Description : Lakshadweep Islands are situated in (a) Arabian Sea (b) Palk Strait (c) Indian Ocean (d) Bay of Bengal
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in : [Bank PO 2007] (a) Indian Ocean (b) Arabian Sea (c) Bay of Bengal (d) none of these
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Which of the following are the main reasons for the origin of the south-west monsoon in India? 1. Development of a low pressure in north-west India 2. Deflection of trade winds 3. Arrival of cyclonic stream from the Pacific Ocean ... (a) I, II and III (b) I and II (c) II and III (d) III and IV
Description : Which of the following groups of rivers fall in the Bay of Bengal? (a) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly (b) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari (c) Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra (d) Ganga, Yamuna, Gandak
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 water bodies is the home of Lakshadweep? A. Arabian Sea B. Bay of Bengal C. Indian Ocean D. Atlantic Ocean
Last Answer : A. Arabian Sea
Description : While all rivers of Peninsular India flow into the Bay of Bengal, Narmada and Tapti flow into the Arabian Sea because these two rivers: (A) Follow the slope of these rift valleys (B) The ... is tilted towards the west (D) The Indian peninsula south of the satpura ranges is tilted towards east
Last Answer : Answer: A In the Deccan region, most of the major river systems flowing generally in east direction fall into Bay of Bengal. The major east flowing rivers are Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Mahanadi, etc. Narmada and Tapti are major West flowing rivers
Description : Jamshedpur city is located at the confluence site of rivers (a) Subarnarekha and Korkai (b) Ganges and Yamuna (c) Kosi and Brahmaputra (d) Damodar and Mayurakshi
Description : Name the rivers, falling in Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Rivers falling into the Arabian Sea: The Narmada and the Tapti rise near the eastern extremity of the Satpura hills, flow westward and fall into the Gulf of Cambay. These rivers do not form any ... The deltas of these rivers are very fertile and are irrigated by the canals taken from these rivers.
Description : Which Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'Palk Strait'
Description : Who is said to have conquered the land between Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal ? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Which is the strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : Palk Strait Palk Strait Part of Indian Ocean Basin countries India, Sri Lanka Max. width 82 km (51 mi) Min. width 53 km (33 mi)
Description : What is the length of the coastline of India's Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Length of Coastline of Indian mainland is 6100 km. Length of coastline of India including the coastline of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshwadeep Islands in the Arabian Sea is 7517 km.
Description : Who is said to have conquered the land between Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal?
Last Answer : Bindusara
Description : Which is the strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?
Last Answer : Palk Strait
Description : Which Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?
Description : 1. Who proposed the Preamble before the Drafting Committee of the Constitution ? 2. Which compound is used as an antichlor? 3. In which activity percentage share of cooperative sector is the ... world's largest aggregation? 20. The Bahmanis of the Deccan rose to prominence in which century?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Na2 S2 O3 3. Sugar production 4. Palk Strait 5. Bindusara 6. Fiji 7. Nepenthes 8. Jawaharlal Nehru 9. The Bering strait 10. Ahara 11. Expand more than liquids 12. ... grassland 15. Cholas 16. J.C. Bose 17. 12 18. Sodium thiosulphate 19. Gahirmatha 20. 14th century
Description : The river Damodar ends in (a) River Ganga (b) River Hugli (c) The Bay of Bengal (d) Salt Lake
Description : What name does Brahmaputra take as is discharges into the Bay of Bengal? (1) Ganga (2) Jamuna (3) Padma (4) Meghna
Last Answer : (4) Meghna Explanation: 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 ... with the Meghna near Chandpur and adopts the name 'Meghna' before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
Description : Match the following: [IAS 2007] Name of Confluence River merging with Alaknanda A. Vishnu Prayag 1. Bhagirathi B. Karna Prayag 2. Mandakini C. Rudra Prayag 3. Pindar D. Deva Prayag 4. Dhauli Ganga A B C D (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 1 3 2 4 (c) 4 2 3 1 (d) 4 3 2 1
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda at which place? (1) Dev Prayag (2) Karan Prayag (3) Gangotri (4) Rudra Prayag
Last Answer : (1) Dev Prayag Explanation: It is at Dev Prayag in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand that Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga or Ganges River. It is one of the ... are formed at Gaumukh, at the foot of the Gangotri glacier and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya.
