100+ MCQs Questions on Rivers of India: Dear aspirants, We are presenting you a 50 GK Questions based on the Rivers of India. In this Objective Questions on Indian Rivers we have selected only those questions which are already being asked in several exams and further may be asked in the upcoming exams. So try this quiz and evaluate your preparation for the upcoming exams.
1. Of which rivers system does the Koyna river form a part?
(A) The Cauvery (B) The Krishna ✔
(C) The Godavari (D) The Mahanadi
2. With which one of the following rivers does Chambal river merge?
(A) Banas (B) Ganga
(C) Narmada (D) Yamuna ✔
3. Which is the largest of the peninsular rivers?
(A) Godavari ✔ (B) Mahanadi
(C) Krishna (D) Cauvery
4. The Baglihar Hydropower Project, very frequently in the news, is located on which one of the following rivers?
(A) Beas (B) Chenab ✔
(C) Ravi (D) Sutlej
5. The Jog waterfalls are on the river–
(A) Tunga Bhadra (B) Sharavathi ✔
(C) Koyna (D) Netravathi
6. Recently Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the linking of two rivers as a link project. Which are these two rivers?
(A) Betwa and Chambal (B) Betwa and Ken ✔
(C) Chambal and Son (D) Ken and Narmada
7. Which of the following rivers has the largest catchment areas?
(A) Narmada (B) Mahanadi
(C) Godavari ✔ (D) Krishna
8. Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?
(A) Damodar (B) Mahanadi
(C) Narmada ✔ (D) Tapti
9. Some of the rivers of peninsular India are non-perennial mainly because :
(A) Rainfall is seasonal ✔
(B) Rainfall is low
(C) Rainfall varies from year to year
(D) Water is derived to tanks
10. Through which one among the following groups of states does the river Narmada flow?
(A) Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
(B) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra ✔
(C) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(D) Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
11. The second largest river basin in India is that of–
(A) Mahanadi (B) Godavari ✔
(C) Narmada (D) Krishna
12. The Narmada and Tapti rivers of peninsular India flow westwards–
(A) Along with old river courses
(B) Along valleys carved by erosion
(C) Along through bounded by faults ✔
(D) Along joints
13. Which one of the following rivers flows into the Arabian Sea?
(A) Indravati (B) Godavari
(C) Cauveri (D) Narmada ✔
14. Which one of the following states has built the famous Gandhi Sagar across the Chambal river?
(A) Rajasthan (B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh ✔
15. Which one of the following rivers originates in Brahmagiri range of Western Ghats?
(A) Pennar (B) Cauveri ✔
(C) Krishna (D) Tapti
16. In the Cauvery river water dispute, which one of the following groups of states is concerned?
(A) Kerala and Karnataka
(B) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
(C) Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Union Territory of Puducherry ✔
(D) Kerala, Goa, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
17. Which one of the following rivers flows between the Vindhya Range and the Satpura Range of mountains?
(A) Narmada ✔ (B) Tapti
(C) Son (D) Chambal
18. Tapti rivers are in–
(A) Satpura range ✔ (B) Vindhyachal range
(C) Western Ghats (D) the Eastern Ghats
19. Which one is the correct sequence of the following topographical features found from upper to lower course of a river?
(A) Ox-bow lake-Rapids-Estuary
(B) Rapids-Estuary-Ox-bow lake
(C) Rapids-Ox-bow lake-Estuary ✔
(D) Estuary-Ox-bow lake-Rapids
20. At which one of the following places do the rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi merge to form Ganga?
(A) Devprayag ✔ (B) Rudraprayag
(C) Karnaprayag (D) Vishnuprayag
21. Damodar river rises in–
(A) Chota Nagpur plateau ✔ (B) Naga hills
(C) Satpura range (D) Himalaya range
22. The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?
(A) Betwa (B) Ghaghara
(C) Kosi (D) Rihand ✔
23. River Luni originates near Pushkar and drains into which one of the following?
(A) Rann of Kachchh (B) Arabian Sea ✔
(C) Gulf of Cambay (D) Lake Sambhar
24. Mahanadi river rises in–
(A) Amarkantak (B) Satpura
(C) Vindhyachal (D) Sihava ✔
25. Which of the following three rivers of Peninsular India have the Amarkantak region as their source?
(A) Narmada, Krishna, Godavari
(B) Son, Mahanadi, Narmada ✔
(C) Godavari, Krishna, Cauveri
(D) Chambal, Betwa, Luni
26. The city of Nasik is situated on the banks of which one of the following rivers?
(A) Krishna (B) Mandovi
(C) Godavari ✔ (D) Tapi
27. Which is the largest river in south India?
(A) Cauvery (B) Krishna
(C) Godavari ✔ (D) Tapti
28. Which one of the following places is not located on the banks of river Ganga?
(A) Uttarkashi (B) Kanpur
(C) Fatehpur ✔ (D) Bhagalpur
29. The river Godavari rises in the–
(A) Vindhyas (B) Satpura range ✔
(C) Sahyadri (D) Naga hills
30. Deltas are common in India for the East-flowing river systems, whereas they are nearly absent on the West Coast, because of West-flowing rivers :
(A) are few
(B) have lesser water volume and carry less run-off silt ✔
(C) originate in dry areas
(D) originate largely in the Western Ghats and have a short distance to cover the sea
31. Which is the correct arrangement of the following rivers from North to South?
(A) Godavari, Pennar, Cauveri, Periyar
(B) Pennar, Godavari, Periyar, Cauveri
(C) Godavari, Cauveri, Pennar, Periyar ✔
(D) Cauveri, Godavari, Periyar, Pennar
32. River Indus originates from–
(A) Hindukush range (B) Himalayan range
(C) Karakoram range (D) Kailash range ✔
33. Which among the following is the correct sequence of rivers starting from North to South?
(A) Bhima – Godavari – Penganga – Tungabhadra
(B) Godavari – Penganga – Bhima – Tungabhadra
(C) Penganga – Godavari – Bhima – Tungabhadra ✔
(D) Penganga – Bhima – Godavari – Tungabhadra
34. Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the Bay of Bengal?
(A) Mahanadi (B) Cauveri
(C) Tapti ✔ (D) Godavari
35. The river with highest tidal bore in India is :
(A) Cauvery (B) Mahanadi
(C) Hoogli ✔ (D) Krishna
36. Which one of the following river flows between Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
(A) Narmada ✔ (B) Son
(C) Mahe (D) Netravati
37. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?
(A) Mahanadi (B) Godavari
(C) Cauveri ✔ (D) Krishna
38. Who is the largest river in India?
(A) Ganga ✔ (B) Brahmaputra
(C) Yamuna (D) Godavari
39. Which among the following statements provides the best evidence that a river is flowing through a rift valley?
(A) The Chambal Valley is marked by bad land topography
(B) River Tapi does not have delta but estuary ✔
(C) River Mahanadi flows through a gorge at Satkosia
(D) River Colorado has the Grand Canyon along its valley
40. Shimsha, Hemavati, Arkavati are the tributaries of which one of the following rivers?
(A) Tapti (B) Tungabhadra
(C) Cauveri ✔ (D) Krishna
41. which one of the rivers forms an estuary in India?
(A) Narmada ✔ (B) Cauvery
(C) Krishna (D) Mahanadi
42. Chambal river is a part of :
(A) Sabarmati basin (B) Ganga basin
(C) Narmada basin ✔ (D) Godavari basin
43. The river with highest tidal bore in India is–
(A) Cauveri (B) Mahanadi
(C) Hoogli ✔ (D) Krishna
44. An important river of the Indian desert is–
(A) Luni ✔ (B) Narmada
(C) Krishna (D) Beas
45. What is the correct sequence of the rivers Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
(A) Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi
(B) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi ✔
(C) Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi
(D) Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi
46. The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river–
(A) Krishna ✔(B) Chambal
(C) Kosi (D) Sutlej
47. Which one of the following East flowing rivers of India has rift valley due to down warping?
(A) Damodar ✔ (B) Mahanadi
(C) Son (D) Yamuna
48. The river also known as Tsangpo is Tibet is–
(A) Ganga (B) Brahmaputra ✔
(C) Indu (D) Teesta
49. On which one of the following rivers is located Indo-Pak Bagalihar Project?
(A) Sutlej (B) Jhelum
(C) Beas (D) Chenab ✔
50. The Alamatti is on the river–
(A) Godavari (B) Cauveri
(C) Krishna ✔ (D) Mahanadi
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