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UPSC CDS Rivers & Water Bodies — practice questions

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The 'Chilka lake region' lies in between the deltas of:Read the answer and worked solution →River Damodar is called 'Sorrow of Bengal' because it:Read the answer and worked solution →Shyok is a tributary of:Read the answer and worked solution →By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Most of the rivers flowing westward from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because:Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayan rivers are:Read the answer and worked solution →By which name does the Brahmaputra enter into India?Read the answer and worked solution →The river basin which is called 'Ruhr of India' is:Read the answer and worked solution →The longest river of peninsular India is :Read the answer and worked solution →The highest waterfall in India is :Read the answer and worked solution →In which state is Jog Falls located?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra Nangal Multipurpose Project is a joint venture of [IAS 2009] .Read the answer and worked solution →Wular lake of Kashmir is a :Read the answer and worked solution →The second largest river basin in India is of the river:Read the answer and worked solution →The second largest basin in Peninsular India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?Read the answer and worked solution →Canal irrigation is most important in the Northern Plains of India because:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each drainage termRead the answer and worked solution →Which one does NOT belong?Read the answer and worked solution →A boatman on the northern plains sees rivers branching like a tree. This drainage pattern is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rivers spread out in all directions from the Amarkantak range. The pattern is:Read the answer and worked solution →A line separating one drainage basin from the next is the:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's drainage area drains into the Bay of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Himalayan rivers flow all year because they are fed by rain and:Read the answer and worked solution →A Bihar farmer dreads the river that keeps shifting its course, the sorrow of Bihar. It is the:Read the answer and worked solution →In Tibet the Indus is called Singi Khamban, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The 'Chilka lake region' lies in between the deltas of:

  1. Ganga and Mahanadi
  2. Mahanadi and Godavari
  3. Godavari and Krishna
  4. Krishna and Cauvery
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Correct answer: B. Mahanadi and Godavari

This Rivers & Water Bodies item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: Mahanadi and Godavari. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank) (orig. NDA 2003)_

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River Damodar is called 'Sorrow of Bengal' because it:

  1. causes maximum soil erosion
  2. forms number of dangerous waterfalls
  3. gets flooded often causing havoc
  4. is not a perennial river
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Correct answer: C. gets flooded often causing havoc

This Rivers & Water Bodies item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: gets flooded often causing havoc. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank) (orig. CPO SI 2003)_

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Shyok is a tributary of:

  1. Brahmaputra
  2. Chenab
  3. Sutlej
  4. Indus
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Correct answer: D. Indus

This Rivers & Water Bodies item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: Indus. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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