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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Agra is situated on the bank of which river? |
| A. | Ganges |
| B. | alaknanda |
| C. | Yamuna |
| D. | Bhagirathi |
| Answer» D. Bhagirathi | |
| 2. |
The city situated at the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and invisible Saraswati is - |
| A. | Haridwar |
| B. | Varanasi |
| C. | Allahabad |
| D. | Karn Prayag |
| Answer» D. Karn Prayag | |
| 3. |
Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, is situated on the banks of which river? |
| A. | Chenab |
| B. | ravi |
| C. | diameter |
| D. | Jhelum |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Which provincial capital is situated on the Ganges river? |
| A. | Kolkata |
| B. | Lucknow |
| C. | Bhubaneswar |
| D. | Patna |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Which one of the following cities is not situated on the banks of river Ganga? |
| A. | Kanpur |
| B. | Patna |
| C. | Varanasi |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Through which states does Chambal river flow? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan |
| B. | Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh |
| C. | Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar |
| D. | Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
| Answer» B. Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 7. |
Bhagirathi river originates in - |
| A. | from gangotri |
| B. | from gomukh |
| C. | from Mansarovar |
| D. | from tapovan |
| Answer» C. from Mansarovar | |
| 8. |
Which of the following rivers originates from Madhya Pradesh and drains into the Gulf of Khambhat? |
| A. | Parvati River |
| B. | Luni River |
| C. | Mahi river |
| D. | Jawai River |
| Answer» D. Jawai River | |
| 9. |
A tributary of the Indus river which flows through Himachal Pradesh is- |
| A. | Hunza |
| B. | Sutlej |
| C. | diameter |
| D. | ravi |
| Answer» C. diameter | |
| 10. |
Which of the following is the major river carrying sediments in India? |
| A. | Brahmaputra |
| B. | Yamuna |
| C. | Ganges |
| D. | Indus |
| Answer» B. Yamuna | |
| 11. |
Indus river originates from- |
| A. | from the Hindukush ranges |
| B. | from the Himalayan ranges |
| C. | from the Karakoram ranges |
| D. | from the Kailash range |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following statement is not true - |
| A. | Origin of Mahanadi is in Chhattisgarh |
| B. | Godavari has its origin in Maharashtra |
| C. | The origin of Kaveri is in Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | The origin of Tapti is in Madhya Pradesh |
| Answer» D. The origin of Tapti is in Madhya Pradesh | |
| 13. |
The origin of river Sutlej is - |
| A. | in India |
| B. | in china |
| C. | in Pakistan |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. in Pakistan | |
| 14. |
Which is the recently announced by the Central Government to give the status of a national river? |
| A. | Ganges |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Narmada |
| Answer» B. Godavari | |
| 15. |
Kopli is a tributary of which - |
| A. | Gandak |
| B. | Kosi |
| C. | Ganges |
| D. | Brahmaputra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
The 'Hungary' tributary is - |
| A. | Bhima's |
| B. | Of Godavari |
| C. | Krishna's |
| D. | of Tungabhadra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
From which one of the following places do the two important rivers of India originate, one of which flows north and joins the other important river flowing towards the Bay of Bengal and the other flows towards the Arabian Sea? |
| A. | Amarkantak |
| B. | Badrinath |
| C. | Mahabaleshwar |
| D. | Nashik |
| Answer» B. Badrinath | |
| 18. |
On the mouth of which river is the largest river mouth in India? |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Krishna |
| C. | Bhagirathi |
| D. | Hooghly |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The origin of Sharda river is |
| A. | milam glacier |
| B. | Siochin Glacier |
| C. | gomukh glacier |
| D. | Yamunotri Glacier |
| Answer» B. Siochin Glacier | |
| 20. |
In which of the following, the Kan-Si river passes through the middle of Vindhya and Satpura mountain ranges - |
| A. | Narmada |
| B. | Tapti |
| C. | Gandak |
| D. | estuary of godavari |
| Answer» B. Tapti | |
| 21. |
Which of the following rivers is infamous for changing its course? |
| A. | Ganges |
| B. | Kosi |
| C. | Damodar |
| D. | Gomti |
| Answer» C. Damodar | |
| 22. |
Which of these Paschim Vahini rivers flows between two mountain ranges? |
| A. | Sharavati |
| B. | Narmada |
| C. | lover |
| D. | Sabarmati |
| Answer» C. lover | |
| 23. |
Which one of the following rivers does not originate from the Peninsular Plateau Range? |
| A. | Yamuna |
| B. | Damodar |
| C. | Chambal |
| D. | son |
| Answer» B. Damodar | |
| 24. |
The proposal of the scheme of interlinking of rivers was placed during the reign of- |
| A. | united front rites |
| B. | Rajang Sarkar |
| C. | U. P. A. Government |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. U. P. A. Government | |
| 25. |
Which is the river with the highest tidal reef in India? |
| A. | Kaveri |
| B. | Mahanadi |
| C. | Hooghly |
| D. | Krishna |
| Answer» D. Krishna | |
| 26. |
Through where does the Godavari river flow? |
