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The Panjnad joining the Indus is made of the Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Jhelum rises from a spring at Verinag and flows through Srinagar and which lake?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandra and Bhaga join at Tandi to form which largest tributary of the Indus?Read the answer and worked solution →The Satluj feeds the canal system of which project?Read the answer and worked solution →At Devprayag the Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda and the river is then called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga enters the plains at:Read the answer and worked solution →Which state has the longest stretch of the Ganga, 1,450 km?Read the answer and worked solution →Once the sorrow of Bengal, which river was tamed by a multipurpose valley corporation?Read the answer and worked solution →In southern Tibet the Brahmaputra is known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Bangladesh, after the Tista joins, the Brahmaputra is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two major Peninsular rivers flow west instead of east?Read the answer and worked solution →The Peninsular river called the Dakshin Ganga is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna rises near Mahabaleshwar; its major tributaries are Koyna, Bhima and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada flows in a rift valley between the Satpura and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest river system of Rajasthan west of the Aravali, ending in the Rann of Kuchchh, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Ganga tributariesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Punjab fiveRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real riverRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the drainage wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Which seaRead the answer and worked solution →Which river systemRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rivers bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A farmer is told soil takes millions of years to form a few centimetres, yet it is called the most important ___ natural resource.Read the answer and worked solution →The entire northern plains are made of which soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soil of the northern plains was deposited by the Indus, the Ganga and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Coarse alluvial soils in Duars, Chos and Terai are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Old alluvium with more kanker nodules is called:Read the answer and worked solution →New alluvium, finer and more fertile than the old, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soils have potash, phosphoric acid and lime, ideal for sugarcane, paddy and:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Panjnad joining the Indus is made of the Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and:

  1. Tochi
  2. Jhelum
  3. Kabul
  4. Gomal
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Correct answer: B. Jhelum

1. Panjnad means five rivers. 2. They are the rivers of Punjab. 3. The fifth is the Jhelum. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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The Jhelum rises from a spring at Verinag and flows through Srinagar and which lake?

  1. Chilika
  2. Loktak
  3. Wular
  4. Sambhar
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Correct answer: C. Wular

1. The Jhelum flows through the Kashmir valley. 2. It passes a large freshwater lake. 3. That is the Wular lake. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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Chandra and Bhaga join at Tandi to form which largest tributary of the Indus?

  1. Ravi
  2. Beas
  3. Satluj
  4. Chenab
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Correct answer: D. Chenab

1. The two streams meet near Keylong. 2. The river is also called Chandrabhaga. 3. It is the Chenab. _Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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