indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 36 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]

The river, which differs from others is

a) Indus

b) Tapti

c) Mahanadi

d) Narmada

Answer: (c)

Question : 37 [PSC (Pre) 2019]

The depth of Gangetic alluvial soil below the land surface is about

a) 600 metre

b) 800 metre

c) 100 metre

d) 6000 metre

Answer: (d)

Question : 38 [SSC CGL Pre 2011]

River Indus originates from :

a) Himalayan range

b) Karakoram range

c) Kailash range

d) Hindukush range

Answer: (c)

Indus is a major river that flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through western Tibet (in China) and Northern India. Originating in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar, the river runs a course through the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit, Baltistan and flows through Pakistan in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh.

The traditional source of the river is the Senge Khabab or ‘Lion’s Mouth’, a perennial spring, not far from the sacred Mount Kailash, and is marked by a long low line of Tibetan chortens.

Question : 39 [PSC (Pre) 2019]

River Ganga, after entering Bangladesh is known by which of the following names?

a) Padma

b) Kaliganga

c) Nabaganga

d) Lohit

Answer: (a)

Question : 40 [IAS (Pre) 2005]

Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?

a) Kosi Project

b) Damodar Valley Project

c) Bhakra Nangal Project

d) Chambal Project

Answer: (d)

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