CBSE CBSE Class 9 Geography CBSE Class 9 Social Science Class 9 Multiple Choice Questions Facebook Twitter Telegram WhatsApp MCQs of Geography Class 9 Chapter 3 Drainage MCQs Geography Chapter 3 Drainage MCQs Chapter 3 DrainageGeographyClass 9 1 / 62 In which of the following states is Sambhar Lake situated ? Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Bihar Jammu and Kashmir 2 / 62 Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system ? Ambala Nainital Haridwar Allahabad 3 / 62 Which of the following affects the self-cleansing capacity of the river? Aquatic organisms Drawing of water for irrigation Hydroelectricity generation Pollution 4 / 62 Which one of the following is not a lake created by human beings? Gobind Sagar Nizam Sagar Barapani Hirakud 5 / 62 The Tungabhadra and the Koyna are tributaries of which of the following rivers? Godavari Krishna Kaveri Narmada 6 / 62 The Wainganga and the Penganga are tributaries of which of the following rivers? The Mahanadi The Narmada The Godavari The Krishna 7 / 62 Why have the river banks attracted settlers from ancient times? Water is a basic natural resource Rivers provide water for irrigation Rivers provide facilities for inland navigation All the above 8 / 62 Which one of the following freshwater lakes is the largest? Wular Loktak Nainital Dal 9 / 62 Lakes are of great value to human beings. Which of the following statements about lakes given below is incorrect? Helps to regulate the flow of rivers It results in flooding Can be used for developing hydel power Enhances natural beauty 10 / 62 Meanders are formed in which one of the following courses of a river? Upper course Middle course Lower course Both upper and middle 11 / 62 The Brahmaputra (Tsangpo) river rises in : Sikkim Tibet Bhutan Nepal 12 / 62 Which one of the following drainage patterns does the Ganga river form? The Trellis Pattern The Radial Pattern The Dendritic Pattern The Rectangular Pattern 13 / 62 The River Mahanadi rises from which one of the following states ? Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Jharkhand West Bengal 14 / 62 Which one of the following rivers flows towards the west in a rift valley? Godavari Narmada Kaveri Krishna 15 / 62 Which of the following describes drainage patterns resembling branches of a tree? Radial Centrifugal Dendritic Trellis 16 / 62 Which of the following is a famous lake of Srinagar in Kashmir? Sambhar Bhimtal Chilika Dal 17 / 62 What is an area drained by a single river system called? Drainage basin Water divide Drainage Doab 18 / 62 Which river of peninsular India is the longest? Kaveri Godavari Mahanadi Krishna 19 / 62 Which kind of a drainage pattern is formed when tributaries join rivers at almost right angles ? Dendritic drainage Trellis drainage Rectangular drainage Radial drainage 20 / 62 Which of the following is not a tributary of river Krishna? Tungabhadra Koyna Wardha Bhima 21 / 62 What is the name of the Brahamputra river in Bangladesh? Jamuna Dibang Lohit Ravi 22 / 62 Which one of the following cities of India is not located on a river bank? Haridwar Allahabad Shillong Varanasi 23 / 62 Which of the following cities is located at the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna ? Kanpur Delhi Patna Allahabad 24 / 62 Which of the following is not one of the causes of river pollution? Dumping of garbage Aquatic organisms and algae Discharge of untreated sewage Discharge of industrial effluents 25 / 62 The river Indus originates in : Nepal Bhutan Tibet Bangladesh 26 / 62 Which of the following waterfalls is made by the river Kaveri and is the second biggest waterfall in India? Jog Sivasamudram Dhuadhar Hundru 27 / 62 Which of the following rivers rises from a spring near Mahabaleshwar? Krishna Narmada Tungabhadra Purna 28 / 62 What is an upland that separates two drainage basins known as? Drainage basin Drainage system Water divide River system 29 / 62 Which of the following states is not drained by the Godavari river? Maharashtra Orissa Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh 30 / 62 Which of the following rivers rises in the highlands of Chhattisgarh? Mahanadi Godavari Chambal Damodar 31 / 62 In which of the following states are Nainital and Bhimtal located? Jammu and