AP 9th Class Social Geography Bits 3rd Lesson Physical Drainage
Select and write the most appropriate option :
Question 1.
Total length of River Ganga drainage basin is
A) 2500 km
B) 2700 km
C) 2300 km
D) None of these
Answer:
A) 2500 km
Question 2.
The Dibang and Lohit are the tributaries of river.
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Narmada
D) Yamuna
Answer:
B) Brahmaputra
Question 3.
Name the origin place of River Indus.
A) Amarkantak
B) Maikal hills
C) Mansarowar
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Mansarowar
Question 4.
The river Narmada has its source at
A) Vindhya range
B) Amarkantak
C) Satpura range
D) All the above
Answer:
B) Amarkantak
Question 5.
The Wular Lake is in
A) Goa
B) Rajasthan
C) Jammu and Kashmir
D) Jharkhand
Answer:
C) Jammu and Kashmir
Question 6.
Name the salt water lake of Rajasthan.
A) Chilika
B) Kolleru
C) Pulicat
D) Sambhar
Answer:
D) Sambhar
Question 7.
When was Indus water Treaty signed?
A) 1960
B) 1962
C) 1936
D) 1961
Answer:
A) 1960
Question 8.
In India, the Royal Bengal Tiger is found in
A) Sundarban National Park
B) Jim Corbett National Park
C) Gir National Park
D) All the above
Answer:
A) Sundarban National Park
Question 9.
A river along with its tributaries is known as
A) River system
B) Delta
C) George
D) Estuaries
Answer:
A) River system
Question 10.
Name the biggest waterfall made’by river Kaveri
A) Dal lake
B) Chilika lake
C) Shivanasamudra
D) None of these
Answer:
C) Shivanasamudra
Question 11.
One of the following describes drainage patterns resembling branches of a tree. Identify it.
A) Centrifugal
B) Radial
C) Dendritic
D) Trellis
Answer:
C) Dendritic
Question 12.
One of the following is not a tributary of Godavari? Name it.
A) The Lohit
B) The Purna
C) The Manjira
D) The Penganga
Answer:
A) The Lohit
Question 13.
Which of the following describes drainage patterns-resembling branches of a tree?
A) Radial
B) Centrifugal
C) Dendritic
D) Trellis
Answer:
C) Dendritic
Question 14.
Which one of the following courses of a river forms meanders?
A) Upper course
B) Middle course
C) Lower course
D) Both upper and middle courses
Answer:
B) Middle course
Question 15.
One of the following statements about the river Narmada is incorrect. Find it out.
A) It flows through a rift valley
B) It flows through a gorge near Jabalpur
C) It plunges over steep rocks at the Dhuadhar falls
D) Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi.
Answer:
D) Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi.
Question 16.
The water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system is
A) Ambala
B) Nainital
C) Haridwar
D) Allahabad
Answer:
A) Ambala
Question 17.
One of the following is the second longest river of Peninsular India.
A) Godavari
B) Krishna
C) Kaveri
D) Mahanadi
Answer:
B) Krishna
Question 18.
One of the following rivers is known as the‘Dakshin Ganga’.
A) The Godavari
B) The Narmada
C) The Krishna
D) The Kaveri
Answer:
A) The Godavari
Question 19.
An Asssertion A and a Reason R are given below. Consider the Assertion.
A : Most of the Himalayan rivers originate from the glaciers.
R : They get water from the rainfall as well as from the glaciers.
A) Both A and R are true
B) Both A and R are false
C) A is correct but R is not the correct reason
D) None of the above is correct.
Answer:
C) A is correct but R is not the correct reason
Question 20.
An Asssertion A and a Reason Hare given below. Consider the Assertion.
A : Most of the perennial rivers flows to the Bay of the Bengal.
R : The Deccan plateau is tilted towards west.
A) A is right and R is false.
B) Both A mid R are true.
C) A is false and R is true.
D) both A and R are false.
Answer:
A) A is right and R is false.
Question 21.
Which of the following types of lakes is formed due to river action?
A) Saltwater lakes
B) Glacial lakes
C) Oxbow lakes
D) Lagoons
Answer:
C) Oxbow lakes
Question 22.
Why have the river banks attracted’settlers from ancient times?
A) Water is a basic natural resource
B) Rivers provide water for irrigation
C) Rivers provide facilities for inland navigation
D) All the above
Answer:
D) All the above
Question 23.
Which of the following is an artificial lake located in Andhra Pradesh?
A) Kolleru
B) Nagarjuna Sagar
C) Krishna Raja Sagara
D) Vembanad
Answer:
B) Nagarjuna Sagar
Question 24.
Which one of the following lakes differs from the rest in the group?
A) The Dal lake
B) The Nainital Lake
C) The Guru Gobinda Sagar
D) The Bhimtal Lake
Answer:
C) The Guru Gobinda Sagar
Question 25.
Which one of the following is a southern tributary of the Ganga?
A) Ghaggar
B) Son
C) Gomti
D) Gandak
Answer:
B) Son
Question 26.
Which of the two states does river Kaveri pass through?
A) Kerala and Karnataka
B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Answer:
B) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Question 27.
Which of the following is not correct regarding the Himalayan and Peninsular rivers?
A) Himalaya! rivers have longer and deeper courses
B) Peninsular rivers are perennial in nature.
C) Most of the rivers in peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats.
D) The two major Himalayan rivers are the Indus and the Brahmaputra ranges.
Answer:
A) Himalaya!? rivers have longer and deeper courses
Question 28.
The Bhagirathi is the headwaters of the river
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Indus
D) Godavari
Answer:
A) Ganga
Question 29.
