indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

The Brahmaputra goes by a number of names during its journey from the Angsi glacier in the Himalayas to the sea (Bay of Bengal). It begins as the Yarlung Tsangpo in southwestern Tibet and becomes the Dihang or Siangin China and Arunachal Pradesh.

It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna. In the vast Ganges Delta, it merges with the Padma (name of the river Ganges in Bangladesh) and finally the Meghna. From here, it is known as Meghna before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

Meghna River is the combined stream of the Ganges and Brahmaputra. It is an important river in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth fanning out to the Bay of Bengal.

Answer: (c)

Punjab has a large number of Sutlej inundation canals, which are taken out from the rivers without any regulating system like weirs etc. at their head.

Such canals provide irrigation mainly in the rainy season when the river is in flood and there is excess water. Some of such inundation canals are Sirhind, Bhakra, etc.