Top 80+ Solved Indian Rivers, Lakes and Water World MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following rivers flows between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
a. Narmada
b. Tapti
c. Gandak
d. Godavari
Q. Which of the following is an east following river of Indian Peninsula?
a. Tapti
b. Narmada
c. Mahanadi
d. Periyar
Q. From north towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of thegiven rivers in India? [IAS 2006]
a. Shyok - Spiti - Zaskar - Sutlej
b. Shyok - Zaskar - Spiti - Sutlej
c. Zaskar - Shyok - Sutlej - Spiti
d. Zaskar - Sutlej - Shyok – Spiti
Q. Which one of the following statements in not correct? [IAS 2006]
a. Mahanadi River rises in Chattisgarh
b. Godavari River rises in Maharashtra
c. Cauvery River rises in Andhra Pradesh
d. Tapti River rises in Madhya Pradesh
Q. Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found: [IAS 1991]
a. around the Gulf of Cambay
b. around the Konkan coast
c. off the Krishna and Godavari deltas
d. around the Palk strait
Q. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest Water salinity? [NDA 1994]
a. Dal
b. Chilka
c. Wular
d. Sambhar
Q. Which of the following states has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
a. West Bengal
b. Rajasthan
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra
Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?River City
a. Gomti Lucknow
b. Saryu Ayodhya
c. Alaknanda Badrinath
d. Narmada Satna
Q. Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges? [NDA2008]
a. Narmada
b. Son
c. Mahe
d. Netravati
Q. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the followingrivers? [NDA 2008]
a. Mahanadi
b. Godavari
c. Cauvery
d. Krishna
Q. Consider the following rivers: 1. Betwa 2. Kosi 3. Gandak Which of the above joint(s) Yamuna river? [NDA 2008]
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 1 and 3
d. 2 and 3
Q. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards? [CDS 2008]
a. Kosi
b. Ghaghara
c. Gandak
d. Sone
Q. Which one of the following cities is not located on the bank of river Ganga? [BPSC2011]
a. Fatehpur
b. Bhagalpur
c. Uttarkashi
d. Kanpur
Q. 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 [CSAT 2011]
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
Q. Among the following rivers, which one is the longest? [Asstt Comm 2008]
a. Godavari
b. Krishna
c. Mahanadi
d. Narmada