Top 200 Gk ॥ RIVERS OF INDIA ॥ Indian drainage system ॥

                    RIVERS OF INDIA

             Indian Drainage System

                             

Collected By Mr. Pusanta  Pegu.

1) What is the total length  of Brahmaputra river?

Ans:- 2900 km.

2) In Bangladesh , Brahmaputra is Known by which name?

Ans:- Jamuna.

3) The combined stream of Ganga and Bramaputra in Bangladesh is known by which name?

Ans:- Padma.

4) Which drainage systems fall in the Bay of Bengal?

Ans:- Ganga , Brahmaputra , Godavari , Mahanadi , Krishna and Kaveri.

5) Which the  rivers is famous for its fault valley drainage ?

Ans:- Damodar.

6) Which the largest and longest river of  India?

Ans:- Ganga.

7) The Brahmaputra river is an example of which type of drainage system ?

Ans:- Antecedent  drainage system.

8) Which river's tributary is Manas?

Ans:- Brahmaputra.

9) By what name is the Brahmaputra river known in Tibet?

Ans:-  Tsangpo.

10) The Brahmaputra Rivers flows through ___

Ans:- Tibet , India and Bangladesh.

11) Which is the most important distributory of Brahmaputra before it enters the Bay of Bengal?

Ans:- Meghna.

12) Which river is called Tsangpo?

Ans:- Brahmaputra river.

13) What is the river Dihang is called in Assam?

Ans:- Brahmaputra.

14) What is the river Brahmaputra called in Arunachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Dihang.

15) What is the river Brahmaputra called in China?

Ans:- Tsangpo.

16) Which an important river draining Manipur and Mizoram?

Ans:- Barak.

17) What is the name of the tributary of the Brahmaputra in Arunachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Lohit.

18) What is the name of the tributary of the Brahmaputra in The state of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Subansari Rivers.

19) Which are the main tributaries of Brahmaputra river?

Ans:- Kameng , Manas , Raidak , Teesta from right and Dibang , Lohit , Dhansiri , Kalong towards left.

20) In which are the river passes through rift valley?

Ans:- Narmada , Tapi , Mahi and Damodar river flows through the Rift valley.

21) Narmada river originate from....

Ans:- Amarkantak.

22) Krishna River dispute exists between which states?

Ans:- Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra and Karnataka.

23) What is the correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the Peninsular India from the North to South is ?

Ans:- Subarnarekha , Mahanadi , Godavari , Krishna , Pennar , Cauvery and Vagai.

24) Where is the origin of Bhagirathi river?

Ans:- Gomukh.

25) The combined stream of which rivers forms  the biggest delta in the world?

Ans:- Ganga and Brahmaputra.

26) For how many kilometers,Brahmaputra river flows into India?

Ans:- 885 km.

27) Leh is situated on which bank of the Indus river?

Ans:- On the right bank.

28) Which Asian rivers is the third largest river in the world?

Ans:- Brahmaputra.

29) Where is the source of river Brahmaputra?

Ans:- Chemayungdung Glacier(Tibet , China).

30) From which glacier Brahmaputra rises in Tibet?

Ans:- Chemayungdung glacier.

31) Which is the largest city situated on the banks of river Ganges?

Ans:- Kanpur.

32) What is the name of Brahmaputra in Tibet?

Ans:- Tsangpo.

33) Brahmaputra enters the Indian territory from which north - eastern state?

Ans:- Arunachal Pradesh.

34) Brahmaputra enters the Indian territory under which name ?

Ans:- Dihang.

35) Subansiri , Kameng , Dhansiri, Manas , Dibang , Lohit and Teesta are the important tributaries of which river?

Ans:- Brahmaputra.

36) which the rivers bank famous temple of Badrinath is located?

Ans:- Alaknanda.

37) Which the second longest river in India?

Ans:- Godavari.( 1465 km.)

38) The river Yamuna originates from---

Ans:- Banderpunch.

39) The combined stream of which rivers forms the biggest delta in the world?

Ans:- Ganga and Brahmaputra.

40) What is the name of the biggest delta in the world?

Ans:- Sundarbans.

41) How much area is covered by the Sundarbans?

Ans:- 58,752 sq. km.

42) The major part of the Sundarbans lies in which country ?

Ans:- Bangladesh.

43) Which river island on Brahmaputra is the biggest river island in the world?

Ans:- Majuli.

44) Biggest river island of the world Majuli is situated in which state?

Ans:- Assam.

45) Which river is called the Red River in India?

Ans:- Brahmaputra.

46) Brahmaputra is navigable for a distance of how many kilometers and serves as an excellent inland water transport route?

Ans:- 1384 km ( Up to Dibrugarh)

47) Which is the biggest river system (basin) in India?

Ans:- Ganga system .

