MCQ on South Indian Rivers: Indian Geography Quiz

MCQs On South Indian Rivers Indian Geography
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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

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(B) Satpura and Vindhyachal 

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

(A) Cauvery

(B) Narmada

(C) Godavari

(D) Mahanadi

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(B) Narmada 

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

(A) Cauvery

(B) Tapti

(C) Godavari

(D) Krishna

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(B) Tapti  

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

(A) Tapti

(B) Son

(C) Yamuna

(D) Cauvery

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(A) Tapti 

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

(A) Korba

(B) Bastar

(C) Raipur

(D) Rajnandgaon

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(D) Rajnandgaon  

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

(A) Tapti

(B) Narmada

(C) Mahanadi

(D) Damodar

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(B) Narmada 

Question 7. Narmada Valley is an example of _________.

(A) Horst

(B) Nappe

(C) Rift Valley

(D) Fault Scrap

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(C) Rift Valley

Question 8. Narmada river originates at ___________.

(A) Amarkantak

(B) Hoshangabad

(C) Shahdol

(D) Bhedaghat

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(A) Amarkantak

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

(A) Krishna

(B) Ganga

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Narmada

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(D) Narmada  

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

(A) Sabarmati

(B) Mahi

(C) Narmada

(D) Sharavati

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(C) Narmada

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

(A) Yamuna

(B) Godavari

(C) Narmada

(D) Ganga

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(C) Narmada

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

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Parvati

(C) Narmada

(D) Tapti

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(C) Narmada

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

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Krishna

(C) Tapti

(D) Godavari

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(C) Tapti

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

(A) Godavari

(B) Tapti

(C) Krishna

(D) Mahanadi

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(B) Tapti 

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

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(D) Cauvery

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

(A) Amarkantak

(B) Gavaligarh Hills

(C) Brahmagiri Hills

(D) Sahyadri

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(C) Brahmagiri Hills

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

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(C) Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu

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

(A) Narmada

(B) Godavari

(C) Krishna

(D) Cauvery

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(D) Cauvery  

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

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Tapti

(C) Godavari

(D) Godavari

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(C) 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

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(C) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapti
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