Description : Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource? (1) Jaisamand (2) Ganga river (3) Yamuna river (4) Chilika lake
Last Answer : (3) Yamuna river Explanation: Fresh water is a renewable resource. River Ganges, 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.
Description : Of which major river system is the Sutlej a part ? (1) Indus (2) Ganga (3) Brahmaputra (4) Yamuna
Last Answer : Indus
Description : Which of the following is a river flowing from Central India and joining Yamuna/ Ganga? (1) Ghagra (2) Gomti (3) Kosi (4) Betwa
Last Answer : Betwa
Description : Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ? (1) Indrawati (2) Son (3) Gomati (4) Yamuna
Last Answer : Indrawati
Description : Which river serves the largest cultivable area ? (1) Ganga (2) Saryu (3) Godavari (4) Krishna
Last Answer : Ganga
Description : Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River ? (1) Godavari (2) Krishna (3) Ganga (4) Narmada
Description : The river which is used for inland waterways in India is ___. (1) Ganga (2) Cauveri (3) Mahi (4) Luni
Description : Sivasamudra is an island formed by the river (1) Ganga (2) Godavari (3) Krishna (4) Cauvery
Last Answer : Cauvery
Description : The river which joins Ganga from southern side is : (1) Betwa (2) Chambal (3) Son (4) Ken
Last Answer : Son
Description : Rajasthan canal receives water from which of the following rivers ? (1) Yamuna (2) Jhelum (3) Ravi (3) Sutlej
Last Answer : Sutlej
Description : ‘Loktak’ is a (1) Valley (2) Lake (3) River (4) Mountain Range
Last Answer : Lake
Description : Which of the following rivers flows from East to West and makes an estuary? (1) Yamuna (2) Krishna (3) Narmada (4) Godavari
Last Answer : Narmada
Description : Which is the longest irrigation canal in India ? (1) Sirhind Canal (2) Yamuna Canal (3) Indira Gandhi Canal (4) East Kosi Canal
Last Answer : Indira Gandhi Canal
Description : What is the longest irrigation canal in India called ? (1) Yamuna Canal (2) Sirhand Canal (3) Indira Gandhi Canal (4) Upper Bari Doab Canal
Description : The largest irrigation canal in India is called the : (1) Yamuna canal (2) Sirhand canal (3) Indira Gandhi canal (4) Upper Bari Doab canal
Last Answer : Indira Gandhi canal
Description : This delta is the largest in the world (1) Ganga-Brahmaputra delta (2) Kaveri delta (3) Krishna delta (4) Godavari delta
Last Answer : Ganga-Brahmaputra delta
Description : Which of the following rivers makes an estuary? (1) Cauvery (2) Krishna (3) Narmada (4) Ganga
Description : Which state is irrigated by Ganga canal ? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Bihar (3) West Bengal (4) Rajasthan
Last Answer : Uttar Pradesh
Description : Which of the following canals is located in West Bengal ? (1) Lower Ganga Canal (2) Sarada Canal (3) Eden Canal (4) Sirhind Canal
Last Answer : Eden Canal
Description : In North-East India, ______ is known to be the largest fresh-water lake. (1) Dal Lake (2) Chilika Lake (3) Loktak Lake (4) Tsomoriri Lake
Last Answer : (3) Loktak Lake Explanation: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India. It is located near Moirang in Manipur. It is famous for the phumdis (heterogeneous mass of vegetation, soil, and organic matter at various stages of decomposition) floating over it.
Description : The largest brackish water lake of India is in the state of (1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Maharashtra (3) Orissa (4) West Bengal
Last Answer : Orissa
Description : The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river (a) Jhelam (b) Beas (c) Ravi (d) Ganga shop.ssbcrack.com
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Which of the following is a trans-Himalayan river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Sutlej (d) Ravi
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Match the following: [Asstt Commdt 2011] River Tributary A. Godavari 1. Son B. Krishna 2. Chambal C. Yamuna 3. Bhima D. Ganga 4. Manjira A B C D (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 4 2 3 1 (c) 1 2 3 4 (d) 1 3 2 4
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Taj Mahal is located on the bank of river: A. Jamna (Yamuna) B. Ganges (Ganga) C. Nerbada D. Brahmaputra
Last Answer : ANSWER: A
Description : Tehri Dam is being constructed on river – (1) Ganga (2) Brahmaputra (3) Bhagirathi (4) Yamuna
Last Answer : (3) Bhagirathi Explanation: The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the THDC ... Tehri Darn has been the object of protests by environmental organizations and local people of the region.
