Rivers Lakes and Water World of India MCQ With Answers

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Multiple Choice Questions for Rivers Lakes and Water World of India with Answers

Question. Match the following:
Major Port State
A. Jawaharlal Nehru 1. Tamil Nadu
B. Paradwip Port 2. Maharashtra
C. Kandla Port 3. Orissa
D. Ennore Port 4. Gujarat
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 4 3 4 1
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 2 1 4 3

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Question. Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched?
(a) Kandla : Gujarat
(b) Paradip : Orissa
(c) Quilon : Kerala
(d) Kakinada : MaharashtraAnswer

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Question. Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port?
(a) Kandla
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia
(d) TuticorinAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India?
(a) Cochin
(b) Ennore
(c) Tuticorin
(d) VishakhapatnamAnswer

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Question. Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Kochi
(c) Mumbai
(d) VishakhapatnamAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) India ranks 9th in the world’s shipping tonnage
(b) Mumbai port handles half of the country’s foreign trade
(c) Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
(d) India has 14 major ports and 129 minor portsAnswer

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Question. Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?
(a) Cochin
(b) New Mangalore
(c) Mumbai
(d) VishakhapatnamAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of ports down the western coast of India?
(a) Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore
(b) Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
(c) Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore
(d) Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi, NegercoilAnswer

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Question. Which of the following ports are on the west coast?
1. Marmugao
2. Cochin
3. New Mangalore
4. Paradeep
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 3Answer

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Question. Consider the following:
1. Chilika Lake
2. Pulicat Lake
3. Vembanad LakeWhich of the above is/are lagoon(s)?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3Answer

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Question. Consider the following pairs:
Tributary River Main River
1. Chambal Narmada
2. Sone Yamuna
3. Manas Brahmaputra
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 3 onlyAnswer

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Question. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Son
(c) Gomti
(d) SutlejAnswer

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Question. River Godavari flows through:
(a) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh Answer

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Question. The river Cauvery originates from which of the following states?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Madhya PradeshAnswer

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Question. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is :
(a) Jhelum
(b) Indus
(c) Chenab
(d) NubraAnswer

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Question. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Narmada
(c) Kosi
(d) GodavariAnswer

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Question. The Naga hills form the watershed between India and:
(a) China
(b) Myanmar
(c) Bhutan
(d) BangladeshAnswer

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Question. Consider the following ports:
1. Karaikal
2. Machilipatnam
3. Paradeep
4. Visakhapatnam
What is the correct sequence of the above ports from north to south?
(a) 1-2-4-3
(b) 1-4-2-3
(c) 3-2-4-1
(d) 3-4-2-1Answer

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Question. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Waterfall : River
1. Kapildhara Falls : Godavari
2. Jog Falls : Sharavati
3. Sivasamudram Falls : Cauvery
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3Answer

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Question. Which one among the following rivers has the largest catchment area?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) NarmadaAnswer

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Question. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’ ?
(a) U.P.
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Jammu and KashmirAnswer

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Question. The biggest lake in India is :
(a) Dal Lake
(b) Chilka Lake
(c) Wular Lake
(d) Sambhar LakeAnswer

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Question. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern Indian which flow into Arabian Sea?
(a) Chambal and Betwa
(b) Damodar and Mahanad
(c) Narmada and Tapti
(d) Krishna and CauveriAnswer

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Question. Which of the following rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad ?
(a) Gandak
(b) Ghaghra
(c) Kosi
(d) YamunaAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following is a north flowing river?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Narmada
(c) Chambal
(d) BrahmaputraAnswer

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Question. Match the following:
River Tributary
A. Brahmaputra 1. Musi
B. Krishna 2. Tawa
C. Narmada 3. Bhavani
D. Cauvery 4. Dikhow
A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 4 1 2 4
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 1 2 4

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Question. Match the following:
Name of Confluence River merging with Alaknanda
A. Vishnu Prayag 1. Bhagirathi
B. Karna Prayag 2. Mandakini
C. Rudra Prayag 3. Pindar
D. Deva Prayag 4. Dhauli Ganga
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 1 3 2 4
(c) 4 2 3 1
(d) 4 3 2 1

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Question. The river Cauvery flows from:
(a) Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka to Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka to Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala to Tamil NaduAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ?
(a) Indrawati
(b) Son
(c) Gomati
(d) YamunaAnswer

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Question. Which of the following rivers flows between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
(a) Narmada
(b) Tapti
(c) Gandak
(d) GodavariAnswer

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Question. Which of the following is an east following river of Indian Peninsula?
(a) Tapti
(b) Narmada
(c) Mahanadi
(d) PeriyarAnswer

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Question. From north towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?
(a) Shyok – Spiti – Zaskar – Sutlej
(b) Shyok – Zaskar – Spiti – Sutlej
(c) Zaskar – Shyok – Sutlej – Spiti
(d) Zaskar – Sutlej – Shyok – SpitiAnswer

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Question. Which of the following groups of rivers fall in the Bay of Bengal?
(a) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly
(b) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari
(c) Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
(d) Ganga, Yamuna, GandakAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following states does not form part of the Narmada basin?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Madhya PradeshAnswer

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Question. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in:
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) ChhattisgarhAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following statements in not correct?
(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 PradeshAnswer

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Question. Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found:
(a) around the Gulf of Cambay
(b) around the Konkan coast
(c) off the Krishna and Godavari deltas
(d) around the Palk straitAnswer

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Question. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest Water salinity?
(a) Dal
(b) Chilka
(c) Wular
(d) SambharAnswer

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Question. Which of the following states has the largest number of salt lakes in India?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) MaharashtraAnswer

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Question. Match the following:
A. Tapi 1. Brahmagir
B. Narmada 2. Mahabaleshwar
C. Krishna 3. Amarkantak
D. Cauvery 4. Betul
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 4 2 1 1
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 4 3 2 1

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Question. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
River City
(a) Gomti Lucknow
(b) Saryu Ayodhya
(c) Alaknanda Badrinath
(d) Narmada SatnaAnswer

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Question. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Cauvery
(d) KrishnaAnswer

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Question. Consider the following rivers:
1. Betwa
2. Kosi
3. Gandak
Which of the above joint(s) Yamuna river?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 3Answer

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Question. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards?
(a) Kosi
(b) Ghaghara
(c) Gandak
(d) SoneAnswer

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Question. Match the following:
River Tributary
A. Godavari 1. Son
B. Krishna 2. Chambal
C. Yamuna 3. Bhima
D. Ganga 4. Manjira
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 1 3 2 4

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Question. Which one of the following cities is not located on the bank of river Ganga?
(a) Fatehpur
(b) Bhagalpur
(c) Uttarkashi
(d) KanpurAnswer

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Question. 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
(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) aboveAnswer

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Question. Among the following rivers, which one is the longest?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) NarmadaAnswer

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Question. Match the following:
Beaches in India States
A. Gopinath Beach 1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Lawsons Bay Beach 2. Kerala
C. Devbagh Beach 3. Gujarat
D. Sinquerim Beach 4.Goa
5. Karnataka
A B C D
(a) 5 4 3 1
(b) 3 1 5 4
(c) 5 1 2 4
(d) 3 4 5 1

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Question. Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges?
(a) Narmada
(b) Son
(c) Mahe
(d) NetravatiAnswer

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