Rivers

Which is the longest river in India?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganga
c) Brahmaputra
d) Godavari
✅ b) Ganga

The largest river in India by volume of water flow is:
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Godavari
d) Indus
✅ b) Brahmaputra

The river known as “Dakshin Ganga” is:
a) Krishna
b) Kaveri
c) Narmada
d) Godavari
✅ d) Godavari

Which of the following rivers originates in Tibet?
a) Yamuna
b) Narmada
c) Brahmaputra
d) Godavari
✅ c) Brahmaputra

The Ganga originates from:
a) Gangotri Glacier
b) Yamunotri
c) Amarkantak
d) Mansarovar
✅ a) Gangotri Glacier

Which river is NOT a tributary of Ganga?
a) Yamuna
b) Gandak
c) Teesta
d) Mahanadi
✅ d) Mahanadi

The confluence of Ganga and Yamuna is at:
a) Varanasi
b) Allahabad (Prayagraj)
c) Patna
d) Haridwar
✅ b) Allahabad (Prayagraj)

River Kosi is also called:
a) Sorrow of Bengal
b) Sorrow of Bihar
c) Lifeline of Odisha
d) Sorrow of Assam
✅ b) Sorrow of Bihar

Which river makes the world’s largest delta?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganga
c) Brahmaputra
d) Ganga-Brahmaputra
✅ d) Ganga-Brahmaputra

Which river flows through Bihar and joins the Ganga?
a) Ghaghara
b) Gandak
c) Kosi
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Which river flows from Amarkantak Plateau?
a) Yamuna
b) Godavari
c) Narmada
d) Teesta
✅ c) Narmada

Which of the following is a west-flowing river?
a) Krishna
b) Yamuna
c) Godavari
d) Tapi
✅ d) Tapi

Krishna river flows into:
a) Arabian Sea
b) Bay of Bengal
c) Indian Ocean
d) Rann of Kutch
✅ b) Bay of Bengal

Which of the following rivers is a tributary of the Ganga?
a) Mahanadi
b) Son
c) Narmada
d) Krishna
✅ b) Son

The Indus river originates in:
a) Tibet
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Ladakh
d) Punjab
✅ a) Tibet

The Teesta river is a tributary of:
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Yamuna
d) Godavari
✅ b) Brahmaputra

The Damodar river is known as:
a) Sorrow of Bengal
b) Sorrow of Bihar
c) Lifeline of Gujarat
d) Ganga of South
✅ a) Sorrow of Bengal

Which river flows between Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
a) Tapi
b) Godavari
c) Narmada
d) Krishna
✅ c) Narmada

Mahanadi originates in:
a) Odisha
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Madhya Pradesh
✅ c) Chhattisgarh

Which of the following rivers does not flow into Bay of Bengal?
a) Mahanadi
b) Narmada
c) Krishna
d) Godavari
✅ b) Narmada

Which river has the largest catchment area in India?
a) Godavari
b) Ganga
c) Krishna
d) Brahmaputra
✅ b) Ganga

The river Chambal is a tributary of:
a) Yamuna
b) Narmada
c) Son
d) Kosi
✅ a) Yamuna

Which is the southernmost river among the following?
a) Godavari
b) Krishna
c) Kaveri
d) Mahanadi
✅ c) Kaveri

The river known for Sardar Sarovar Dam is:
a) Narmada
b) Yamuna
c) Kosi
d) Teesta
✅ a) Narmada

Which river has the Hirakud Dam?
a) Godavari
b) Krishna
c) Mahanadi
d) Ganga
✅ c) Mahanadi

Which river is joined by the Betwa river?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganga
c) Son
d) Brahmaputra
✅ a) Yamuna

The Farakka Barrage is built on:
a) Teesta
b) Ganga
c) Brahmaputra
d) Damodar
✅ b) Ganga

Which river flows through the valley of Kashmir?
a) Ravi
b) Jhelum
c) Sutlej
d) Chenab
✅ b) Jhelum

River Gandak originates from:
a) Nepal Himalayas
b) Tibet
c) Shiwalik Hills
d) Eastern Ghats
✅ a) Nepal Himalayas

The Brahmaputra enters India in:
a) Sikkim
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Assam
d) Nagaland
✅ b) Arunachal Pradesh

Which Indian river forms an estuary?
a) Mahanadi
b) Narmada
c) Ganga
d) Godavari
✅ b) Narmada

Which river flows into the Arabian Sea?
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Tapi
d) Kosi
✅ c) Tapi

Which is the longest river in South India?
a) Krishna
b) Kaveri
c) Godavari
d) Narmada
✅ c) Godavari

Which river originates from Brahmagiri hills?
a) Krishna
b) Kaveri
c) Mahanadi
d) Godavari
✅ b) Kaveri

The Yamuna originates from:
a) Amarkantak
b) Gangotri
c) Yamunotri
d) Siachen
✅ c) Yamunotri

Which river is shared by India and Bangladesh?
a) Kaveri
b) Krishna
c) Ganga
d) Narmada
✅ c) Ganga

Which is not a Himalayan river?
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Godavari
d) Teesta
✅ c) Godavari

The Bhakra Nangal Dam is constructed on:
a) Yamuna
b) Sutlej
c) Ganga
d) Ravi
✅ b) Sutlej

Which river originates in Nasik and flows eastward?
a) Godavari
b) Krishna
c) Kaveri
d) Narmada
✅ a) Godavari

Which of the following is a tributary of Krishna river?
a) Bhima
b) Betwa
c) Chambal
d) Son
✅ a) Bhima

The Luni river is found in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Maharashtra
d) Odisha
✅ b) Rajasthan

Which river is most polluted in India?
a) Yamuna
b) Ganga
c) Krishna
d) Brahmaputra
✅ a) Yamuna

The confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi is at:
a) Devprayag
b) Rudraprayag
c) Vishnuprayag
d) Karnaprayag
✅ a) Devprayag

The Indus water treaty was signed between:
a) India–China
b) India–Pakistan
c) India–Nepal
d) India–Bangladesh
✅ b) India–Pakistan

The river flowing through Leh (Ladakh) is:
a) Jhelum
b) Sutlej
c) Indus
d) Beas
✅ c) Indus

Which river flows through Bihar and meets Ganga near Patna?
a) Son
b) Ghaghara
c) Kosi
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above

Mahanadi river flows through which state?
a) Bihar
b) Maharashtra
c) Odisha
d) Tamil Nadu
✅ c) Odisha

Which state has the origin of the most rivers?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Maharashtra
d) Himachal Pradesh
✅ b) Uttarakhand

Which river system is the most important for Bihar agriculture?
a) Krishna
b) Ganga
c) Mahanadi
d) Tapi
✅ b) Ganga

Which river is known as the lifeline of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat?
a) Chambal
b) Tapi
c) Narmada
d) Yamuna
✅ c) Narmada