Solution: (c)
Wular Lake, located in Bandipora district of Jam mu and Kashmir, is often referred to as the largest freshwater lake in India. It measures more than 24 km across its basin. It is a natural lake that is a major part of the Jhelum River basin. It is one of the 23 Indian wetlands designated as a Ramsar site.
Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource?
(a) Jaisamand
(b) Ganga river
(c) Yamuna river
(d) Chilika lake
Solution: (c)
Fresh water is a renewable resource. River Gang es, Yamuna River and Jaisamand Lake come under this category. However, Chilka Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha.
The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Narmada
Solution: (c)
The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats Trimbakeshwar, in the Nashik Subdivision or District of Maharashtra at a height of 920 m. The Krishna River rises in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of about 1337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar. The headwaters of the Mahanadi River are situated at an elevation of 442 meters over sea surface. The source of the Narmada is located at Amarkantak on the Amarkantak hill (1,057 m), in the Anuppur District zone of the Shahdol of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
Which river in India flows in a rift-valley?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Tapti
(c) Narmada
(d) Krishna
Solution: (c)
Narmada is the only river in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges.
The river known as Padma in Bangladesh is
(a) Jamuna
(b) Ganga
(c) Teesta
(d) Brahmaputra
Solution: (b)
The Padma is the name used in Bangladesh for a major trans-boundary river, known in India as the main distributary of the Ganges, the river system that originated in the western Himalayas. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj.
Which one of the following is the origin of the Brahmaputra river?
(a) Milam
(b) Gangotri
(c) Yamunotri
(d) Chemayungdung
Solution: (d)
The Brahmaputra, one of the largest rivers of the world, has its origin in the Chemayungdung glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake.
The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Periyar
(d) Tungabhadra
Solution: (c)
The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on the river Periyar in Kerala.
The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed in the State of J & K will be on which of the following rivers?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Chenab
(c) Indus
(d) Ravi
Solution: (b)
The Chenab Bridge is an arch bridge under construction iSn India. It spans the Chenab River between Bakkal and Kauri, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga?
(a) Indrawati
(b) Son
(c) Gomati
(d) Yamuna
Solution: (a)
Indravati is a tributary of the Godavari River, located in central India.
Cauvery water sharing is a dispute between
(a) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
(d) Karnataka and Maharashtra
Solution: (c)
The sharing of waters of the river Kaveri has been the source of a serious conflict between the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The genesis of this conflict rests in two controversial agreements— one signed in 1892 and another in 1924—between the erstwhile Madras Presidency and Princely State of Mysore. The 802 km Kaveri River has 32,000 sq km basin area in Karnataka and 44,000 sq km basin area in Tamil Nadu.
The river on which the reservoir for Indira Gandhi Canal has been built is
(a) Sutlej
(b) Ravi
(c) Luni
(d) Jhelum
Solution: (a)
The Indira Gandhi Canal starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. The reservoir for the canal is built on the Sutlej River.
The river which is used for inland waterways in India is ___.
(a) Ganga
(b) Cauveri
(c) Mahi
(d) Luni
Solution: (a)
India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways, which consists of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari – Krishna rivers. National Waterway-1: Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river of total length 1620 km was declared as National Waterway1 (NW-1) in the year 1986.
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