Indian Rivers, Lakes and Water MCQs

Question 1

The Rajasthan Canal (now called the Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the

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Sutlej and Beas

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Yamuna

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Chambal

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Sutlej

Question 2

Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of

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Indus

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Ganga

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Brahmaputra

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Yamuna

Question 3

Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found ________

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Off the Krishna and Godavari deltas

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Around the Gulf of Cambay

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Around the Konkan coast

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Around the Palk strait

Question 4

Which of the following ports are on the west coast? 1. Marmugao 2. Cochin 3. New Mangalore 4. Paradeep

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1, 2 and 3

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1 and 3

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2, 3 and 4

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2 and 3

Question 5

The worst affected state of India by the menace of sea erosion is

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Kerala

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Odisha

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Gujarat

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Andhra Pradesh

Question 6

"Indira Gandhi Canal", which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?

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Rajasthan

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Haryana

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Madhya Pradesh

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Gujarat

Question 7

Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards?

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Son

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Kosi

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Ghaghara

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Gandak

Question 8

The Proposed Sea way "Sethusamudram" is the canal passes through which sea-lanes?

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Gulf of Mannar

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Malacca Strait

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Gulf of Kutch

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Andaman and Nicobar islands

Question 9

"Loktak" is a

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Lake

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Valley

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River

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Mountain range