MCQ on South Indian Rivers: Indian Geography Quiz

Question 1. The Narmada Valley lies between which of the following mountain ranges? 

(A) Vindhyachal and Aravalli

(B) Satpura and Vindhyachal

(C) Satpura and Aravalli

(D) Bhander and Maikal

Question 2. Which of the following rivers does not form delta?

(A) Cauvery

(B) Narmada

(C) Godavari

(D) Mahanadi

Question 3. Which of the following rivers passes through rift valley?

(A) Cauvery

(B) Tapti

(C) Godavari

(D) Krishna

Question 4. Among the following which river flows in rift valley?

(A) Tapti

(B) Son

(C) Yamuna

(D) Cauvery

Question 5. Which of the following districts is part of Narmada basin?

(A) Korba

(B) Bastar

(C) Raipur

(D) Rajnandgaon

Question 6. Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

(A) Tapti

(B) Narmada

(C) Mahanadi

(D) Damodar

Question 7. Narmada Valley is an example of _________.

(A) Horst

(B) Nappe

(C) Rift Valley

(D) Fault Scrap

Question 8. Narmada river originates at ___________.

(A) Amarkantak

(B) Hoshangabad

(C) Shahdol

(D) Bhedaghat

Question 9. The river which flows through a fault trough, is __________.

(A) Krishna

(B) Ganga

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Narmada

Question 10. Which of these West flowing rivers flows between two mountain ranges? 

(A) Sabarmati

(B) Mahi

(C) Narmada

(D) Sharavati

Question 11. Which one of the following rivers flows towards the West?

(A) Yamuna

(B) Godavari

(C) Narmada

(D) Ganga

Question 12. The River ‘Tawa’ is a tributary of __________.

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Parvati

(C) Narmada

(D) Tapti

Question 13. Which of the following rivers falls into the Arabian Sea?

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Krishna

(C) Tapti

(D) Godavari

Question 14. Which of the following rivers does not fall into Bay of Bengal?

(A) Godavari

(B) Tapti

(C) Krishna

(D) Mahanadi

Question 15. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and  reunites a few miles further on, thus forming the islands of Srirangappattanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam? 

(A) Godavari

(B) Krishna

(C) Tungabhadra

(D) Cauvery

Question 16. The source of Cauvery River lies in ___________.

(A) Amarkantak

(B) Gavaligarh Hills

(C) Brahmagiri Hills

(D) Sahyadri

Question 17. River Cauvery flows through ___________.

(A) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu

(B) Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh

(C) Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

(D) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

Question 18. Which one of the following rivers is called the Ganga of South?

(A) Narmada

(B) Godavari

(C) Krishna

(D) Cauvery

Question 19. Recently, linking of which of the following  rivers was undertaken?

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Tapti

(C) Godavari

(D) Godavari

Question 20. What is the correct sequence of the rivers – Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapti in the descending order of their lengths?

(A) Narmada – Tapti – Godavari – Mahanadi

(B) Narmada – Godavari – Tapti – Mahanadi

(C) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapti

(D) Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapti