MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

  MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :    (MCQ’s) 

1.  Most of the seven major rivers drain into the ________.

2.  _______is called as the land of five rivers .

3.  ________ river is also called the sorrow of Bihar .

4.  ________river is called the sorrow of Bengal .

5.  Kolkata city is located on the river _________ .

6.  As the river Ganga turns south towards Bangladesh it is known as ________ .

7.  Having a length of 2900 km the _________ is the longest river in the world .

8.  The river Brahmaputra is called _________ in Bangladesh .

9.  When the Brahmaputra is joined by Dihang then the combined flow is called _________ .

10.  The Narmada runs through a fall called as __________ .

11.  The Sardar Sarovar Dam is built near Navagam in the state of ___________ .

12.  The _______ main canal would be the largest irrigational canal in the world .

13.  The largest river in peninsular India is _________.

14.  The longest dam is the __________ Dam .

15.  One of the oldest bridge built during the British rule connects Maharashtra and Karnataka state is the  _______  bridge .

16.  _________ is a natural lake in Goa about 12 kms from Panjim .

19. Which one of the following lake is artificial?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Chilika
(c) Pulicat
(d) Rana Pratap sagar

20. Which of the peninsular rivers is called the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
(a) The Mahanadi
(b) The Krishna
(c) The Godavari
(d) The Tapi

21. The valley of Kashmir is famous for the   ____
(a) Dal Lake
(b) Houseboats
(c) Shikaras
(d) All of the above

22. Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree?
(a) Radial
(b) Dendrite
(c) Centrifugal
(d) Trellis

23. In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Jammu and Kashmir

24. The river Narmada has its source at _____
(a) Satpura
(b) Dal
(c) Amarkantak
(d) Gobind Sagar

25. Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Dal
(c) Wular
(d) Gobind Sagar

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