxial bending of geologically young Himalayas

(c) geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chain

(d) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

44. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Mahanadi river rises in Chhattisgarh

(b) Godavari river rises in Andhra Pradesh

(c) Cauveri river rises in Andhra Pradesh

(d) Tapti river rises in Madhya Pradesh

45. Recently Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the linking of two rivers as a link project. Which are these two rivers?

(a) Betwa and Chambal

(b) Betwa and Ken

(c) Chambal and Son

(d) Ken and Narmada

46. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List I (Town) List II (River Nearer to it)
A. Betul 1. Indravati
B. Jagdaipur 2. Narmada
C. Jabalpur 3. Shipra
D. Ujjain 4. Tapti

(a) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

(b) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

(c) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

(d) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

47. Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

(a) Damodar

(b) Mahanadi

(c) Narmada

(d) Tapti

48. The Gandhi Sagar reservoir is of the river

(a) Chambal

(b) Narmada

(c) Rihand

(d) Sutlej

49. Match List I (Name of the River) with List II (Tributary Joining) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List I List II
A. Godavari 1. Parna
B. Krishna 2. Hemavati
C. Tapti 3. Pranhita
D. Cauveri 4. Koyana

(a) A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

(b) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

(c) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

(d) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

50. With which one of the following rivers does Chambal river merge?

(a) Banas

(b) Ganga

(c) Narmada

(d) Yamuna

51. Indus river originates in

(a) Kinnaur

(b) Ladakh

(c) Nepal

(d) Tibet

52. The Baglihar Hydropower Project, very frequently in the news, is located on which one of the following rivers?

(a) Beas

(b) Chenab

(c) Ravi

(d) Sutlej

53. Which one of the following rivers originates in Brahmagiri range of Western Ghats?

(a) Pennar

(b) Cauveri

(c) Krishna

(d) Tapti

54. Consider the following statements

  1. Chambal river is a tributary of Narmada.
  2. Damodar river after draining the Chhotanagpur plateau joins the river Ganga.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

55. Which one of the following is the world’s largest drainage basin?

(a) Ganga basin

(b) Amazon basin

(c) Nile basin

(d) Red basin

56. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

Town River near to it
Gwalior Betwa
Dhaulpur Chambal
Jhansi Ken
Kota Banas

57. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

River City
Gomti Lucknow
Saryu Ayodhiya
Alakananda Badrinath
Narmada Satna

Answer

1. (a)   2. (c)  3. (b)  4. (a)   5. (a)  6. (a)   7. (b)  8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (a) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (B) 35. (a) 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (b) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (b) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56. (d)  57. (b)

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