Chapter-3 [Drainage System [ UNIT II: PHYSIOGRAPHY]]
1. The flow of water through well-defined channels is known as ------------.
a) River
b) Drainage
c) Water divide
d) Drainage basin
Answer. b) Drainage
2. The river that has water during the rainy season, and is dry otherwise, is called?
a) Perennial river
b) Ephemeral river
c) Himalayan river
d) Peninsular river
Answer. b) Ephemeral river
3. A river drains the water collected from a specific area, which is called its -------------.
a) Catchment area
b) Drainage basin
c) Water divide
d) Watershed
Answer. a) Catchment area
4. An area drained by a river and its tributaries is called a -------------.
a) Catchment area
b) Drainage basin
c) Water divide
d) Watershed
Answer. b) Drainage basin
5. The boundary line separating one drainage basin from the other is known as the ---------.
a) Catchment area
b) Drainage basin
c) Water divide
d) Watershed
Answer. c) Water divide
6. The catchments of large rivers are called river basins while those of small rivers are often referred to----------------.
a) Catchment area
b) Drainage basin
c) Water divide
d) Watershed
Answer. d) Watershed
7. Nearly -------------------- percent of the drainage area towards the Bay of Bengal.
a) 23
b) 55
c) 75
d) 77
Answer. d) 77
8. Major river basins are that river basin which has more than ----------- sq. km of the catchment area.
a) 2000
b) 5000
c) 10000
d) 20000
Answer. d) 20000
8. Medium river basins with a catchment area between ----------sq. km.
a) 10,000 to 20,000
b) 5,000 to 20,000
c) 2,000 to 20,000
d) 5,000 to 10,000
Answer. c) 2,000 to 20,000
9. Minor river basins with a catchment area of less than ------------sq. km.
a) 10,000
b) 8,000
c) 3,000
d) 2,000
Answer. d) 2,000
10. Which of the following is not a depositional feature of rivers?
a) Flat valley
b) U shaped valley
c) Ox-bow lake
d) Braided channels
Answer. b) U shaped valley
11. the Potwar Plateau is located in?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Delhi
c) Jharkhand
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer. b) Delhi
12. Which of the following gap is found between the Rajmahal hills and the Meghalaya plateau?
a) Bhor Ghat
b) Pal Ghat
c) Thal Ghat
d) Malda Gap
Answer. d) Malda Gap
13. Which of the following river is called Singi Khamban in Tibet?
a) Indus
c) Satluj
c) the Brahmaputra
d) the Mekong
Answer. a) Indus
14. Which of the following river is not in the five rivers ( Panjnad) of Punjab.
a) Satluj
b) Beas
c) Ravi
d) Indus
Answer. d) Indus
15. Which of the following river originated in Rohtang pass in the Kullu hills of Himachal Pradesh.
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Ravi
d) Beas
Answer. c) Ravi
16. Which of the following rivers flow through the Kashmir valley?
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Ravi
d) Beas
Answer. a) Jhelum
17. Which of the following river is the largest tributary of the Indus river?
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Ravi
d) Satluj
Answer. b) Chenab
18. Which of the following river originated in Tibet?
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Ravi
d) Satluj
Answer. d) Satluj
19. Which of the following river is known as Langchen Khambab in Tibet?
a) Indus
c) Satluj
c) the Brahmaputra
d) the Mekong
Answer. c) Satluj
20. Which of the following river passes through Shipki La?
a) Indus
c) Satluj
c) the Brahmaputra
d) the Mekong
Answer. c) Satluj
21. The meeting point of the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda is called?
a) Rudraprayag
b) Devprayag
c) Mahaprayag
d) Brahmaprayag
Answer. b) Devprayag
22. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(river): Origin
a) Bhagirathi: Gangotri glacier
b) Alaknanda: Satopanth glacier
c) Pindar: Badrinath
d) Mandakini: Kedarnathh
Answer. c) Pindar: Badrinath(Nanda devi)
23. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
( Prayag) : Rivers
a) Vishnu Prayag: Alaknanda and Dhauli Ganga
b) Nand Prayag: Alaknanda and Nandakini
c) Karna Prayag: Alaknanda and Pindar Ganga
d) Rudra Prayag: Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
Answer. d) Rudra Prayag: Mandakini and Alaknanda
24. Which of the following is not left bank tributaries of Ganga?
a) Ramganga
b) Gomati
c) Son
d) Mahananda
Answer. c) Son
25. Which of the following is the westernmost river?
a) Chambal
b) Sind
c) Betwa
d) Ken
Answer. a) Chambal
26. Which of the following is the easternmost river?
a) Chambal
b) Sind
c) Betwa
d) Ken
Answer. d) Ken
27. Which of the following river is not a tributary of the Chambal river?
a) Bananas
b) Kali Sindh
c) Parbati
d) Sindh
Answer. d) Sindh
28. Yamuna river does not flow in which state?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer. d) Madhya Pradesh
29. Which of the following river is not an antecedent river?
a) Indus
b) Satluj
c) Kosi
d) Ramganga
Answer. d) Ramganga
30. Which of the following river originated in the Milap glacier in Nepal?
a) Ramganga
b) Sarda
c) Mahananda
d) Son
Answer. b) Sarda
31. Which of the following river originated in the Darjiling hills and is also a last left bank tributary of Ganga?
a) Ramganga
b) Sarda
c) Mahananda
d) Son
Answer. c) Mahananda
32. Which of the following river is also known as Goriganga?
a) Ramganga
b) Sarda
c) Mahananda
d) Son
Answer. b) Sarda or Saryu or Kali or Chauk or Goriganga
33. Which of the following river originated in the Amarkantak Plateau?
a) Ramganga
b) Sarda
c) Mahananda
d) Son
Answer. d) Son
34. Which of the following river is also known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
a) Indus
b) Satluj
c) Kosi
d) the Brahmaputra
Answer. d) the Brahmaputra
35. Which of the following is not a left-bank tributary of the Brahmaputra river?
a) Dibang
b) Sikang
c) Lohit
d) Kameng
Answer. d) Kameng
36. Which of the following is an antecedent river(origin: north of Himalaya)?
a) Kameng
b) Subansiri
c) Manas
d) Sankosh
Answer. b) Subansiri
37. The Mahanadi rises near --------- district of Chhattisgarh.
a) Ambikapur
b) Sarguja
c) Bilaspur
d) Sihawa in Raipur
Answer. d) Sihawa in Raipur
38. the Godavari rises in the ---------- district of Maharashtra.
a) Solapur
b) Nashik
c) Akola
d) Amravati
Answer. b) Nashik
39. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Godavari river?
a) Penganga
b) Indravati
c) Bhima
d) Pranhita and Manjra
Answer. c) Bheema;
40. Krishna river rises near ---------------- in Sahyadri.
a) Mahabaleshwar
b) Nashik
c) Solapur
d) Amarkantak
Answer. a) Mahabaleshwar
41. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna river?
a) Penganga
b) Koyna
c) Tungbhadra
d) Bhima
Answer. a) Penganga
42. The Kaveri rises in -------------- of Kogadu district in Karnataka.
a) Brahmagiri hills
b) Mahabaleshwar
c) Nilgiri
d) Anaimudi
Answer. a) Brahmagiri hills
43. Which of the following river rises in the western part of the Amarkanatak plateau?
a) Narmada river
b) Tapi
c) Son
d) Mahanadi
Answer. a) Narmada river
44. Which of the following river flows between the Vindhya and Satpura range?
a) Narmada river
b) Tapi
c) Son
d) Mahanadi
Answer. a) Narmada river
45. Dhuandhar waterfall is on which river?
a) Narmada river
b) Tapi
c) Son
d) Mahanadi
Answer. a) Narmada river; Dhuandhar waterfall is on Jabalpur.
46. Jog fall is on which river?
a) Narmada river
b) Damodar river
c) Sharavati river
d) Mandovi river
Answer. c) Sharavati river; Karanataka
47. Which of the following river is the largest river in Kerala?
a) Bharathapuzha
b) Periyar
b) Pamba
d) Mandovi
Answer. a) Bharathapuzha
48. Which of the following river is not from Kerala?
a) Bharathapuzha
b) Periyar
b) Pamba
d) Mandovi
Answer. d) Mandovi( Goa)
49. Which of the following west-flowing river is not from Karnataka?
a) Vaitarna river
b) Kalindi
c) Bedti
d) Varahi
Answer. a) Vaitarna river ( Maharashtra)
50. Which of the west following rivers does not flow from Gujarat?
a) Dhandhar
b) Sabarmati
c) Mahi
d) Mandovi
Answer. d) Mandovi
51. Which of the following river is a west-flowing river?
a) Vaitarna river
b) Baitarni river
c) Brahmani river
d) Pennar
Answer. a) Vaitarna river ( Maharashtra)
52. Hundru fall is located on which river?
a) Vaitarna river
b) Baitarni river
c) Brahmani river
d) Subarnrekha
Answer. d) Subarnrekha
53. Which of the following river does not flow through Odisha?
a) Penner river
b) Baitarni river
c) Brahmani river
d) Subarnrekha
Answer. a) Penner river
54. Which of the east following river flows through Andhra Pradesh?
a) Penner river
b) Baitarni river
c) Brahmani river
d) Palar river
Answer. a) Penner river
55. Which of the east following rivers is the southernmost river?
a) Penner river
b) Baitarni river
c) Brahmani river
d) Palar river
Answer. d) Palar river ( Tamil Nadu)
56. Which one of the following rivers was known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?
a) The Gandak
b) The Son
c) The Kosi
d) The Damodar
Answer. d) The Damodar
57. Which one of the following rivers has the largest river basin in India?
a) The Indus
b) The Brahmaputra
c) The Ganga
d) The Krishna
Answer. c) The Ganga
58. Which one of the following rivers is not included in ‘Panchnad’?
a) The Ravi
c) The Indus
b) The Chenab
d) The Jhelum
Answer. c) The Indus
59. Which one of the following rivers flows in a rift valley?
a) The Son
b) The Narmada
c) The Yamuna
d) The Luni
Answer. b) The Narmada
60. Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi?
a) Vishnu Prayag
b) Rudra Prayag
c) Karan Prayag
d) Deva Prayag
Answer. d) Deva Prayag
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Chapter-wise MCQ of India Physical Environment[ Class-11]:
- Chapter-1[India — Location [ Unit-I : Introduction]]
- Chapter-2 [Structure and Physiography [ UNIT II: PHYSIOGRAPHY]]
- Chapter-3 [Drainage System [ UNIT II: PHYSIOGRAPHY]]
- Chapter-4[ Climate [ UNIT III: CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND SOIL]]
- Chapter 5 - Natural Vegetation [ UNIT III: CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND SOIL]
- Chapter 6 - Soils [ UNIT III: CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND SOIL]
- Chapter 7 -Natural Hazards and Disasters [ UNIT IV: NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND MANAGEMENT]
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