Q1: In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Q2: Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Dal
(c) Wular
(d) Gobind Sagar
Q3: Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Krishna
(d) Tapi
Q4: What is the meaning of drainage?
(a) The river system of a particular area
(b) The topography of a particular area
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Q5: Which river has the world’s largest drainage basin?
(a) Ganga
(b) Indus
(c) Thomas
(d) Amazon
Q6: How many major Peninsular river systems are there?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 3
Q7: What is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta called?
(a) Sunderban River Delta
(b) Kaveri River Delta
(c) Godavari River Delta
(d) Krishna River Delta
Q8: What is the area drained by a single river system called?
(a) Drainage
(b) Drainage basin
(c) Water divide
(d) None of these
Q9: Which of the following is not a group of Indian rivers?
(a) Himalayan rivers
(b) Peninsular rivers
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of these
Q10: Which river system is known as Dakshin Ganga?
(a) The Narmada Basin
(b) The Mahanadi Basin
(c) The Godavari Basin
(d) The Kaveri Basin
Fill in the Blanks
(i) The area drained by a single river system is called a ___________.
(ii) The world’s largest drainage basin is of the ___________________.
(iii) Most of the Himalayan rivers are ____________________.
(iv) A river along with its tributaries may be called a ________________.
(v) The Brahmaputra rises in _________ east of Mansarowar lake very close to the sources of the Indus and the Satluj.
(vi) The activities of Ganga Action Plan (GAP) phase-I, initiated in ______, were declared closed on 31st March _________.
(vii) Brahmaputra is known as ________________ in Tibet and _____________ in Bangladesh.
Very Short Answer Questions
Q1: Name the biggest waterfall in India.
Q2: Which river of India is known as Meghna?
Q3: Zaskar and Nubra are important tributaries of which river?
Q4: Where did Ganga river named as ‘Meghna’?
Q5: Which is the largest peninsular river in India?
Q6: What does NRCP stand for?
Q7: Which is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta?
Q8: What is the total length of Indus river?
Q9: Which is the largest tributary of river Ganga?
Q10: What is called river system?
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