MCQ on Drainage system in India
1- The area are drained by a single river system is called a ……………..
(A) Water divides
(B) Tributary
(C) River System
(D) Drainage basin
2- When an elevated area of mountain and upland separates two drainage basin, such upland is known as
(A) Water divides
(B) George
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of the above
3- The world’s largest drainage basins is of ……………….river.
(A) Nile
(B) Amazon
(C) Mississippi
(D) Missouri
4- Himalayan rivers are ………………….
(A) Permanent
(B) Seasonal
(C) Perennial
(D) None of the above
5- The Indus and Brahmaputra river originates from the north of ………………. mountain ranges.
(A) Gangotri glacier
(B) Mansarovar Lake
(C) Yamunotri Glacier
(D) Himalaya
6- Peninsular river are …………………. in nature, as there is dependent on rainfall.
(A) permanent
(B) Periodic
(C) Perennial
(D) Seasonal
7- Which of the following is the originate place of Indus river?
(A) Chilika Lake
(B) Kolleru Lake
(C) Vembanand Lake
(D) Mansarovar Lake
8- Which river originates as well as ends in the Indian Territory?
(A) Indus
(B) Chambal
(C) Sutlej
(D) Brahmaputra
9- Which river has tributaries of the Zaskar, the Nubra, the Shylok, and the Hunza that joins in Kashimir region?
(A) Sutlej
(B) Beas
(C) Indus
(D) Ravi
10- Which river has form a picturesque gorge in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir?
(A) Indus
(B) Sutlej
(C) Beas
(D) Ravi
ANSWERS:
1-(D), 2-(A), 3-(B), 4-(C), 5-(D), 6-(D), 7-(D), 8-(B), 9-(C), 10-(A)