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UPSC CDS Rivers — practice questions — page 4

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Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries ofRead the answer and worked solution →The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not includeRead the answer and worked solution →Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which time of the day is generally the hottest period all over India?Read the answer and worked solution →How do dust storms in summer affect the temperature?Read the answer and worked solution →The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall isRead the answer and worked solution →The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate inRead the answer and worked solution →The amount and Intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to the Indian Himalayas?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each superlative to the correct Indian geography factRead the answer and worked solution →Tap the item that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Fill in the Indian geography superlativesRead 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 →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 →

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Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries of

  1. Ganga
  2. Brahmaputra
  3. Yamuna
  4. Indus
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Correct answer: D. Indus

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

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The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not include

  1. Alakananda
  2. Yamuna
  3. Son
  4. Tons
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Correct answer: A. Alakananda

This Indian Geography item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: Alakananda. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because of

  1. lack of eroded material
  2. the high gradient
  3. lack of vegetation free area
  4. low velocity
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Correct answer: B. the high gradient

This Indian Geography item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: the high gradient. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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