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Run to the river sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the river featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Himalayan or peninsularRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the tributariesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Drainage bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Himalayas form an arc covering a distance of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The northern-most Himalayan range, with an average height of 6,000 metres, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The core of the Great Himalayas is composed of:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest and most important range of the lesser Himalaya is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Longitudinal valleys between the lesser Himalaya and the Shiwaliks are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The part of the Himalayas between the Satluj and Kali rivers is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Northern Plain spreads over an area of about:Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli, the largest inhabited riverine island in the world, lies in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The narrow 8 to 16 km belt of pebbles along the Shiwalik foothills where streams disappear is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The wet, swampy region south of the bhabar is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Older alluvium forming a terrace above the floodplains is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Calcareous deposits in the bhangar soil are locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →The newer floodplain deposits renewed almost every year are:Read the answer and worked solution →The Peninsular plateau was formed by the breaking and drifting of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Eastern Ghats stretch from the Mahanadi valley to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The highest peak of the Western Ghats is:Read the answer and worked solution →The black soil region of the Peninsular plateau, of volcanic origin, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian desert receives rainfall below:Read the answer and worked solution →The southern part of the eastern coastal plain is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest salt water lake in India, Chilika, lies in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive islands were renamed Lakshadweep in:Read the answer and worked solution →India's only active volcano is on:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Himalayan rangesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Northern Plain wordsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run to the river sources

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Amarkantak
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  2. Correct
    Satpura
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  3. Correct
    Nasik
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  4. Correct
    Mahabaleshwar
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
  5. Correct
    Brahmagri
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
  6. Correct
    Chhattisgarh
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
Instructions
Source of the Narmada, Tapi, Godavari; then of the Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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Slice the river features

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Does not match the category
  1. Sonnet
  2. Fresco
  3. Sitar
  4. Ballad
Matches the category
  1. Gorge
  2. Meander
  3. Ox-bow
  4. Delta
  5. Estuary
Instructions
Slice only the landforms made by rivers. Spare the art words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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Himalayan or peninsular

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Upper category
Himalayan
Lower category
Peninsular
Items
  1. Category
    Himalayan
    Item
    Indus
  2. Category
    Himalayan
    Item
    Ganga
  3. Category
    Himalayan
    Item
    Kosi
  4. Category
    Himalayan
    Item
    Dihang
  5. Category
    Peninsular
    Item
    Godavari
  6. Category
    Peninsular
    Item
    Kaveri
  7. Category
    Peninsular
    Item
    Narmada
  8. Category
    Peninsular
    Item
    Tapi
Instructions
Send each river to the Himalayan track or the peninsular track.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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