48) Which river is the tributary of the Ganges  , 

that originates in the plains?

Ans:- Gomti ( Pilibhit).

49) What is the total length of Ganga?

Ans:- 2525 km.

50) In which state , Ganga covers the most ditance?

Ans:- Uttar Pradesh.(1,450 km)

51) What is the distance Ganga covers in Uttarakhand?

Ans:- 110 km.

52) Where is the origin of the rivers Indus , Brahmaputra and Sutlej ?

Ans:- Tibet.

53) What is the distance Ganga covers in Bihar?

Ans:- 445 km.

54) What is the distance Ganga covers in West Bengal?

Ans:- 520 km.

55) The head stream of Ganga is constituted of which two main rivers?

Ans:- Bhagirthi and Alaknanda.

56) Bhagirthi and Alaknandac combine at which place to form Ganga?

Ans:- Devprayag.

57) Before Alaknanda meets Bhagirthi at Devprayag , Which stream meets Alaknanda?

Ans:- Mandakini ( or Kali Ganga)

58) At which place Mandakini meets Alknanda?

Ans:- Rudraprayag.

59) What is the meeting point of Dhauliganga and Alaknanda?

Ans:- Vishnuprayag.

60) Karnaprayag is the meeting point of which rivers?

Ans:- Alaknanda and Pindar.

61) What is the meeting point of Alaknanda and Nandakini?

Ans:- Nandaprayag.

62) What is the correct sequence of these meeting points (sangams)

Ans:- Vishnuprayag , Nandaprayag , Karnaprayag , Rudraprayag and Devprayag.

63) What is the source of Bhagirthi?

Ans:- Gaumukh ( Uttarakhand)

64) Satopath Glacier ( Badrinath) is the source of which river?

Ans:- Alaknanda.

65) Kedarnath is the source of which river?

Ans:- Mandakini.

66) Which is the most important tributary of Ganga?

Ans:- Yamuna ( 1375).

67) Yamuna flows at which bank of Ganga?

Ans:- Right bank.

68) Yamuna risest at the which glacier in Uttarakhand?

Ans:- Yamunotri glacier.

69) Yamuna runs parallel to Ganga for how many kilometers ?

Ans:- 800 km.

70) Yamuna joints Ganga at which place?

Ans:- Prayagraj ( Allahabad)

71) Which are the important tributaries of Yamuna?

Ans:- Chambal , Tons , Sind , Betwa and Ken.

72) Which is the largest tributary of Yamuna ?

Ans:- Tons.

73) Which is the longest tributary of Yamuna?

Ans:- Chambal.

74) What is the total length of Chambal river?

Ans:- 1050 km.

75) What is the total length of Tons river?

Ans:- 150 km.

76) What is the total length of Sind river?

Ans:- 480 km.

77) What is the total length of Betwa river?

Ans:- 480 km.

78) What is the total length of Ken river?

Ans:- 427 km.

79) Gandhi Sagar Dam on the Chambal river is situated at which place?

Ans:- Rajasthan - MP border.

80) Rana Pratap Sagar Dam on the Chambal river is situated in which state?

Ans:- Rahasthan.

81) Jawahar Sagar Dam in Rajasthan is on which river?

Ans:- Chambal.

82) Kota Barrage in Rajasthan is on which river?

Ans:- Chambal.

83) Apart from Yamuna , which are the other main tributaries of Ganga?

Ans:- Ghaghra , Son , Gandak , Kosi , Gomti and Damodar.

84) What is the total length of Ghaghra river?

Ans:- 1080 km.

85) What is the total length of Son river?

Ans:- 780 km.

86) What is the total length of Gandak river?

Ans:- 425 km.

87) What is the total length of kosi river?

Ans:- 730 km.

88) What is the total length of Gomti river?

Ans:- 805 km.

89) What is the total length of Damodar river?

Ans:- 541 km.

90) Which river is infamous as ' Sorrow of Bihar'?

Ans:- Kosi.

91) Which river is known as ' Sorrow of Bengal'?

Ans:- Damodar.

92) Which distributary of river Ganga flows into Bangladesh ?

Ans:- Bhagirathi.

93) What is the name that Bhagirathi gets when flows into Bangladesh ?

Ans:- Padma.

94) Hooghly is joined by which river before it flows through Kolkata and falls into Bay of Bengal?

Ans:- Damodar.

95) Farakka Barrage is built across which river in West Bengal?

Ans:- Ganga.

96) Farakka Barrage was built in which year?

Ans:- 1975

97) Farakka Barrage serves water to which thermal power station?

Ans:- Farakka Super Thermal Power Station.

98) Into how many main groups the rivers in India can be divided?

Ans:- Two ( Himalaya Rivers and Peninsular Rivers.)

99) Which major river system are there in Himalayan Rivers?

Ans:- Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra system.

