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Class 11 Test

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about Indian rivers. It tests knowledge about the sources and courses of major rivers like the Ganga, Indus, Krishna and others. It also contains questions about tributaries that flow into major rivers, the drainage systems of different regions of India, and technical terms used when describing river systems like watersheds and cumecs.

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Class 11 Test

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about Indian rivers. It tests knowledge about the sources and courses of major rivers like the Ganga, Indus, Krishna and others. It also contains questions about tributaries that flow into major rivers, the drainage systems of different regions of India, and technical terms used when describing river systems like watersheds and cumecs.

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1. Name a river of antecedent drainge.

(a) Indus
(b) Godawari
(c) Narmada
(d) Padma
2. Which is the north-flowing tributary of Ganga?
(a) Kosi
(b) Ghaghra
(c) Son
(d) Chambal
3. A relief which divides two areas drained by the river is known as
(a) Watershed
(b) River basin
(c) Drainage pattern
(d) Water management
4.  Name the source of the Krishna River.   
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Mahableshwar
(d) ZanskarValley
5. In the mountainous course, the Himalayan rivers form
(a) Meander
(b) Gorges
(c) Braided channels
(d) Delta
6. Which one of the following rivers is known as the Sorrow of Bengal?
(a) Gandak
(b) Kosi
(c) Son
(d) Damodar
7. What is the source of the Jhelum River?
(a) Zanskar Valley
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Wular lake
8. What is the source of the Jhelum River?
(a) Zanskar Valley
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Wular lake
9. Name the source of River Indus.
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Gangotri
(d) Zanskar Valley
10. Name the main watershed of Peninsular rivers.
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) the Western Ghats
(c) the Eastern Ghats
(d) Himalayan Mountains
11. Name an important river of Peninsular India forming an estuary at its mouth.
(a) Ganga
(b) Godawari
(c) Narmada
(d) Padma
12. The correct sequence of the west flowing rivers in the peninsular India from north to south is.
a) Sabarmati, Mahi, Kalinadi, Periyar, Bharathapuzha
b) Mahi, Sabarmati, Kalinadi, Periyar, Bharathapuzha
c) Sabarmati, Mahi, Kalinadi, Bharathapuzha, Periyar
d) Mahi, Sabarmati, Kalinadi, Bharathapuzha, Periyar

13. Which one of the following rivers is not included in ‘Panchnad’?


(a) The Ravi
(b) The Chenab
(c) The Indus
(d) The Jhelum
14. Which one of the following is the place of confluence of the Alaknanda and the
Bhagirathi?
(a) Vishnu Prayag
(b) Rudra Prayag
(c) Karan Prayag
(d) Deva Prayag
15. The pattern of flow of water in a river channel over a year is known as what?
(a) Regime
(b) Cumecs
(c) Cusecs
(d) None of these
16. Cumecs is measured:          
(a) Cubic foot per second
(b) Cubic metres per second
(c) In square metres
(d) None of these
17. Name the westernmost and longest tributary of river Ganga?
(a) Kosi
(b) Ramganga
(c) Gandak
(d) Yamuna
18. From where does river Chenab originate?
(a) Baralacha Pass
(b) Rohtang Pass
(c) Rakstal
(d) Verinag
19.  On the basis of regional distribution the Indian drainage system is categorised
into:
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five
20. Which river rises from Pir panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of
Kashmir?
(a) Satluj
(b) Jhelum
(c) Indus
(d) Ravi
21. The antecedent river of Ganga is
(a) Ghaghra
(b) Gandak
(c) Kosi
(d) Sun Kosi
22. The Ganga has its minimum flow during
(a) August-September
(b) January-June
(c) May-June
(d) July-August
23. A mighty river called Shiwalik or Indo-Brahma flowed during:
(a) Pleistocene
(b) Pliocene
(c) Miocene
(d) Palaeocene
24. Match the following:
A B
(i) Chambal (p) Vemobanad
(ii) Mahananda (q) Ponnani
(iii) Bharathapuzha (r) badland topography
(iv) Pamba (s) Milam glacier
(t) Darjeeling Hills
(a) (i)t, (ii)q, (iii)s, (iv)p
(b) (i)r, (ii)t, (iii)q, (iv)p
(c) (i)t, (ii)s, (iii)p, (iv)r
(d) (i)s, (ii)q, (iii)r, (iv)p

25. Match the following items in List-I (River) with the items in List-II (Place where it joins river Ganga)
List-I                    List-II
A. Gandak          1. Arrah
B. Ghaghara    2. Kannauj
C. Mahananda    3. Chhapra
D. Son                4. Sonpur
E. Ramganga 5. West Bengal
Code:
ABCD
a) 1 2 3 4 5
b) 3 4 2 5 1
c) 4 3 5 1 2
d) 2 1 4 3 5

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