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Questions : Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems ?

(a) Caya

(b) Ambala

(c) Allahabad

(d) Varanasi

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (b)

Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems.

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Question : 1

The river Yamuna originates from

a) Bandar Poonch

b) Nanda Devi

c) Neelkanth

d) Chaukhamba

Answer: (a)

Question : 2

Which of the following water bodies is not a freshwater resource ?

a) Ganga river

b) Yamuna river

c) Chilika lake

d) Jaisamand

Answer: (b)

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.

Question : 3

The confluence of the rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi is known as

a) Devaprayag

b) Haridwar

c) Kedarnath

d) Rudraprayag

Answer: (a)

Devprayag is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is one of the Panch Prayag of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga or Ganges River.

The Alaknanda rises at the confluence and feet of the Satopanth and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in Uttarakhand near the border with Tibet.

The headwaters of the Bhagirathi are formed at Gaumukh, at the foot of the Gangotri glacier and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya. These two sacred rivers join to form the Ganges (Ganga) in Devprayag.

Question : 4

Hariyali is a new scheme for

a) Development of wasteland

b) Forestation of desert land

c) Development of grassland

d) Second green revolution

Answer: (a)

Question : 5

Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?

a) Godavari

b) Mahanadi

c) Tapti

d) Ganges

Answer: (c)

Most of the west-flowing rivers do not form the delta. They form an estuary. Examples are Narmada and Tapti.

Question : 6

Indira Gandhi Canal has its source at

a) Bhakra Dam

b) Harike Barrage

c) Govind Ballabh Sagar Dam

d) Gandhi Sagar Dam

Answer: (b)

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