100) What is the total length of Indus ?

Ans:- 2880 km.

101) How many kilometers Indus flows in India?

Ans:- 709 km.

102) India rises in Tibet (China) near which lake?

Ans:- Mansarovar Lake.

103) What is Indus called in Tibet?

Ans:- Singi Khamban.

104) Jhelum , Chenab , Ravi , Beas and Sutlej are the most important tributaries of which  river?

Ans:- Indus.

105) What is the total length of Jhelum?

Ans:- 725 km.

106) What is the total length of Chenab?

Ans:- 1800 km.

107) What is the total length of Ravi?

Ans:- 720 km.

108) What is the total length of Beas?

Ans:- 470 km.

109) What is the total length of Sutlej?

Ans:- 1050 km.

110) Which rivers originates from Verinage ( South East Kashmir)

Ans:- Jhelum.

111) Which river originates from  Bara Lacha Pass (Lahaul - Spiti, Himachal Pradesh)

Ans:-Chenab.

112) Which river originate from Kullu Hills near Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Ravi.

113) Which river originates from a place near Rohtang Pass  in Himachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Beas.

114) Which river originates from Mansarovar - Rakas lakes in Western Tibet?

Ans:- Satluj.

115) Which project is a run  of  the river 

power project on chenab?

Ans:- Baglihar Project.

116) Which rivers flows between Kedarnath and Rudraprayang?

Ans:- Mandakini.

117) Mandakini river is related to which river flow or  main river?

Ans:- Alaknanda.

118) The famous temple of  Badrinath is situated on the banks of Which river?

Ans:- Alaknanda.

119) Where is the origin of river Yamuna?

Ans:- Yamunotri glaciers of Bandarpunch range..

120) Damodar river is the largest tributary of which river?

Ans:- Hooghly.

121) Which major rivers flow  from Himachal Pradesh?

Ans:- Chenab , Ravi and Sutlej.

122) Which is the most diverting river?

Ans:- Kosi.

123) Which one of the  river of India flowing eastward formed the Rift valley due to down warping?

Ans:- Damodar River.

124) On which river has the Rajghat River Valley project been built in the states of Uttar Pradesh 

and Madhya  Pradesh ?

Ans:- Betwa River.

125) On which river is the  world's highest - bridge built?

Ans:- Chenab ( Chenab Rail bridge)

126) Which structure does Narmada and Tapti rivers form when falling  into the sea?

Ans:- Estuary.

126)  Where are the two main rivers flowing through the Rift Valley and fall in the Arabian Sea?

Ans:- Narmada and Tapti.

128) Which two river originate at Amarkantak?

Ans:- Narmada , Son.

129) Where is the origin of Son and Narmada river?

Ans:- Amarkantak.

130) In which direction does the Narmada River flow?

Ans:- West.

131) Which is a land - bound or inflowing river?

Ans:- Luni.

132) Which river has water in the Triveni canal built in Bihar?

Ans:- Gandak.

133) Kapila is a tributary of Which river?

Ans:- Kaveri

134) Which river's catchment area is highest in the rivers of south India?

Ans:- Godavari ( 3,12,812 km²)

135) Which is the longest peninsular river in India?

Ans:- Godavari (1,465 km)

136) What is the correct sequence of Damodar , Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapti in descending order of length of rivers?

Ans:- Godavari (1465 km), Narmada(1312 km), Mahanadi(851km) and Tapti (724 km)

137) Which river forms the island called Srirangapatnam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?

Ans:- Cauvery/Kaveri.

138) Where is the origin of the river Kaveri located?

Ans:- In the Brahmagiri hills.

139) Which river of India cuts the Tropic of Cancer twice?

Ans:- Mahi River.

140) Most of the saline rivers are part of which runoff system ?

Ans:- Bay of Bengal.

141) In which state is the Mahatma Gandhi Setu built on the Ganges river?

Ans:- Bihar (Patna).

142) Which river is called the treacherous river?

Ans:- Hooghly River.

143) Sankosh river forms the boundary between which two states?

Ans:- Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

145) By which name are Sutlej, Vyas,Ravi,Chenab and Jhelum known collectively?

Ans:- Panchanad.

146) From which place does the river jhelum originates?

Ans:- From the Verinag Falls of Kashmir.

147) The Himalayan rivers are___

Ans:- Perennial.

148) Which rivers of Peninsular India form delta?

Ans:- East Flowing rivers.

149) Which are the main East flowing rivers?

Ans:- Mahanadi , Godavari,Krishna and Cauvery.

150) Mahanadi rises in which district of Chhattishgarh?

Ans:- Raipur district.

151) Mahanadi rises in which district of Chhattishgarh?

Ans:- Raipur district.

152) What is the total length of Mahanadi?

Ans:- 858 km.

