Rivers of India

Question 1

What are the types of drainage patterns?

Answer 1

Dendritic, Rectangular, Trellis, Radial, Centripetal

Question 2

Where does Indus rise from?

Answer 2

Lake Mansarovar in Kailash Range

Question 3

What are the smaller tributaries that Indus receives?

Answer 3

Nubra, shyok, astor, gilgit

Question 4

What are the main tributaries of Indus?

Answer 4

Jhelum. Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej

Question 5

What is the Jhelum’s path?

Answer 5

Rises in Verinag, flows parallel to Pir panjal, exits India

Question 6

What is the Chenab’s path?

Answer 6

Chandra and Baga joins in HP’s Bara-lacha Pass in Zaskar range

Question 7

What is the Ravi’s path?

Answer 7

Rises in Kulu Hills near Rohtang Pass (HP)

Question 8

What is theBeas’s path?

Answer 8

Rises in Beas Kund near Rohtang Pass

Question 9

What is the Sutlej’s path?

Answer 9

Rises in Lake Rakshastal and enters India through Shipki La Pass in HP

Question 10

Acc to the Indus Water Treaty 1960, which rivers belong to India>

Answer 10

Western rivers: Ravi, Beas, Sutlej

Question 11

Which rivers form the left bank tributaries of Ganga?

Answer 11

Ramganga, Gomti, Ghanghra. Gandaki and Kosi Rivers

Question 12

Ramganga general info

Answer 12

Rises in Garwal District, UK

joins ganga near Kanoj

Question 13

Gomti general info

Answer 13

Rises near Pilbhit

Joins Ganga near Varanasi

Question 14

Ghanghra general info

Answer 14

Rises in Gurla Mandhata, near Manasarovar Lake

Kali= imp tributary

Question 15

Gandaki general info

Answer 15

Rises at the Tibet-Nepal border near Mt. Everest

Question 16

Kosi general info

Answer 16

Rises in Mahabharat Range

“Sorrow of Bihar”

Question 17

What are the right bank tributaries of Ganga?

Answer 17

Yamuna, Chambal, Son, Damodar

Question 18

Yamuna general info

Answer 18

Rises in Yamonotri Glacier in Bandelpur Peak

joins Ganga near Allahabad (Prayag)

Question 19

Chambal general info

Answer 19

Rises in Janapav Hills in Vindhyan Ranges
3 imp tributaries= Sind, Betwa, Ken
Joins Ganga at Etawah district, UP

Question 20

Son general info

Answer 20

Rises in Amarkantak
Joins Ganga at Patna
3 imp tributaries: Rihand, Johilla and North Koel

Question 21

Damodar general info

Answer 21

Rises from the Chotanagpur Plateau
Joins River Hugli at Kolkata
“Sorrow of Bengal”

Question 22

Where does Brahmaputra originates from?

Answer 22

Angsi Glacier, in Kailash range

Question 23

What is Brahmaputra known in Tibet as?

Answer 23

Tsang Po

Question 24

What are the limits of Brahmaputra in India?

Answer 24

Sadia to Dubri

Question 25

Where does Brahmaputra enter India from?

Answer 25

Dihang gorge

Question 26

Tributaries of brahmaputra?

Answer 26

Dibang, Teesta, Lohit, Subansiri, Manas, Kapili

Question 27

What river is formed in Bangaladesh from the joining of Ganga and Brahmaputra?

Answer 27

Meghana River

Question 28

Riverine island on brahmaputra that was first island to be made a district?

Answer 28

Majuli Island

Question 29

What are the rivers of Eastern Peninsular India?

Answer 29

Buddabangla, Baitarni, Brahmani, Mahanadi, Rushikulya, Vamsadhara, Indiravathi and Sabari

Question 30

What are the east flowing rivers of Peninsular India?

Answer 30

Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery

Question 31

What is the origin of Godavari?

Answer 31

Rises from Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra

Question 32

Which states does the Godavari pass through?

Answer 32

Maharashtra, Odisha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry

Question 33

What is the origin of Krishna?

Answer 33

Rises in Mahabaleshwar

Question 34

Which states does the Krishna pass through?

Answer 34

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

Question 35

What is the origin of Cauvery?

Answer 35

Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka

Question 36

Which states does the Cauvery pass through?

Answer 36

Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka - and the Union Territory of Pondicherry

Question 37

What are the west flowing rivers of Peninsular India?

Answer 37

Narmada and Tapi

Question 38

What is the origin of Narmada?

Answer 38

Amarkantak

Question 39

What is the origin of Tapi?

Answer 39

Satpura range