This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Drainage > Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ONE OF THE BARRIAGE/DAM WHICH WAS BUILT TO CONTROL THE WATER OF THE GANGA IS CALLED ..... A) Engression. B) Diarrhea. C) Bar. D) Barrack. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diarrhea. 2. The world's largest drainage basin is A) Nile Basin. B) Draw Basin. C) Indus Basin. D) Amazon Basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazon Basin. 3. Most of the Himalayan rivers are: A) Seasonal. B) Perennial. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perennial. 4. Which one is a perennial river? A) Brahmaputra. B) Ganga. C) Indus. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake? A) Dal. B) Wular. C) Gobind Sagar. D) Sambar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sambar. 6. The Brahmaputra river flows through which of the following states in India? A) Himachal Pradesh. B) Assam. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assam. 7. Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river systems. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 8. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A TRIBUTARY OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA? A) WHEN. B) Dibang. C) LOHIT. D) INDUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INDUS. 9. Which one of the following rivers has the largest drainage pattern in India? A) The Mahanadi. B) The Ganga. C) The Indus. D) The Brahmaputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Ganga. 10. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India? A) Lake. B) Wular lake. C) Pulicat lake. D) Kolleru Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wular lake. 11. What is head waters of Ganga known as? A) Gangotri. B) Devprayag. C) Bhagirathi. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagirathi. 12. Jogs for is on which river A) Narmada. B) Sharavati. C) Mahanadi. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sharavati. 13. ..... % ..... of the river Godavari falls on Maharashtra A) 20. B) 60. C) 50. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 14. Vemenand lake is in A) Karnataka. B) Kerala. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala. 15. THE GANGA RIVER IS HIGHLY POLLUTED ..... A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRAINAGE PATTERN RESEMBLES THE BRANCH OF A TREE? A) RADIAL. B) TRELLIS. C) DENDRITIC. D) RECTANGULAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RADIAL. 17. The Hermitage Dam is located in the parish of: A) St. Andrew. B) St. Catherine. C) Kingston. D) St. Ann. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Andrew. 18. ..... makes the second biggest waterfall in India, known as Shivasamudram Falls. A) KRISHNA. B) KAVERI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) KAVERI. 19. The Narmada rises in the Amarkantak hills in ..... A) Maharashtra. B) Orissa. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh. 20. Name the river which flows towards east to west A) Narmada. B) But. C) None of these. D) Narmada and but. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narmada and but. 21. Name the waterfall formed by the river Narmada? A) Doodhsagar waterfall. B) Chitrakoot Waterfall. C) Warerfall alose. D) Sivasamudram Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warerfall alose. 22. From where the river Krishna rises? A) Mahabaleshwar. B) Vindhyachal. C) Satpura. D) Nilgiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahabaleshwar. 23. Which one amongst the following river flows through a rift valley A) Mahanadi. B) Krishna. C) But. D) Tungabhadra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) But. 24. The length of the river Mahanadi is about ..... A) 860 km. B) 660 km. C) 760 km. D) 560 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 860 km. 25. Which of the following states are Nainital and Bhimtal located? A) Jammu and Kashmir. B) Himachal Pradesh. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Uttarakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uttarakhand. 26. WHICH ONE THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IS A PENINSULAR TRIBUTARY OF THE GANGA? A) Ghagra. B) SON. C) Gomti. D) Gandak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SON. 27. Which type of drainage pattern is formed by the Ganga River system? A) Trellis. B) Deranged. C) Radial. D) Dendritic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dendritic. 28. ..... is the largest Peninsular river A) Godavari. B) Yamuna. C) Gangotri. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Godavari. 29. River Indus originates ..... A) Near Wular lake. B) From Himalayas. C) Near Mansarovar Lake. D) From Karakoram range. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near Mansarovar Lake. 30. Rising from a spring near ..... , the Krishna flows for about 1400 km and reaches the Bay of Bengal. A) Mahabaleshwar. B) Yamunotri. C) Ankles. D) Gangotri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahabaleshwar. 31. Where does the river Ganga receive its water? A) Yakithri glamier. B) Gangotri glacier. C) Other rivers. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gangotri glacier. 