Description : Of which major river system is the Sutlej a part? (1) Indus (2) Ganga (3) Brahmaputra (4) Yamuna
Last Answer : (1) Indus Explanation: The Sutlej River, is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej is sometimes known as the ... to its south and east is arid, and is known as Cholistan a part of Bahawalpur Division.
Description : The river Ganga has two major sources— (1) Bhagirathi and Alakananada (2) Bhagirathi and Yamuna (3) Bhagirathi and Saraswati (4) Alakananda and Gandak
Last Answer : (1) Bhagirathi and Alakananada Explanation: The name Ganges is used for the river between the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, in the Himalayas, and the India-Bangladesh ... considered to be at Haridwar, where its Himalayan headwater streams debouch onto the Gangetic Plain.
Description : Which of the following is a river flowing from Central India and joining Yamuna/Ganga? (1) Ghagra (2) Gomti (3) Kosi (4) Betwa
Last Answer : (4) Betwa Explanation: The Betwa is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. Also known as the Vetravati, the Betwa rises in the Vindhya Range just north of Hoshangabad in ... and the Yamuna Rivers takes place in the Hamirpur town in Uttar Pradesh, in the vicinity of Orchha.
Description : The River in India known as the open sewer is – (1) the Ganga (2) the Yamuna (3) the Narmada (4) the Godavari
Last Answer : (2) the Yamuna Explanation: The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are known as the open sewer.
Description : Most polluted river in the world is A. Yamuna B. Cavery C. Chenab D. Ganga
Last Answer : D. Ganga
Description : Consider the following: 1. Chilika Lake 2. Pulicat Lake 3. Vembanad Lake Which of the above is/are lagoon(s)? [CDS 2005] (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Description : The Loktak Lake on which a hydroelectric project was constructed is situated in the State of (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Manipur (3) Meghalaya (4) Himachal Pradesh
Last Answer : Manipur
Description : Chilka lake is located in : (1) Orissa (2) Bihar (3) Rajasthan (4) Maharashtra
Description : Mansarovar Lake is situated in (1) Nepal (2) India (3) Tibet (4) Bhutan
Last Answer : Tibet
Description : The famous Lagoon lake of India is : (1) Dal Lake (2) Chilka Lake (3) Pulicat Lake (4) Mansarover
Last Answer : Chilka Lake
Description : Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems ? (1) Varanasi (2) Caya (3) Ambala (4) Allahabad
Last Answer : Ambala
Description : Which is the longest river of peninsular India
Last Answer : Godavari
Description : Who among the following are involved with Cauvery River dispute ? (1) The Central Government and Karnataka (2) The Central Government and Tamil Nadu (3) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (4) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puduchery
Last Answer : Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Description : The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Krishna (4) Narmada
Last Answer : Krishna
Description : The longest river of peninsular India is (1) Krishna (2) Kaveri (3) Narmada (4) Godavari
Description : Which river in India flows in a rift-valley? (1) Cauvery (2) Tapti (3) Narmada (4) Krishna
Description : The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river (1) Godavari (2) Krishna (3) Periyar (4) Tungabhadra
Last Answer : Periyar
Description : Which river flows between the Satpuras and the Vindhyas ? (1) Godavari (2) Gandak (3) Tapti (4) Narmada
Description : The river on which the reservoir for Indira Gandhi Canal has been built is (1) Sutlej (2) Ravi (3) Luni (4) Jhelum
Description : Srinagar is located on the bank of the river (1) Indus (2) Jhelum (3) Chenab (4) Ravi