Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

The Drainage

  1. In how many categories the Indian river systems are divided on the basis of the size of the catchment area

    Options:
    1. Five
    2. Two
    3. Three
    4. Four

    Option: C

  2. Medium river systems have catchment area of

    Options:
    1. 2,000 to 20,000 sq. km
    2. More than 20,000 sq. km
    3. Less than 2,000 sq. km
    4. More than 30,000 sq. km

    Option: A

  3. What percentage of India’s drainage area is oriented towards the Bay of Bengal.

    Options:
    1. 65
    2. 70
    3. 77
    4. 81

    Option: A

  4. How much percent of the water carried by the Indian rivers is housed into the Bay of Bengal

    Options:
    1. 80
    2. 77
    3. 90
    4. 93

    Option: C

  5. Which of the following rivers are an example of antecedent drainage (older than the mountains)

    1. The Indus
    2. The Stluj
    3. The Alaknanda
    4. The Gandak
    5. The Kosi
    6. The Brahmaputra
    Options:
    1. Only 1,2 and 6
    2. Only 1,2,3 and 6
    3. Only 1 and 6
    4. All of these

    Option: D

  6. The Indus River originates from

    Options:
    1. Himalayan range
    2. Kailash range
    3. Zaskar Range
    4. Karakoram range

    Option: D

  7. In the trans-Himalaya region, the Indus River is called as

    Options:
    1. Pong
    2. Singge Khabab
    3. Dhar
    4. Sagarmatha

    Option: B

  8. Total length of the river Indus from the source to mouth is

    Options:
    1. 2500 km
    2. 2700 km
    3. 2880 km
    4. 2900 km

    Option: C

  9. Total length of the river Indus in India is

    Options:
    1. 800 km
    2. 709 km
    3. 689 km
    4. 550 km

    Option: B

  10. Jhelum rises near

    Options:
    1. Manasarovar Lake
    2. Verinag
    3. Bara Lacha Pass
    4. Rohtang Pass

    Option: B

  11. Which of the following rivers makes a 170 km long boundary between India and Pakistan

    Options:
    1. The Indus
    2. The Jhelum
    3. The Chenab
    4. The Satluj

    Option: B

  12. Total length of the river Jhelum from the source to mouth is

    Options:
    1. 724 km
    2. 709 km
    3. 800 km
    4. 850 km

    Option: A

  13. The river Chenab joins the river Jhelum at

    Options:
    1. Trimmu
    2. Srinagar
    3. Jammu
    4. Baramulla

    Option: A

  14. The Jhelum is navigable for about

    Options:
    1. 160 km
    2. 220 km
    3. 320 km
    4. 180 km

    Option: A

  15. The Chenab originate near

    Options:
    1. Rohtang Pass
    2. Bara Lacha Pass
    3. Verinag
    4. None of these

    Option: B

  16. The Chenab originate in which of the following ranges

    Options:
    1. The Karakoram
    2. The Ladakh
    3. The Pirpanjal
    4. The Zaskar

    Option: D

  17. Total length of the river Chenab from the source to mouth is

    Options:
    1. 644 km
    2. 330 km
    3. 1180 km
    4. 1838 km

    Option: C

  18. When river Chandra joins river Bhaga then they are called

    Options:
    1. Chenab
    2. Indus
    3. Ravi
    4. Beas

    Option: A

  19. The Ravi has its source near

    Options:
    1. Rohtang Pass
    2. Verinag
    3. Bara Lacha Pass
    4. None of these

    Option: A

  20. The Ravi has its in the state of

    Options:
    1. Himachal Pradesh
    2. J & K
    3. Uttarakhand
    4. Panjab

    Option: A