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2401.

Agra is situated on the bank of which river?

A. Ganges
B. alaknanda
C. Yamuna
D. Bhagirathi
Answer» D. Bhagirathi
2402.

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
2403.

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.
2404.

Which provincial capital is situated on the Ganges river?

A. Kolkata
B. Lucknow
C. Bhubaneswar
D. Patna
Answer» E.
2405.

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.
2406.

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
2407.

Bhagirathi river originates in -

A. from gangotri
B. from gomukh
C. from Mansarovar
D. from tapovan
Answer» C. from Mansarovar
2408.

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
2409.

A tributary of the Indus river which flows through Himachal Pradesh is-

A. Hunza
B. Sutlej
C. diameter
D. ravi
Answer» C. diameter
2410.

Which of the following is the major river carrying sediments in India?

A. Brahmaputra
B. Yamuna
C. Ganges
D. Indus
Answer» B. Yamuna
2411.

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.
2412.

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
2413.

The origin of river Sutlej is -

A. in India
B. in china
C. in Pakistan
D. None of these
Answer» C. in Pakistan
2414.

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
2415.

Kopli is a tributary of which -

A. Gandak
B. Kosi
C. Ganges
D. Brahmaputra
Answer» E.
2416.

The 'Hungary' tributary is -

A. Bhima's
B. Of Godavari
C. Krishna's
D. of Tungabhadra
Answer» E.
2417.

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
2418.

On the mouth of which river is the largest river mouth in India?

A. Godavari
B. Krishna
C. Bhagirathi
D. Hooghly
Answer» E.
2419.

The origin of Sharda river is

A. milam glacier
B. Siochin Glacier
C. gomukh glacier
D. Yamunotri Glacier
Answer» B. Siochin Glacier
2420.

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
2421.

Which of the following rivers is infamous for changing its course?

A. Ganges
B. Kosi
C. Damodar
D. Gomti
Answer» C. Damodar
2422.

Which of these Paschim Vahini rivers flows between two mountain ranges?

A. Sharavati
B. Narmada
C. lover
D. Sabarmati
Answer» C. lover
2423.

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
2424.

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
2425.

Which is the river with the highest tidal reef in India?

A. Kaveri
B. Mahanadi
C. Hooghly
D. Krishna
Answer» D. Krishna
2426.

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
2427.

The origin of Indus river is -

A. Rohtang Pass
B. Sheshnag Lake
C. Mansarovar Lake
D. Mapatsung Glacier
Answer» D. Mapatsung Glacier
2428.

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
2429.

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
2430.

In which state of India most of the Narmada river flows?

A. Gujarat
B. Maharashtra
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Rajasthan
Answer» D. Rajasthan
2431.

Where Bhagirathi and Alaknanda join together to become Ganga?

A. Karn Prayag
B. Dev Prayag
C. Rudra Prayag
D. gangotri
Answer» C. Rudra Prayag
2432.

Which of the following river is a tributary of Krishna river?

A. Tungabhadra
B. Malprabha
C. Ghatprabha
D. Amravati
Answer» E.
2433.

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
2434.

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
2435.

Which is the largest river of peninsular India?

A. Narmada
B. Godavari
C. Mahanadi
D. Kaveri
Answer» C. Mahanadi
2436.

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
2437.

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
2438.

Manas is the tributary of which river?

A. Godavari
B. Mahanadi
C. Krishna
D. Brahmaputra
Answer» E.
2439.

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
2440.

Which of the following is the river which flows through a fault-valley?

A. Godavari
B. Narmada
C. Krishna
D. Mahanadi
Answer» C. Krishna
2441.

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.
2442.

Which of the following is a land bound river?

A. Mahanadi
B. Godavari
C. looney
D. Narmada and Betwa
Answer» D. Narmada and Betwa
2443.

The largest river of India is -

A. Mahanadi
B. Godavari
C. Ganges
D. Narmada
Answer» D. Narmada
2444.

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.
2445.

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.
2446.

Panchganga and Dudhganga are the tributaries of-

A. Krishna
B. Godavari
C. Ganges
D. Jhelum
Answer» B. Godavari
2447.

Damodar river originates from -

A. from Tibet
B. from Chotanagpur plateau
C. near nainital
D. from Someshwar hill
Answer» C. near nainital
2448.

Indo - Brahma is -

A. a mythical river
B. an island
C. a mountain range
D. a lake
Answer» B. an island
2449.

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
2450.

The origin of Godavari river is

A. Multai Nagar
B. Tryambak Village
C. Janapav Hill
D. Brahmagiri Hill
Answer» C. Janapav Hill