Description : Strait of Gibraltar connects which of the following? (1) Red Sea-Mediterranean Sea (2) Red Sea-Arabian Sea (3) Atlantic Ocean-Mediterranean Sea (4) Mediterranean Sea-Black Sea
Last Answer : (3) Atlantic OceanMediterranean Sea Explanation: The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from ... and Africa are separated by 14.3 km of ocean at the strait's narrowest point.
Description : Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes gives below the lists: List-I (Climatic conditions) List-II (Resons) A. Chennai is warmer than Kolkata 1. North-East Monsoon B. Snowfall in Himalayas 2. Altitude C. ... (a) 1 2 4 5 (b) 4 5 1 3 (c) 5 2 4 3 (d) 5 1 3 4
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Match the following: [IAS 1997] Climatic Conditions Reasons A. Madras is warmer than Calcutta 1. North-East Monsoon B. Snowfall in Himalayas 2. Altitude C. Rainfall decreases from West Bengal to Punjab 3. Western depressions D. Sutlej-Ganga Plain gets ... 1 2 4 5 (b) 4 5 1 3 (c) 5 2 4 3 (d) 5 1 3 4
Description : Which of the following is a distributary of the Ganga? (a) Yamuna (b) Sone (c) Chambal (d) Hugli
Description : Which of the following rivers of India carries the most water (a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Yamuna (d) Godavari
Description : The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river (a) Jhelam (b) Beas (c) Ravi (d) Ganga shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not include (a) Alakananda (b) Yamuna (c) Son (d) Tons
Description : Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries of (a) Ganga (b) Indus (c) Brahmaputra (d) Yamuna
Description : Which of the following is a trans-Himalayan river? (a) Ganga (b) Yamuna (c) Sutlej (d) Ravi
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
Description : Which one of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ? [I. Tax & Central Excise 1993] (a) Indrawati (b) Son (c) Gomati (d) Yamuna
Description : Which of the following rivers joins Ganga at Allahabad ? [RRB 1991] (a) Gandak (b) Ghaghra (c) Kosi (d) Yamuna
Description : Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga? (a) Yamuna (b) Son (c) Gomti (d) Sutlej shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : Which of the following gives the correct descending order by length of the rivers of India? (a) Brahmaputra, Ganga, Godavari, Kosi (b) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Godavari (c) Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna (d) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Mahanadi
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 : 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 : "Meghna" is the combined stream of which two rivers? (1) Ganga and Yamuna (2) Ganga and Gomti (3) Ganga and Sone (4) Ganga and Brahmaputra
Last Answer : (4) Ganga and Brahmaputra Explanation: Meghna River is the combined stream of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. It is an important river in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth fanning out to the Bay of Bengal.
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 : Which of the following rivers originates from Trans Himalayas? (1) Yamuna (2) Sindu (3) Saraswathi (4) Ganga
Last Answer : (2) Sindu Explanation: The Trans-Himalayan Rivers originate beyond the Great Himalayas. These are the Indus. the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra rivers. The Trans Himalayan Indus River rises near the ... in southeastern Ladakh near its confluence with the River Gurtang at an elevation of 4,200 m.
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 : Which of the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet? (1) Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej (2) Ganga, Sutlej & Yamuna (3) Brahmaputra, Ganga & Sutlej (4) Chenab, Ravi & Sutlej
Last Answer : (1) Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej Explanation: Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej have their source of origins in Tibet. The Brahmaputra originates in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the ... Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The source of the Sutlej is near Lake Rakshast al in Tibet.
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 : Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga? (1) Indrawati (2) Son (3) Gomati (4) Yamuna
Last Answer : (1) Indrawati Explanation: Indravati is a tributary of the Godavari River, located in central India.
Description : 'El Nino' that affects our Monsoons, has its origins in – (1) The Indian Ocean (2) The Himalayan Plateau (3) The Pacific Ocean (4) The Arabian Peninsula
Last Answer : (3) The Pacific Ocean Explanation: El Nino is a climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean that causes global changes of both temperatures and rainfall. It is characterized by unusually warm ocean ... opposed to La Nina, which is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.
Description : The winter rain in Chennai is caused by (a) South-West Monsoons (b) North-East Monsoons (c) Intense Land and Sea Breezes (d) Cyclonic winds in the Bay of Bengal