CLAT Sample Questions

GK

1. Which is the highest mountain peak in India?

2. Which is the river that rises in Tibet, flows through Ladakh and then goes into Pakistan?
3. Which glacier gives rise to the Ganga River?
4. Name this major river that has tributaries like the rivers Chambal, Betwa and Ken?
5. Name the river that has the River Hoogly as one of her largest tributaries.
6. Which is the river that rises in the Tibet and flows into Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bangla Desh?
7. Name the river that has Tista, Subansiri and Manas as its tributaries.
8. Which is the largest salt lake in India where salt has been farmed for a thousand years and which is a key
wintering area for tens of thousands of flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia?
9. Where would you find the Ten Degree Channel in Indian territory?
10. Which is the southern most point in the Indian Union?
11. Which river in Bangla Desh is known as the Jamuna?
12. Which is the river known as Padma in Bangla Desh?
13. Name the region that borders India but lies in Southern Nepal, which is flat marshy, fertile, densely forested
and enjoys a tropical climate?
14. Which is the world’s longest river?
15. Which is Asia’s largest and the world’s deepest river?
ANSWERS
1. K2
2. Indus
3. Ganghotri Glacier
4. Ganga (CHAMBAL, Betwa and Ken are the tributaries of YAMUNA, which in turn is a tributary of
GANGA)
5. Ganga
6. Brahmaputra (Tsang-Po)
7. BRAMHAPUTRA
8. Lake Chillka
9. Near the Andaman Islands
10. Indira Point
11. Brahmaputra
12. Ganga + Brahmaputra
13. Sundarbans
14. Nile
15. Yangtze (Worlds deepest river - (according NASA) 150 m. Many other rivers like Amazon, Nile are
contended by certain people. Similarly Asia largest river is also Yangtze the term largest means - drainage area
that is amount of water flowing into the sea thus Amazon is largest, but Nile is longest....
In ASIA
Yangtze – longest
Largest - Brahmaputra