1. Which of the following river flows in the United States of America and its drainage basin is also spread in Canada?
a) The Mississippi
b) The Colorado
c) The Rio Grande
d) The Missouri River
Answer. a) The Mississippi flows in the United States of America and discharges water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Colorado River and the Rio Grande flow through the USA and Mexico.
Amazon River flows in South America, in Brazil.
2. The longest and largest river in North America is
a) The Mississippi
b) The Colorado
c) The Rio Grande
d) The Missouri River
Answer. d) The Missouri River is also the longest tributary of the Mississippi River
3. The river situated along the border between the United States of America and Mexico is ( UPPSC 2023)
a) The Mississippi
b) The Colorado
c) The Rio Grande
d) The Amazon
Answer. c) The Rio Grande
4. At the mouth of which of the following rivers the 'bird's foot' type delta is formed? ( UPPSC 2018)
a) Huang Ho
b) Danube
c) Nile
d) Mississippi
Answer. d) Mississippi
5. The longest river in the world is?
a) The Mississippi
b) Nile River
c) Congo River
d) The Amazon
Answer. b) Nile River of Africa
6. Which river is the deepest in the world?
a) The Mississippi
b) Nile River
c) Congo River
d) The Amazon
Answer. c) Congo River
7. The river which was previously known as the Zaira River, and crosses the equator twice?
a) The Mississippi
b) Nile River
c) Congo River
d) The Amazon
Answer. c) Congo River
8. Which is the largest river in the world in terms of volume and drainage basin?
a) The Mississippi
b) Nile River
c) Congo River
d) The Amazon
Answer. d) The Amazon
9. Which river valley is the birthplace of Chinese Civilization?
a) Huang He (Yellow River)
b) Yangtze ( Chang Jiang)
c) Amur
d) Yenisei
Answer. a) Huang He (Yellow River)
10. Which of the following rivers originated in Mongolia and discharged water into the Arctic Sea?
a) Huang He (Yellow River)
b) Yangtze ( Chang Jiang)
c) Amur
d) Yenisei
Answer. d) Yenisei
11. Which of the following rivers is also known as the " Black Dragon River"?
a) Huang He (Yellow River)
b) Yangtze ( Chang Jiang)
c) Amur
d) Yenisei
Answer. c) Amur
12. Which river is the longest in Asia?
a) Huang He (Yellow River)
b) Yangtze ( Chang Jiang)
c) Mekong River
d) Ganga river
Answer. b) Yangtze ( Chang Jiang), about 6300 km.
13. With reference to the Mekong River, which of the following statement/s is/are correct? ( UPPSC 2021)
1. the Mekong rises in the Tibetan Plateaus
2. Mekong Delta is situated in Southern Cambodia
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes:
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer. A;
14. Which of the following rivers flows through Paris and France?
a) Volga river
b) Thames River
c) Seine River
d) Rhone River
Answer. c) Seine river
15. Yukon River falls into
a) South China Sea
b) Andaman Sea
c) Mediterranean sea
d) Bering Sea
Answer. d) Bering Sea ( Canada and Alsaka)
16. Match the following:
List I ( River)
A. Volga
B. Rhine
C. Parana
D. Colorado
List II ( Country/region)
1. Russia
2. Europe
3. South America
4. North America
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 4 3 2 1
Answer. a) 1 2 3 4
17. The second-longest river in South America is
a) Volga
b) Rhine
c) Parana
d) Colorado
Answer. c) Parana
18. The longest river in Europe is
a) Volga
b) Rhine
c) Elbe
d) Seine
Answer. a) Volga ( Russia)
19. Consider the following pairs: ( UPSC 2020)
River Flows into
1. Mekong: Andaman Sea
2. Thames: Irish Sea
3. Volga: Caspian Sea
4. Zambezi: Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 3 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, and 4 only
Answer. c) 3 and 4 only
20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below: ( UPPSC 2017)
List-I(City) List-II(River)
A. Khartoum 1. Zaire
B. Brazzaville 2. Nile
C. Rotterdam 3. Seine
D. Paris 4. Rhine
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 3 4 1 2
Answer. a;
Khartoum: Nile
Brazzaville: Zaire
Rotterdam: Rhine
Paris: Seine
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