Kashmir Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand 32 / 62 Which one of the following is not a tributary of the River Ganga? Yamuna Beas Ghaghra Kosi 33 / 62 Which of the following rivers rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra? Mahanadi Narmada Godavari Koyna 34 / 62 Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake? Wular Lake Sambhar Lake Barapani Lake Dal Lake 35 / 62 Which of the following is the second longest river of Peninsular India? Godavari Krishna Kaveri Mahanadi 36 / 62 Which type of lakes contain water only during the rainy season? Oxbow lakes Lagoons Lakes in basins of inland drainage Glacial lakes 37 / 62 Which one of the following lakes differs from the rest in the group? The Dal lake The Nainital Lake The Guru Gobinda Sagar The Bhimtal Lake 38 / 62 Which is the largest freshwater lake in India? Wular Lake Dal Lake Bhimtal Nainital 39 / 62 Which of the following is not a tributary of Godavari? Purna Wardha Wainganga Lohit 40 / 62 Sivasamudram, the second biggest waterfall of India is made by which river : Krishna Kaveri Godavari Mahanadi 41 / 62 Which of the following rivers originates from the Hazaribagh plateau of Chhota Nagpur region and flows eastwards? Amravati Bhima Ghatprabha Damodar 42 / 62 Which of these Peninsular rivers flows towards the west? Godavari Krishna Mahanadi Tapi 43 / 62 Which of the following rivers is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’? The Godavari The Narmada The Krishna The Kaveri 44 / 62 Which is the longest river of Peninsular Plateau? River Narmada River Tapi River Krishna River Godavari 45 / 62 Which is the largest river of Peninsular Plateau? River Narmada River Tapi River Krishna River Godavari 46 / 62 The Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are the tributaries of which of the following rivers? Wainganga Bhima Krishna Kaveri 47 / 62 Which of the following lake is a lagoon in the coastal region of Orissa? Bhimtal Barapani Chilika Hirakud 48 / 62 Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of river Godavari? Purna Ghatprabha Wardha Pranhita 49 / 62 Which river in the following does not make a Delta? Narmada Kaveri Godavari Mahanadi 50 / 62 Which one of the following statements about the river Narmada is not true ? It flows through a rift valley It flows through a gorge near Jabalpur It plunges over steep rocks at the Dhuadhar falls Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi 51 / 62 Which one of the following is a southern tributary of the Ganga? Ghaggar Son Gomti Gandak 52 / 62 Which of the following is the result of concern over rising pollution in our rivers? Banning hydroelectric projects Various river action plans Rainwater harvesting None of the above 53 / 62 Alaknanda and Bhagirathi converge to be called as Ganga at : Haridwar Kedarnath Badrinath Devprayag 54 / 62 The drainage basin of which of the following rivers covers parts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu? Godavari Krishna Kaveri Musi 55 / 62 Which one of the following drainage patterns develops on a strongly jointed rocky terrain ? Radial Centrifugal Trellis Rectangular 56 / 62 Which of the following types of lakes is formed due to river action? Saltwater lakes Glacial lakes Oxbow lakes Lagoons 57 / 62 Which among the following tributaries of Ganga came from the peninsular uplands ? Gandak Kosi Ghaghara Son 58 / 62 At which place do the Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and the Jhelum rivers goin together with Indus ? Ambala Mithankot Pathankot Haridwar 59 / 62 Which of the following lakes is formed as a result of tectonic activity? Wular Lake Kolleru Lake Loktak Lake Dal Lake 60 / 62 Which of the two states does river Kaveri pass through ? Kerala and Karnataka Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Kerala and Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu 61 / 62 Which of the following is an artificial lake located in Andhra Pradesh? Kolleru Nagarjuna Sagar Krishnaraja Sagar Vembanad 62 / 62 Which one of the following rivers has the largest drainage pattern in India? The Indus The Ganga The Brahamaputra The Mahanadi Your score isThe average score is 64% 0% Restart quiz
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