Drainage Test -...

The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin. Which of the following rivers has the largest drainage basin in India?

Which of the following rivers flows parallel to the Ganga as a right bank tributary and meets the Ganga at Allahabad?

Which of the following is/are paired correctly?

a. Dendritic pattern : River channel resembles the branches of a tree
b. Trellis pattern : Tributaries join the river at approximately right angles
c. Rectangular pattern : Hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other
d. Radial pattern : Streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome-like structure

Which of the following rivers rise near Mansarovar Lake in Tibet?

a. Brahmaputra
b. Satluj
c. Indus
d. Jhelum

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. A treaty over the usage of the water of river Indus was signed in 1960.
b. India can only use 20 percent of the total water system in river Indus.
c. The water from river Indus is used for irrigation in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

Most rivers of peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal. Which of the following rivers originates in central highlands, but flows towards the west?

The coastal plains between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea are very short. Which of the following rivers are the west flowing rivers of the Western Ghats?

a. Sabarmati
b. Mahi
c. Pranhita
d. Periyar

Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of the river Godavari?

The Tungabhadra, the Koyana, the Ghatprabha, the Musi and the Bhima are some tributaries of a peninsular river that rises from a spring near Mahabaleshwar. Which river is this?

Which of the following statements is correct about Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir?

Which of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

Indus is one of the longest rivers of the world and has a very gentle slope. Which of the following tributaries does not join it in the Kashmir region?

Which of the following are true about the Ganga Action Plan?

(I) Ganga Action Plan has been merged with the NRCP.
(II) Under this action plan, no scheme has been completed till now.
(III) Under this action plan, pollution abatement works have been taken up in 57 towns.

Which of the following is not a natural lake?

In which of the following states is Kolleru Lake situated?