32. The drainage basins of the peninsular rivers in comparison to the Himalayan Rivers are A) Smaller in Size. B) Larger in Size. C) Same in Size. D) Medium in Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smaller in Size. 33. Godavari is also known as A) Poorna. B) Ganga of the south. C) South Ganges. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Ganges. 34. Which is the northern most point of Ganga delta? A) Diarrhea. B) Nepal. C) Hyderabad. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diarrhea. 35. The river Narmada has its source at- A) Satpura. B) Brahmagiri. C) The commander. D) Slopes of the Western Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The commander. 36. The two headstreams of river Ganga are ..... and ..... A) Bhagirathi, Alaknanda. B) Bhagirathi, Yamuna. C) Mama, Chambal. D) Chambal, Betwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhagirathi, Alaknanda. 37. The Ganga and the Yamuna rivers meet at A) Kanpur. B) Varanasi. C) Patna. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allahabad. 38. The Narmada and the Tapi are the only long rivers that flow west and make A) Delta. B) Distributaries. C) Estuaries. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estuaries. 39. THE GANGA RIVER FINISH IN THE A) BAY OF BENGAL. B) BEY OF BENGAL. C) Bay of Cadiz. D) I AM NOT SO SURE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BAY OF BENGAL. 40. What is the other name given to 'Greater Himalayas'? A) Himachal. B) Himadri. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himadri. 41. Ganga enters the plains at A) Rishikesh. B) Haridwar. C) Devprayag. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haridwar. 42. In which river, is the largest delta located? A) The Ganga. B) Godavari. C) The Indus. D) The Brahmaputra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Ganga. 43. THE RIVER INDUS ORIGINATES IN: A) NEPAL. B) INDIA. C) TIBET. D) BHUTAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TIBET. 44. The hydroelectric power generated from the ..... falls is supplied to Mysore, Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Field. A) Dye. B) Shivasamudram. C) Dunjal. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shivasamudram. 45. Which one of the following freshwater lakes is the largest? A) Nainital. B) Loktak. C) Dal. D) Wular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wular. 46. Which range of Himalaya remain covered with snow throughout the year? A) Shivalik. B) Himadri. C) Himachal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himadri. 47. The 'Dhuadhar falls' is made by the river ..... that plunges over steep rocks. A) But. B) Narmada. C) Mahanadi. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narmada. 48. True or False:A drainage basin and a watershed are the same. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. The Tungabhadra, The Koyna, The Ghatprabha, The Mussi, and The Bhima Hey Tributers of ..... A) Godavari. B) Narmada. C) Krishna. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Krishna. 50. The head waters of the Ganga A) Gangotri. B) Bhagirathi. C) Alaknanda. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bhagirathi. 51. Which one is not a tributary of Godawari? A) Come bargain. B) Pretty ganga. C) Manjeri. D) Bhima. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bhima. 52. Where does river ganga emerge in the mountains? A) Haridwar. B) Shivalik. C) Rain. D) Honeycomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haridwar. 53. Which of these is a west flowing river? A) Narmada. B) Kaveri. C) Krishna. D) Bharatpujaha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bharatpujaha. 54. The headwaters of the ..... called the'Bhagirathi' is fed by the Gangotri Glacier andjoined by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag inUttarakhand. A) GANGA. B) YAMUNA. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GANGA. 55. The river Narmada has its source at(a) Satpura (c) Amarkantak A) Satpura. B) The commander. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The commander. 56. Name the river which is perennial A) Mahanadi. B) Godavari. C) Kaveri. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ganga. 57. Near which mountain peak/range Brahmaputra takes 'U' turn and enters in Arunachal Pradesh? A) Kailash Mansarovar. B) Garo Hills. C) I leave Barwa. D) Naked mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I leave Barwa. 58. The Himalayas run in west to east direction from ..... to ..... A) Dehra Dun & Patli Doon. B) Himalaya and Shivlikes. C) Indus to Brahmaputra. D) Himadri and Himachal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indus to Brahmaputra. 59. Every year during the ..... season the river overflows its banks. A) Rainy. B) Summer. C) Autumn. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy. 60. When Ganga enters in Bangladesh and Joins Brahmaputra it is known as A) Padma. B) Meghna. C) Highli. D) Bhagirathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meghna. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage Quiz 1Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage Quiz 3Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books