Practice Rivers and Drainage of India – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about drainage:

1. In a dendritic pattern, the tributaries look like the branches of a tree.

2. In a trellis pattern, the tributaries join the main stream at almost right angles.

3. Ambala lies on the water divide between the Indus and the Brahmaputra systems.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I (Lake) with List-II (Feature):

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following events related to Indian rivers:

1. Launch of Namami Gange as a flagship programme

2. Signing of the Indus Water Treaty

3. Launch of the NRCP

4. Launch of the Ganga Action Plan

Select the correct chronological order.

Consider the following statements about the Indus river system:

1. The Indus enters India in Ladakh, where it forms a gorge.

2. The Jhelum rises in the Wular lake in Kashmir.

3. The Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum join the Indus near Mithankot in Pakistan.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Ganga river system:

1. The Yamuna is a left bank tributary of the Ganga.

2. The Ganga leaves the mountains and enters the plains at Haridwar.

3. At Farakka, the Bhagirathi-Hooghly branch flows south to the Bay of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Peninsular rivers:

1. The Western Ghats form the main water divide of Peninsular India.

2. The Narmada and the Tapi form deltas at their mouths.

3. The Krishna is the largest Peninsular river.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I (tributary) with List-II (main river):

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Consider the following statements about Himalayan and Peninsular rivers:

1. Peninsular rivers have longer and deeper courses than Himalayan rivers.

2. Most Himalayan rivers are perennial because they get melted snow as well as rain.

3. In their lower courses, Himalayan rivers form meanders, oxbow lakes and large deltas.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Sundarban delta:

1. It is the delta of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra, and it is named after the Sundari tree.

2. The combined waters of the Ganga and the Brahmaputra enter the Arabian Sea as the Meghna.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the lakes of India:

1. Most of the freshwater lakes of the Himalaya are of glacial origin.

2. Oxbow lakes are formed along the coast by spits and bars.

3. Loktak lake is located in Manipur.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?