india has many river tag questions
Answers
1. Which river is infamous as the Sorrow of Bengal?
- Damodar River
- Ganga River
- Hooghly River
- Haldi River
2. Which river is also known as Dakshin Ganga?
- Krishna
- Cauvery
- Godavari
- Mahanadi
3. ______ is known as the Sorrow of Bihar.
- Son River
- Gandaki River
- Bagmati River
- Koshi River
4. Which river in India crosses the Tropic of Cancer twice?
- Tapi River
- Jhelum river
- Krishna River
- Mahi River
5. Which river has the largest basin in India?
- Narmada
- Kaveri
- Indus
- Ganga
6. Which river in India is called the salt river?
- Luni
- Sutlej
- Manas
- Mahi
7. Which is the longest river in India?
- Brahmaputra
- Indus
- Ganga
- Yamuna
8. What are the two headstreams of Ganga?
- Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
- Bhagirathi and Yamunotri
- Yamunotri and Mansarovar
- Alaknanda and Mansarovar
9. Which of the following rivers flows through the rift valley in India?
- Narmada
- Brahmaputra
- Yamuna
- Jhelum
10. ________ is the place where Alaknanda and Bhagirathi join and take the name Ganga.
- Haridwar
- Devprayag
- Allahabad
- Rishikesh
11. Which of the following is a habitat for freshwater dolphins?
- Luni
- Brahmaputra
- Sabarmati
- Ganga
12. The _______ river originates from Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh.
- Narmada
- Mahi
- Tapti
- Godavari
India has 9 major River Systems- Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus, Narmada, Taapi, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi. Beas, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej (Satluj) are part of the Indus river system. Son, Yamuna, Budhi Khandak, Gandak, and Sabazpati are tributaries of the Ganga.