Rivers of the World Quiz

Question 1. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?  

(A) Lena

(B) Congo

(C) Amur

(D) Amazon

Question 2.The longest river of South America_____.

(A) Ganga

(B) Mississippi

(C) Amazon

(D) Nile

Question 3. Largest river of the world in terms of drainage area, is_______.

(A) Mississippi-Missouri

(B) Congo

(C) Amazon

(D) Nile

Question 4. Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice?

(A) Amazon

(B) Nil

(C) Niger

(D) Zaire

Question 5.Which of the following countries is not under the drainage area of Nile river?

(A) Uganda

(B) Sudan

(C) Ethiopia

(D) Chad

Question 6.The Blue Nile river originates from________.

(A) Lake Albert

(B) Lake Edward

(C) Lake Tana

(D) Lake Victoria

Question 7. Which one of the following rivers of Asia flows towards the South?

(A) Salween

(B) Ob

(C) Lena

(D) Amur

Question 8. The largest river of Asia is________.

(A) Hwang Ho

(B) Yangtze

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Indus

Question 9. Syr and Amu rivers fall into_________.

(A) Aral Sea

(B) Baltic Sea

(C) Black Sea

(D) Caspian Sea

Question 10. The river duo, which fall into the Black Sea are________.

(A) Ural-Volga

(B) Dnieper-Danube

(C) Dnieper-Volga

(D) Volga-Danube

Question 11. River Volga falls into________.

(A) Mediterranean Sea

(B) Black Sea

(C) Caspian Sea

(D) Red Sea

Question 12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

Question 13. Assertion (A): Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.
Reason (R): It is an oasis of the Sahara desert.
Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Question 14.The glacial lake Itasca is the source of river________.

(A) Red river

(B) Rio Grande

(C) Mississippi

(D) Missouri

Question 15. The great Asian river Mekong does not flow through_______.

(A) Laos

(B) Combodia

(C) Malaysia

(D) China

Question 16. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

(A) Rhone – Spain

(B) Rhine – Germany

(C) Po – Italy

(D) Dnieper – Ukraine

Question 17. Mahaweli Ganga is a river of________.

(A) Nepal

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) India

(D) Bangladesh

Question 18. The country which provides the best example of radial drainage is________.

(A) Zaire

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) France

(D) Australia

Question 19. Which of the following river of Africa crosses Tropic of Capricorn twice? 

(A) Niger

(B) Congo

(C) Limpopo

(D) Zambezi

Question 20. Which of the following is not related to Asia?

(A) Tigris

(B) Niger

(C) Amur

(D) Lop Nor

Question 21.Which of the following river flows through rift valley?

(A) Rhine

(B) Volga

(C) Indus

(D) Amazon