Practice Quiz set 5 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which of the following river is notorious for maximum shifting of its course?
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Q-2) Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for
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The Brahmaputra River is known by several names in the four countries (China, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh) that it flows through. With its origin in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet, the upper stream of Brahmaputra in Tibet is called Yarlung Tsangpo.
Q-3) The ‘sorrow of Bihar’ is
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Kosi is known as the "sorrow of Bihar", as it has caused widespread human suffering in the past due to flooding and very frequent changes in the course when it flows from Nepal to Bihar. Over the last 250 years, the Kosi River has shifted its course over 120 km from east to west.
Its unstable nature has been attributed to the heavy silt it carries during the monsoon season and flooding in India has extreme effects.
Q-4) Which range acts as a water divide between Yamuna and Son?
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Q-5) Kishanganga is a tributary of
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Q-6) Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat, India. It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley Project, a large hydraulic engineering project involving the construction of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams on the Narmada River.
The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. It is the 30th largest dams planned on the river Narmada, Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) is the largest structure to be built.
Q-7) Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River?
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The Ganges is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the third largest river in the World by discharge.
Q-8) Shiva Samudram Hydropower project is located in
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Q-9) The Sivasamudram falls is located on the river
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Q-10) Hundru falls is formed on
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