Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha?
A. Surat
B. Ahmedabad
C. Nagpur
D. Pune
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Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river
A. Teesta
B. Brahmaputra
C. Hooghly
D. Sone
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The Point of origin of Indus River is
A. Hindu Kush Mountain
B. Himalaya Range
C. Karakoram Range
D. Mount Kailash
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Which of the following river originates out of India?
A. Brahmaputra
B. Beas
C. Ravi
D. Jhelum
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Which of the following rivers makes an estuary?
A. Krishna
B. Mahanadi
C. Kosi
D. Narmada
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Which one of the following cities is not located on the bank of river Ganga?
A. Fatehpur
B. Bhagalpur
C. Uttarkashi
D. Kanpur
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Nasik is located on the bank of which river?
A. Mahanadi
B. Tapti
C. Krishna
D. Godavari
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Vijayawada is located on the bank of which river?
A. Cauvery
B. Krishna
C. Mahanadi
D. Yamuna
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Surat is located on the bank of which river?
A. Narmada
B. Sharawati
C. Mahi
D. Tapti
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The total length of the river Ganga is about
A. 3000 km.
B. 3425 km.
C. 2500 km.
D. 2750 km.
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Which one of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ?
A. Indrawati
B. Son
C. Gomati
D. Yamuna
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The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river
A. Jhelam
B. Beas
C. Ravi
D. Ganga
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The correct sequence of these rivers when arranged in the North - South direction is:
1. Kishenganga
2. Ganga
3. Wainganga
4. Penganga
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 2, 1, 3, 4
C. 2, 1, 4, 3
D. 1, 2, 4, 3
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Which of the following rivers existed before the uplift of the Himalaya ?
1. Brahamaputra
2. Sutlej
3. Indus
4. Bhagirathi
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Arrange the following rivers from South to North:
1. Cauvery
2. Krishna
3. Godavari
4. Mahanadi
A. 1, 3, 2, 4
B. 3, 4, 1, 2
C. 2, 4, 3, 1
D. 1, 2, 3, 4
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Which of the following is true with regard to the, characteristics of the Himalayan rivers?
I. Many of them have their sources in the Inner Himalayas
II. They have a perennial flow
III. They have a great capacity for erosion
IV. They do not form gorges
A. I and II
B. I, II and III
C. III and IV
D. II and IV
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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" turn is due to
A. Uplift of folded Himalayan series
B. Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
C. Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
D. Both A and B above
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The Town located on the confluence of river Bhagirathi and Alaknanda is
A. Rudraprayag
B. Devprayag
C. Vishnuprayag
D. Karnaprayag
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The ________ river with its tributaries drains the state of Sikkim.
A. Gandak
B. Kosi
C. Tista
D. Brahmaputra
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Which of the following rivers meet Ganga in Bihar ?
1. Ghaghra
2. Gandak
3. Son
4. Punpun
A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 2 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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