This first set of MCQs with answer on Rivers of India. In this set you will find a repository of 35 Multiple Choice Questions based on the Rivers, lakes and water bodies of India that will help in the preparation of competitive examinations.
GK Questions and Answers on Rivers, lakes and water bodies of India Explore your knowledge about the Rivers of India and solve the MCQ below.
What is River system? It’s simple mean the ‘river along with their tributaries’. In India the River system is basically based on the source as the Himalayan Rivers and Peninsular Rivers. A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake, or another river.
Let’s start the Quiz
01) Which of the following river rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar?
A) Mahanadi
B) Damodar
C) Krishna
D) Godavari
Correct answer is option “B”
02) Which of the following river is called “The River of Sorrow” ?
A) Godavari
B) Yamuna
C) Ganga
D) Damodar
Correct answer is option “D”
03) Why the river Damodar is known as the ‘River of Sorrow’?
A) Because it cause floods in the regions located along its banks
B) Because it has the black water
C) Because it is main source to accumulate the black soil
D) Because it has the home of the see robbers
Correct answer is option “A”
04) Which of the following riven is the main river flowing in the Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Jhelum
B. Indus
C. Chenab
D. Nubra
Correct answer is option “A”
05) The Jhelum river originates from which of the following spring at the base of the Pir Panjal range?
A) Kheer Ganga
B) Verinag
C) Manikaran
D) Panamik
Correct answer is option ” B”
06) Which of the following river called the lifeline of the city of Srinagar and also bifurcate the city into two parts?
A) Beas
B) Chenab
C) Sutlej
A) Jhelum
Correct answer is option “D”
07) The Mangla Dam was build on which of the following river?
A) Jhelum
B) Beas
C) Chenab
D) Sutlej
Correct answer is option “A”
08) Dal Lake of the city is fed by the water of which of the following river?
A) Beas
B) Chenab
C) Jhelum
D) Sutlej
Correct answer is option “C”
09) The Satpura range is situated between which of the two west flowing rivers?
A) Narmada and Luni
B) Narmada and Tapi
C) Tapi and Mahi
D) Mahi and Luni
Correct answer is option “B”
10) Both the Narmada and Tapi river are the west-flowing rivers that drain into which of the following Sea?
A) Arabian Sea
B) Indian Sea
C) Southern oceans
D) Bay of Bangal
Correct answer is option ” A”
11) Which of the following rivers is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’ or the “Old Ganga”?
A) Krishna
B) Mahanadi
C) Cauvery
D) Godavari
Correct answer is option ” D”
12) Which of the following river is the second longest river in the Indian peninsula?
A) Mahanadi
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Cauvery
Correct answer is option “B”
13) The river Godavari originates from which of the following place in Maharashtra?
A) Khandala
B) Trimbakeshwar
C) Matheran
D) Igatpuri
Correct answer is option “B”
14) The river Godavari is not flow east through which of the following states?
A) Telangana,
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Bihar
D) Odisha
Correct answer is option “C”
15) The river Godavari is drain into which of the following ocean or a part of ocean?
A) Arabian Sea
B) Yellow Sea
C) Southern oceans
D) Bay of Bangal
Correct answer is option “D”
16) Which river is called transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia?
A) Brahmaputra
B) Indus
C) Sindhu
D) Jhelum
Correct answer is option “B”
17) What is the name of the glacier from where the river Indus originates in the Tibetan region in the Kailash Mountain range near the Mansarovar Lake?
A) Bokhar Chu Glacier
B) Zemu Glacier
C) Kalabaland Glacier
D) Pindari Glacier
Correct answer is option “A”
18) Which of the following is the only inland riverine port of India?
A) Kolkata
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) Orissa
Correct answer is option “A”
19) The Kolkata port serves a very large and rich back beyond which of the following basin?
A) The Ganga- Brahmaputra basin
B) The Brahmaputra-Meghna basin
C) The Indus- Mahanadi basin
D) The Godavari- Krishna basin
Correct answer is option “A”
20) Which of the following Peninsular Indian river does not meet the Arabian Sea?
A) Periyar
B) Narmada
C) Tapti
D) Cauvery
Correct answer is option “D”
21) Which of the following River flowing into the Bay of Bengal?
A) Cauvery
B) Periyar
C) Narmada
D) Tapti
Correct answer is option “A”
22) Which of the following River flowing into the Arabian Sea?
A) Godavari
B) Sabarmati
C) Krishna
D) Mahanadi
Correct answer is option “B”
23) The river Cauvery originates from which of the following states?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Correct answer is option “D”
24) Specifically The river Cauvery rises which of the following hill which is at Talakaveri in of the Western Ghats in the Kodagu (Coorg) district?
A) The Brahmagiri hills
B) The Nilgiri Hills
C) The Anaimalai Hills
D) The Cardamom Hills
Correct answer is option “A”
25) Which of the following river originates out of India?
A) Beas
B) Ravi
C) Brahmaputra
D) Jhelum
Correct answer is option “C”
26) Which of following pair of rivers whose origin point is not in India?
A) Yamuna and Ganga
B) Sutlej and Ravi
C) Sutlej and Brahmaputra
D) Brahmaputra and Ganga
Correct answer is option “C”
27) By which name the river Brahmaputra is known when it enters Arunachal Pradesh in India?
A) Subansiri
B) Dhansiri
C) Dibang
D) Dihang
Correct answer is option “D”
28) River Brahmaputra originates from which of the following Glacier?
A) Bokhar Chu Glacier
B) Chemayungdung Glacier
C) Kalabaland Glacier
D) Pindari Glacier
Correct answer is option “B”
29) Chemayungdung Glacier is located in which of the following country?
A) Tibet
B) India
C) Russia
D) Bhutan
Correct answer is option “A”
30) Which of the following cities is not located on a river bank?
A) Mysore
B) Surat
C) Agra
D) Cuttack
Correct answer is option “A”
31) Surat is located on which of the following river?
A) Tapti
B) Yamuna
C) Ganga
D) Kathajodi
Coorect answer is option “A”
32) Cuttack is located on which of the following river?
A) Tapti
B) Yamuna
C) Ganga
D) Kathajodi
Correct answer is option “D”
33) Agra is located on which of the following river?
A) Tapti
B) Yamuna
C) Ganga
D) Kathajodi
Correct answer is option “B”
34) Which of the following is a trans-Himalayan river?
A) Yamuna
B) Sutlej
C) Ravi
D) Ganga
Correct answer is option “B”
35) Which of the following river is called a transboundary river, which flows through India and Pakistan?
A) Yamuna
B) Sutlej
C) Ravi
D) Ganga
Correct answer is option “C”
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