Geography Quiz: Rivers

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Today we are posting a quiz on the Geography section of General Awareness. The topic of the quiz is Rivers in India.

1. River Damodar is known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it— 

A. Caused maximum soil erosion. 

B. Gets flooded often causing havoc. 

C. Forms number of dangerous waterfalls. 

D. Is not a perennial river.

2. On whiich river, the Nagarjuna Sagar project is constructed? 

A. Kaveri 

B. Krishna 

C. Godavari 

D. Indus 

3. Name the river which is also named as the Yarlung Zangbo river?

A. Ganga

B. Indus

C. Brahmaputra

D. Mahanadi

4. On which river, the Salal Project is built?

A. Chenab

B. Jhelum

C. Ravi

D. Sutlej

5. Which rivers of the Indian subcontinent which are having their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. 

A. Indus, Jhelum and Sutlej

B. Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Yamuna

C. Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej

D. Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna

6. Which of the following given groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?

A. Beas, Ravi and Chenab

B. Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum

C. Sutlej, Beas and Ravi

D. Sutlej, Ravi and Jhelum

7. Which of the following rivers fall into Bay of Bengal?

A. Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godavari

B. Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery

C. Luni, Narnada and Tapti

D. Both (a) and (b)

8. Which of the following given rivers have their source of origin in Tibet?

A. Brahmaputra, Ganges and Sutlej

B. Ganges, Sutlej and Yamuna

C. Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej

D. Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej

9. Sone is the tributary of which river?

A. Yamuna 

B. Ganga

C. Brahmaputra 

D. Sutlej 

10. Which city of India is located on the River Hooghly?

A. Lucknow 

B.Kolkata (Calcutta)

C. Ahmedabad 

D. Agra 

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