14000+ MCQs Indian Geography(Drainage System of India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. Which of the following rivers passes through a rift valley?
2. The longest river in India is:
3. Which of the following waterfalls of India is located in Goa?
4. Himalayan rivers are perennial because:
5. Which of the following rivers originates in Madhya Pradesh and drops its water into the Gulf of Khambhat?
6. The valley of which of the following rivers is known for its deep Ravines?
7. The Paithan Hydro-Electric Project is situated on river:
8. In which of the following rivers, the upper course contains freshwater, but saline water is flowing at the lower part?
9. The River ‘Tawa’ is a tributary of:
10. Consider the following statements.
I. There are no East flowing rivers in Kerala.
II. There is no West flowing river in Madhya Pradesh.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
11. Which of the following lakes of India is located in Assam?
12. Which one of the following East flowing rivers of India has a rift valley due to down warping?
13. The catchment area of river Brahmaputra is:
14. Near Manasarovar lake in Tibet, there is the source of the river:
15. Brahmaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which of the following may be the true definition of an antecedent drainage?
16. What is the characteristic feature of Narmada valley?
17. ‘Doodh-Ganga’ river is located in:
18. 'Moribund Delta' is a sub-division of which of the following Delta?
19. Identify the correct decreasing order of river basins area in India.
20. Which one of the following waterfalls of India has maximum height?
21. Which river among the following does not join the Ganga river from the left?
22. Which one of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna river?
23. Mithi river of Mumbai originates from which of the following lakes?
24. Hundru falls is formed on:
25. Which of the following rivers flows through Tiruttani, a famous pilgrimage place of South India?
26. Which one of the following Indian rivers forms an estuary?
27. Which one of the following Indian cities is not located on a river bank?
28. Given below are certain statements about a river.
I. It rises on Ranchi plateau in Jharkhand.
II. It passes through the Northern part of Betla National Park.
III. It is a tributary of Sone river.
Identify the river based on the information given above.
29. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
30. Which one of the following rivers is West flowing?
31. Which of the following lakes is/are situated in Ladakh?
I. Tso kar
II. Pangong Tso
III. Tsomgo
IV. Tso moriri
33. The pattern formed by the streams, rivers and lakes in a particular basin is called:
34. Which range acts as a water divide between Yamuna and Sone?
35. An example of an inland drainage river is:
37. Out of the following waterfalls, which is not on river Narmada?
38. Hizla fair of Dumka in Santhal Pargana is celebrated on the bank of which of the following rivers?
39. The city of Vijayawada lies on the banks of which of these rivers?
40. In the scheme of the physiographic division of India by S. P. Chatterjee, in which sub-division of the Peninsular Plateau is the Mahanadi Basin included?
41. Assertion (A): While all major rivers of Peninsular India flow into the Bay of Bengal, the Narmada and the Tapi flow into the Arabian Sea. Reason (R): The Narmada and the Tapi rivers flow in a rift valley.
42. Consider the following rivers.
I. Barak
II. Lohit
III. Subansiri
Which of the above flows/flow through Arunachal Pradesh?
43. Amritdhara waterfall is on which river?
44. Which of the following drainage systems fall into the Bay of Bengal?
45. Which of the following three rivers of the Peninsular India have the Amarkantak region as their source?
46. With reference to river Teesta, consider the following statements.
I. The Source of river Teesta is the same as that of Brahmaputra but it flows through Sikkim.
II. River Rangeet originates in Sikkim and it is a tributary of river Teesta.
III. River Teesta flows into Bay of Bengal on the border of India and Bangladesh.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
47. Manas is the tributary of river:
48. Which of the following rivers of India cuts across all the ranges of the Himalayas?
49. The district of Bihar which has a longer length of Ganga river is:
50. Arabian Sea records higher salinity than the Bay of Bengal because:
