indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11

Surface water resources are highest in

a) North-Eastern India

b) Peninsular India

c) Indus plains

d) Ganga plains

Question : 12 [MPPCS (Pre) 2008]

Which river in Bihar changed its course in the year 2008 and caused calamity?

a) Gandak

b) Kosi

c) Ghaghra

d) Ganga

Question : 13 [SSC IT 2004]

Match the dams and the rivers across which those have been constructed.

a) 1 2 4 3

b) 2 1 3 4

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 4 3 2 1

Question : 14

Which of the following best explain why the lower course of a river is sometimes chocked with sediments?

1. The valley of a river is widest in its lower course.
2. The velocity of a river in its lower course is low.
3. The delta sometimes develops in a river’s lower course.
4. Much of the river water is drawn for irrigation in the lower course.

a) 1, 3 and 4

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 2 and 4

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question : 15

The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?

a) Ghaghara

b) Kosi

c) Rihand

d) Betwa