MCQ on Rivers of India: Indian Geography Quiz

Question 1. Which of the following rivers of India cuts across all the ranges of the Himalayas?

(A) Chenab

(B) Beas

(C) Satluj

(D)Ravi

Question 2. ‘Doodh-Ganga’ river is located in __________.

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Himachal Pradesh

(C) Uttarakhand

(D) Both (A) and (C)

Question 3. Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?

(A) Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godavari

(B) Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery

(C) Luni, Narmada and Tapti

(D) Both (A) and (B)

Question 4. Which one of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna river?

(A) Tungabhadra

(B) Tel

(C) Doni

(D) Bhima

Question 5. River Tel is a tributary of which of the following rivers?

(A) Bagmati

(B) Gandak

(C) Ghaghara

(D) None of these

Question 6. The Hagari river is a tributary of _________.

(A) Tungbhadra

(B) Krishna

(C) Godavari

(D) Bhima

Question 7. Which one of the following is the actual source of the Son river?

(A) Mandla plateau

(B) Son Bachharwar in Bilaspur district

(C) Son Muda in Shahdol district

(D) Amarkantak in Shahdol district

Question 8. Rivers that pass through Himachal Pradesh are ___________.

(A) Beas, Chenab, Ravi, Satluj and Yamuna

(B) Chenab, Ravi and Satluj only

(C) Beas and Ravi only

(D) Beas and Chenab only

Question 9. Which of the following canals has been taken out from Damodar river? 

(A) Eastern Grey Canal

(B) Bist Doab Canal

(C) Edon Canal

(D) Sirhind Canal

Question 10. Damodar is a tributary of river __________.

(A) Swaranrekha

(B) Padma

(C) Hooghly

(D) Ganga

Question 11. River Damodar emergers from ________.

(A) Western slope of somesar hills

(B) Near Nainital

(C) Chhotanagpur

(D) Tibbet

Question 12. Which one of the following East flowing rivers of India has rift valley due to down warping?

(A) Yamuna

(B) Son

(C) Mahanadi

(D) Damodar

Question 13. Which of the following rivers is most polluted?

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Damodar

(C) Periyar

(D) Gomati

Question 14. Rajarappa is situated on the confluence of which rivers?

(A) Damodar – Konar

(B) Damodar – Barakar

(C) Damodar – Sherbukhi

(D) Damodar – Bhera

Question 15. Which of the following is land bounded river? 

(A) Narmada

(B) Luni

(C) Krishna

(D) Tapti

Question 16. With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements is correct?

(A) It is lost in the marshy land of the Rann of Kutch

(B) It flows into Pakistan and merges with a tributary of Indus

(C) It flows into Gulf of Kutch

(D) It flows into Gulf of Khambhat

Question 17. Example of inland drainage river is ________.

(A) Krishna

(B) Narmada

(C) Ghaggar

(D) Mahi

Question 18. Of the following rivers, the maximum shifting of course has taken ___________.

(A) Ganga

(B) Kosi

(C) Gandak

(D) Son

Question 19. Which of the following river is notorious for maximum shifting of its course?

(A) Gomti

(B) Damodar

(C) Kosi

(D) Ganga

Question 20. River Khari is part of the drainage system of __________.

(A) Bay of Bengal

(B) Inland drainage

(C) Inland drainage

(D) Arabian Sea

Question 21. Which of the following rivers does  not have its source in glaciers?

(A) Mandakini

(B) Kosi

(C) Alaknanda

(D) Yamuna

Question 22. Triveni Canal receives water from river ___________.

(A) Mayurakshi

(B) Gandak

(C) Kosi

(D) Son

Question 23. Which river in Bihar changed its  course in the year 2008 and caused calamity?

(A) Ghaghra

(B) Kosi

(C) Gandak

(D) Ganga

Question 24. From North towards South, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given rivers in India?

(A) Zaskar – Satluj – Shyok – Spiti

(B) Zaskar – Shyok – Satluj – Spiti

(C) Shyok – Zaskar – Spiti – Satluj

(D) Shyok – Spiti – Zaskar – Satluj