153) Ib, Seonath, Hasdo , Mand , Jonk , Tel are the main tributaries of which peninsular river?

Ans:- Mahanadi.

154) Which Peninsular river is also called Vriddha Ganga or Dakshina Ganga?

Ans:- Godavari.

155) Which is the lingest peninsular river?

Ans:- Godavari(1465 km).

156) Which river has the second biggest basin in India after Ganga?

Ans:- Godavari

157) Which Peninsular river rises in Nasik?

Ans:- Godavari.

158) Manjra,Penganga,Taliperu, Wardha,Indravati,Wainganga,Sabari,Pranahita are the main tributaries of which river?

Ans:- Godavari.

159) Which Peninsular river rises in Western Ghats near Mahabaleshwar?

Ans:- Krishna.

160) What is the total length of Krishna ?

Ans:- 1327 km.

161) Koyna,Dudhganga, Panchganga,Malprabha,Ghatprabha,Bhima,Tungabhadra and Musi are the main tributaries of which Peninsular river?

Ans:- Krishna.

162) Which is the largest peninsular river (maximum amount of water)?

Ans:- Cauvery.

163) Which is the only peninsular river which flows almost throughout the year?

Ans:- Cauvery.

164) What is the total length of Cauvery?

Ans:- 805 km.

165) Which river is known as the Ganga of the South?

Ans:- Cauvery.

166) Which river rises from the Brahmagir range of Western Ghats?

Ans:- Cauvery.

167) Which river's upper catchment area receives rainfall during summer by the S.W.monsoon and the lower catchment area during winter season by the retreting N.E.monsoon?

Ans:- Cauvery.

168) Which two main rivers rise from Ranchi Plateau?

Ans:- Swarnarekha and Brahmani.

169) What is the total length of Swarnarekha?

Ans:- 395 km.

170) What is the total length of Brahmani?

Ans:- 705 km.

171) Which peninsular rivers do not form deltas because of high gradient?

Ans:- West Flowing rivers.

172) Which peninsular rivers have dendritic pattern?

Ans:- West Flowing rivers.

173) Which peninsular rivers rises in Amarkanta Plateau and flows into Gulf of Khambat?

Ans:- Narmada.

174) What is the total length of Narmada?

Ans:- 1057 km.

175) How much part Narmada has in Gujarat?

Ans:-Only1/10th part.

176) Narmada form which famous falls near jabalpur?

Ans:- Dhuan Dhar Falls.

177) Hiran, Burhner, Banjar,Shar,Shakkar,Tawa are the main tributaries of which river?

Ans:- Narmada.

178) Which peninsular rivers rises from Betul district in Madya Pradesh?

Ans:- Tapti.

179) What is the total length of Tapti?

Ans:- 724 km.

180) Which river is also known as twin or handmaid of Narmada?

Ans:- Tapti.

181) Purna ,Betul, Arunavati,Gajal are the main tributaries of which river?

Ans:- Tapti.

182) Sarbarmati rises from Aravallis in which state?

Ans:- Rajasthan.

183) What is the total length of Sabarmati?

Ans:- 416 km.

184) Which river rises from Vindyas in MP?

Ans:- Mahi (560 km)

185) Which river cuts Tropic of Cancer twice?

Ans:- Mahi.

186) Luni rises from which mountains?

Ans:- Aravallis.

187) What is the total length of Luni?

Ans:- 450 km.

188) Which river is also called Salt River?

Ans:- Luni.

189) Luni is finally lost in the marshy grounds at the head of which  area in the Kutch District of Gujarat?

Ans:- Rann of Kuchchh.

190) Which is a west flowing river of the Sahyadris?

Ans:- Sharavati.

191)Which river forms the famous jog or Gersoppa or Mahatma Gandhi Falls?

Ans:- Sharavati.

192) Which is the broadest waterfall in India?

Ans:- Mahatma Gandhi Falls (289 m)

193) Which falls in Karnataka is the highest waterfall in India?

Ans:- Kunchikal Falls (455 m)

194) Kunchikal Falls is formed by which river that flows from western Ghats and merges into Arabian Sea?

Ans:- Varahi river.

195) Which falls is the tallest plunge waterfall in India?

Ans:- Nohkalikai Falls.

196) Nohkalikai Falls is situated near which famous place in Meghalaya?

Ans:- Cherrapunji.

197) Which falls has the maximum volume of water in India?

Ans:- Shivasamudram Falls.

198) Shivasamudram Falls is on which river in Karnataka?

Ans:- Cauvery.

199) Some rivers of India are not able to reach the sea.What do we call these type of rivers?

Ans:- Inland drainage.

200) Which is the most important river of such inland drainage ? 

Ans:- Ghaggar (494 km.)

201) Which river is considered as the old Saraswati river of the Vedic times?

Ans:- Ghaggar.