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SHAURYA 2023 DPP - 22

Rivers of India (Part 1)

1. Which of the following Indian river combinedly make 8. What river is referred to as the "Vridha Ganga"?
a common delta? (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari
1. Ganga (c) Tapti (d) Cauvery
2. Brahmaputra
3. Godavari 9. In the Western Ghats' the majority of the rivers that
4. Krishna travel westward don't form deltas for the following
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 reasons:
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3 (a) Because they are too slow
(b) Because they are not perennial
2. The Famous "Ruhr of India" river basin is located in (c) Because there is no vegetation
(a) Narmada (b) Damodar (d) Because of the high gradient
(c) Son (d) Sabarmati
10. Which of the following is a deeply protected
3. Which river drains in the area between the Vindhyan landlocked port?
and Satpura ranges? (a) Kandla (b) Paradip
(a) Narmada (b) Tapi (c) Quilon (d) Visakhapatnam
(c) Son (d) Mahi
11. The river Ganga originates from:
4. How many Indian states have collaborated on the (a) Mansarovar Lake in Tibet
project Bhakra Nangal? (b) Verinag stream in Jammu and Kashmir
(a) Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab (c) Beas Kund near Rohtang passes in Himachal
(b) Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat, Maharashtra (d) Gangotri glacier near Gaumukh in the Uttarkashi
(d) Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal district of Uttarakhand

5. Which of the following energy facilities has the 12. Which of the following tributary of river Ganga
lowest operating costs? originates from Doodhatoli ranges in the district of
(a) Hydroelectric Power plant Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand and joins near
(b) Atomic power plant Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh)?
(c) Diesel power plant (a) Ramganga (b) Gomti
(d) Thermal power plant (c) Kali or Sarda (d) Gandak

6. The highest waterfall in India is 13. Which of the following Ganga tributary originates
(a) Sivasundaram (b) Jog from the Amarkantak Plateau?
(c) Kunchikal Falls (d) Hogenakal (a) Kali or Sarda (b) Son
(c) Yamuna (d) Gandak
7. Which of the following reason makes the River
Damodar as "Sorrow of Bengal" 14. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is located on which river?
(a) Often flooded, inflicting destruction (a) Yamuna (b) Son
(b) Produces the most soil erosion (c) Rihand (d) Tapti
(c) A number of hazardous waterfalls have
developed. 15. India's highest dam Tehri is located on which river?
(d) Because is not a perennial river (a) Bhagirathi (b) Alaknanda
(c) Ganga (d) Sutlej
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Answer Key
1. (a) 9. (d)

2. (b) 10. (b)

3. (a) 11. (d)

4. (a) 12. (a)

5. (a) 13. (b)

6. (c) 14. (c)

7. (a) 15. (a)

8. (b)

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