Bhagirathi and Alakananda joined at
A) Devaprayag
B) Nandaprayag
C) Rudraprayag
D) Mahaprayag
Answer:
A) Devaprayag
Question 30.
Tungabhadra is a tributary of which river?
A) Godavari
B) Krishna
C) Kaveri
D) Ganga
Answer:
B) Krishna
Question 31.
The South Indian rivers are flowing towards east because
A) Bay of Bengal is located in the east.
B) Their Origin is in Eastern Ghats.
C) Deccan plateau is tilting towards the east
D) They are not perennial
Answer:
C) Deccan plateau is tilting towards the east
Question 32.
The following river is not tributary to river Indus:
A) Brahmaputra
B) Ravi
C) Sutlej
D) Jhelum
Answer:
A) Brahmaputra
Question 33.
Which of the following is not a tributary of Indus?
A) Sutlej
B) Teesta
C) Ravi
D) Chenab
Answer:
B) Teesta
Question 34.
One of the following belongs to internal drainage river.
A) The river Luni
B) The river Narmada
C) The river Tapati
D) The river Ganga
Answer:
A) The river Luni
Question 35.
Which of the following rivers does not belong to the Himalayan River System?
A) The Godavari
B) The Ganga
C) The Indus
D) The Brahmaputra
Answer:
A) The Godavari
Question 36.
This is not the character of peninsular rivers
A) Absence of meanders
B) Largely non-perennial flow
C) Perennial flow of water
D) Fixed course
Answer:
C) Perennial flow of water
Question 37.
Which of the following is tributary of Ganga River?
A) Jhelum
B) Chenab
C) Kosi
D) Beas
Answer:
C) Kosi
Question 38.
Which of the following rises at peninsular plateau but not a tributary of Ganga river?
A) Chambal
B) Betwa
C) Ken
D) Gandak
Answer:
D) Gandak
Question 39.
Which of the following is a tributary of Brahmaputra River?
A) Chambal
B) Lohith
C) Chenab
D) Sutlej
Answer:
B) Lohith
Question 40.
Which of the following is not a Himalayan river?
A) Ganga
B) Indus
C) Brahmaputra
D) Mahanadi
Answer:
D) Mahanadi
Question 41.
Which of the following is not a example of peninsular river?
A) Godavari
B) Krishna
C) Mahanadi
D) Indus
Answer:
D) Indus
Question 42.
Among the following Indus river is not flowing through this state.
A) Kashmir
B) Punjab
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
D) Uttar Pradesh
Fill in the blanks:
1. The river Indus rises in ______ near Lake ______
Answer: Tibet, Mansarowar
2. A large number of the peninsular rivers are ______
Answer: rainfed
3. Most of the peninsular rivers originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the ______.
Answer: Bay of Bengal
4. At .______ the Ganga emerges from the mountains on to the plains.
Answer: Haridwar
5. The delta formed by the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra is known as the ______
Answer: Sundarban delta
6. Drainage describes the ______ system of an area.
Answer: river
7. The area drained by a single river system is called a ______
Answer: drainage basin
8. The Himalayan rivers are ______
Answer: perennial
9. The Himalayan rivers receive water from______ as well as from ______
Answer: rain, melted snow
True/false:
1. The river Mahanadi rises from the highlands of Chhattisgarh.
Answer: True
2. A salt water body separated from the main sea by a sand bar is called a lagoon.
Answer: True
3. Sambhar lake is a salt water lake.
Answer: True
4. River system of an area is termed as drainage.
Answer: True
5. The Malabar coast in Maharashtra is known for its backwaters.
Answer: false
6. River Godavari is also known as Dakshin Ganga.
Answer: True
Matching:
Question 1.
Match the column A with the column B,
| Column A | Column B |
| a) Dakshin Ganga | i) The major salt water lake in Rajasthan |
| b) Rajasthan | ii) The largest basin in India |
| c) Sambhar Lake | iii) Thar desert |
| d) Ganga | iv) The biggest waterfall in India |
| e) Jog falls | v) The other name of Godavari River |
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| a) Dakshin Ganga | i) The major salt water lake in Rajasthan |
| b) Rajasthan | ii) The largest basin in India |
| c) Sambhar Lake | iii) Thar desert |
| d) Ganga | iv) The biggest waterfall in India |
| e) Jog falls | v) The other name of Godavari River |
Correct and Rewrite:
a) Godavari is the smallest peninsular river.
Answer:
Godavari is the laegest peninsular river.
b) The Narmada rises in the highlands of Madhya Pradesh.
Answer:
The Narmada rises in the Amarkantak hills of Madhya Pradesh.
c) A river along with its tributaries peninsular rivers.
Answer:
A river along with its tributaries may be called a river system.
Assertion-Reason Questions:
The following questions consist of two statements. Questions selecting the, appropriate option given below: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Bot A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) is false but R is true.
1. Assertion (A) : Most of the groundwater lakes are in the Himalayan region.
Reason (R) : They are of glacial origin.
Answer:
b) Bot A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
2. Assertion (A) : Rising from a spring near Mahabaleshwar, the Krishna flows for about 1200 km and reaches Arabian sea.
Reason (R) : The Tungabhadra, the Koyana, the Ghatprabha, the Musi and the Bhima are some of its tributaries.
Answer:
d) is false but R is true.
3. Assertion (A) : The Tapi rises in the Satpura ranges in the Betul district of Maharashtra.
Reason (R) : It also flows in a rift valley parallel to the Narmada but it is much shorter in length.
Answer:
d) is false but R is true.
4. Assertion (A) : In Tibet, the river carries a smaller volume of water and less silt as it is cold and a dry area.
Reason (R) : In India, it passes through a regiou of low rainfail.
Answer:
c) A is true but R is false.