SSC CGL GEOGRAPHY India : Water World
1. By which name does the Brahmaputra enter into India?
(a) Manas (b) Dhansiri
(c) Dihang (d) Tsangpo
2. The Tibetan river ‘Tsangpo’ enters India through the State of :
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam
(c) Manipur (d) Nagaland
3. Near the lake Mansarovar in Tibet, the river which has its source is/are :
(a) Indus (b) Sutlej
(c) Brahmaputra (d) All of these
4. Which of the following is an inland drainage area ?
(a) Sambhar area (b) Chilka region
(c) Mansarovar lake (d) Rann of Kutch
5. Which of the following is the longest river in India ?
(a) Ganga (b) Narmada
(c) Brahmaputra (d) Godavari
6. The longest river of peninsular India is :
(a) Narmada (b) Godavari
(c) Mahanadi (d) Cauveri
7. Which of the following river is known as India’s River of Sorrow ?
(a) Hooghly (b) Damodar
(c) Ghaghara (d) Kosi
8. The highest waterfall in India is :
(a) Sivasundaram (b) Jog
(c) Courtallam (d) Hogenakal
9. In which state is Jog Falls located ?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
10. The Sivasamudram Falls is on :
(a) River Cauvery (b) River Subernarekha
(c) River Indravati (d) None of these
11. Wular lake of Kashmir is a :
(a) Ox- bow lake
(b) Lake formed by blocking of ice
(c) Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
(d) Lake formed by deposition of silt
12. The second largest river basin in India is of the river :
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Narmada
(c) Krishna (d) Godavari
13. The second largest basin in Peninsular India is :
(a) Cauvery Basin (b) Godavari Basin
(c) Narmada Basin (d) Krishna Basin
14. The ‘Chilka between the deltas of:
(a) Ganga and Mahanadi
(b) Godavari and Krishna
(c) Mahanadi and Godavari
(d) Krishna and Cauvery
15. Match the following :
Rivers Origin
A. Indus 1. Uttaranchal
B. Ganga 2. Tibet
C. Godavari 3. Madhya Pradesh
D. Narmada 4. Maharashtra
5. Karnataka
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
16. Teesta forms a part of which major river system ?
(a) Ganga (b) Krishna
(c) Cauvery (d) Brahmaputra
17. By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh ?
(a) Padma (b) Bhagirathi
(c) Rupnarayan (d) Nubra
18. Which of the following is false?
(a) Krishna serves Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Godavari serves Madhya Pradesh
(c) Mahanadi serves Bihar and Orissa
(d) Narmada serves Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
19. Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?
(a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari
(c) Tapti (d) Cauvery
20. Which of the following rivers is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’ ?
(a) Godavari (b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery
21. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India forms rift valley due to down warping ?
(a) Damodar (b) Mahanadi
(c) Son (d) Yamuna
22. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga ?
(a) Yamuna (b) Son
(c) Gomti (d) Sutlej
23. River Godavari flows through :
(a) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
24. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is:
(a) Jhelum (b) Indus
(c) Chenab (d) Nubra
25. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a) Cauvery (b) Narmada
(c) Kosi (d) Godavari
26. The Naga hills form the watershed between India and :
(a) China (b) Myanmar
(c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh
27. Where is Pushkar lake located?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab (d) Jammu and Kashmir
28. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’?
(a) U.P. (b) Punjab
(c) Haryana (d) Jammu and Kashmir
29. The biggest lake in India is :
(a) Dal Lake (b) Chilka Lake
(c) Wular Lake (d) Sambhar Lake
30. Which of the following rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad?
(a) Gandak (b) Ghaghra
(c) Kosi (d) Yamuna
31. Narmada river originates from Amarkantak in :
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh
32. Hussain Sagar lake is located in :
(a) Jaipur (b) Srinagar
(c) Bangalore (d) Hyderabad
33. The river Cauvery flows from :
(a) Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka to Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka to Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala to Tamil Nadu
34. Which one of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga?
(a) Indravati (b) Son
(c) Gomati (d) Yamuna
35. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest water salinity?
(a) Dal (b) Chilka
(c) Wular (d) Sambhar
36. Tehri Dam is being constructed in Uttaranchal Pradesh on the river:
(a) Bhagirathi (b) Ramganga
(c) Alaknanda (d) Bhilangana
37. ‘Hinterland’ refers to :
(a) continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
(b) natural harbour used for international trade
(c) land region extending from a sea port
(d) abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
38. The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is :
(a) Haldia (b) New Tuticorin
(c) Paradeep (d) Vishakhapatnam
39. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India?
(a) Cochin (b) Ennore
(c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
40. Which one among the following has the largest shipyard in India ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Kochi
(c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
41. Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched?
(a) Kandla : Gujarat (b) Paradip : Orissa
(c) Quilon : Kerala (d) Kakinada : Maharashtra
42.Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port?
(a) Kandla (b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia (d) Tuticorin
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