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Match the following :

Rivers

a. Gomti

b. Brahmaputra

c. Godavari

d. Kaveri

Towns

1. Guwahati

2. Rajahmundry

3. Tiruchirapalli

4. Lucknow

     a  b  c  d

(1) 3  4  2  1

(2) 2  1  3  4

(3) 4  1  2  3

(4) 4  2  1  3

The river on which the reservoir for Indira Gandhi Canal has been built is

(1) Sutlej

(2) Ravi

(3) Luni

(4) Jhelum

Consider the following pairs:

Tributary                 Main River

a. Chambal          : Narmada

b. Sone                 : Yamuna

c. Manas               : Brahmaputra

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

(1) a, b and c

(2) a and b only

(3) b and c only

(4) c only

Match the following :

Dams Rivers

a. Hirakud l. Beas

b. Pong Dam 2. Bhagirathi

c. Tehri Dam 3. Ravi

d. Thein Dam 4. Mahanadi

     a    b   c   d

(1) 4   3   1   2

(2) 4   2   3   1

(3) 4   3   2   1

(4) 1   2   4   3

The longest dam in India is

(1) Bhakra Dam

(2) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

(3) Hirakud Dam

(4) Kosi Dam

Cauvery water sharing is a dispute between

(1) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

(2) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

(3) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

(4) Karnataka and Maharashtra

Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems?

(1) Varanasi

(2) Caya

(3) Ambala

(4) Allahabad

Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ?

(1) Indrawati

(2) Son

(3) Gomati

(4) Yamuna

Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River ?

(1) Godavari

(2) Krishna

(3) Ganga

(4) Narmada

The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed in the State of J & K will be on which of the following rivers?

(1) Jhelum

(2) Chenab

(3) Indus

(4) Ravi

Which river flows between the Satpuras and the Vindhyas?

(1) Godavari

(2) Gandak

(3) Tapti

(4) Narmada

The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river

(1) Godavari

(2) Krishna

(3) Periyar

(4) Tungabhadra

The River in India known as the open sewer is

(1) the Ganga

(2) the Yamuna

(3) the Narmada

(4) the Godavari

Which one of the following is the origin of the Brahmaputra river?

(1) Milam

(2) Gangotri

(3) Yamunotri

(4) Chemayungdung

Salal is the hydro power project in:

(1) Haryana

(2) Jammu and Kashmir

(3) Himachal Pradesh

(4) Punjab

The river known as the Padma in Bangladesh is

(1) Jamuna

(2) Ganga

(3) Teesta

(4) Brahmaputra

In ‘annular’ pattern, rivers flow

(1) from West to East

(2) from North to South

(3) like a ring

(4) in a transverse direction

Which river in India flows in a rift valley?

(1) Cauvery

(2) Tapti

(3) Narmada

(4) Krishna