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Quiz, MCQs on Drainage System | Chapter 3 Class 11 NCERT Geography MCQ | Drainage System [ UNIT II : PHYSIOGRAPHY]

 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


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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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