| A. | Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh |
| B. | Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh |
| C. | Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh |
| D. | Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh |
| Answer» B. Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh | |
| 27. |
The origin of Indus river is - |
| A. | Rohtang Pass |
| B. | Sheshnag Lake |
| C. | Mansarovar Lake |
| D. | Mapatsung Glacier |
| Answer» D. Mapatsung Glacier | |
| 28. |
The Aravalli mountain range is bifurcated by the following river system - |
| A. | Chambal and Saraswati |
| B. | Chambal and Sabarmati |
| C. | Narmada and Banas |
| D. | Looni and Banas |
| Answer» C. Narmada and Banas | |
| 29. |
The rivers forming the delta in India are - |
| A. | Ganga, Mahanadi, Narmada |
| B. | Krishna, Ganga, Tapi |
| C. | Kaveri, Ganga, Mahanadi |
| D. | Narmada, Tapi, Krishna |
| Answer» D. Narmada, Tapi, Krishna | |
| 30. |
In which state of India most of the Narmada river flows? |
| A. | Gujarat |
| B. | Maharashtra |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Rajasthan |
| Answer» D. Rajasthan | |
| 31. |
Where Bhagirathi and Alaknanda join together to become Ganga? |
| A. | Karn Prayag |
| B. | Dev Prayag |
| C. | Rudra Prayag |
| D. | gangotri |
| Answer» C. Rudra Prayag | |
| 32. |
Which of the following river is a tributary of Krishna river? |
| A. | Tungabhadra |
| B. | Malprabha |
| C. | Ghatprabha |
| D. | Amravati |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
Which of the following is the river which does not have its origin in Indian territory? |
| A. | Mahanadi |
| B. | Brahmaputra |
| C. | ravi |
| D. | Chenab |
| Answer» C. ravi | |
| 34. |
The following are true with respect to the Narmada river, except - |
| A. | It originates near Amarkantak. |
| B. | On its banks are the famous Mahakaleshwar temple. |
| C. | It flows through a group of marble rocks |
| D. | The famous Sardar Sarovar Dam is being built on this river. |
| Answer» C. It flows through a group of marble rocks | |
| 35. |
Which is the largest river of peninsular India? |
| A. | Narmada |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Mahanadi |
| D. | Kaveri |
| Answer» C. Mahanadi | |
| 36. |
Most of the diversions have been done from the following rivers - |
| A. | Son river |
| B. | Gandak River |
| C. | Kosi River |
| D. | The River Ganges |
| Answer» D. The River Ganges | |
| 37. |
The rivers that cut and flow through the Himalayas are - |
| A. | Sutlej, Indus, Ganga |
| B. | Brahmaputra, Sutlej, Indus |
| C. | Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga |
| D. | Sutlej, Brahmaputra, Yamuna |
| Answer» C. Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga | |
| 38. |
Manas is the tributary of which river? |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Mahanadi |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Brahmaputra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
The world's largest delta is formed by |
| A. | by the Ganges and the Brahmaputra |
| B. | Mississippi - by Missouri |
| C. | by Yangxi Qiang |
| D. | by Hwangho |
| Answer» B. Mississippi - by Missouri | |
| 40. |
Which of the following is the river which flows through a fault-valley? |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Narmada |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Mahanadi |
| Answer» C. Krishna | |
| 41. |
Which of the following is the river which does not have its origin in the Indian territory? |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Jhelum |
| C. | ravi |
| D. | ghagra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
Which of the following is a land bound river? |
| A. | Mahanadi |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | looney |
| D. | Narmada and Betwa |
| Answer» D. Narmada and Betwa | |
| 43. |
The largest river of India is - |
| A. | Mahanadi |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Ganges |
| D. | Narmada |
| Answer» D. Narmada | |
| 44. |
Which of the following river is called 'Ganga of South India' because of its purity? |
| A. | Mahanadi |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Kaveri |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Kaveri river water dispute is mainly between which two states? |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Kerala and Karnataka |
| C. | Kerala and Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Karnataka and Tamil Nadu |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Panchganga and Dudhganga are the tributaries of- |
| A. | Krishna |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Ganges |
| D. | Jhelum |
| Answer» B. Godavari | |
| 47. |
Damodar river originates from - |
| A. | from Tibet |
| B. | from Chotanagpur plateau |
| C. | near nainital |
| D. | from Someshwar hill |
| Answer» C. near nainital | |
| 48. |
Indo - Brahma is - |
| A. | a mythical river |
| B. | an island |
| C. | a mountain range |
| D. | a lake |
| Answer» B. an island | |
| 49. |
Kaveri river falls |
| A. | in the Bay of Bengal |
| B. | in the Arabian Sea |
| C. | in the Palk Strait |
| D. | in the Gulf of Khambhat |
| Answer» B. in the Arabian Sea | |
| 50. |
The origin of Godavari river is |
| A. | Multai Nagar |
| B. | Tryambak Village |
| C. | Janapav Hill |
| D. | Brahmagiri Hill |
| Answer» C. Janapav Hill | |