This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > Drainage > Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 3 Drainage Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins. A) Watershed. B) Confluence. C) Tributary. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watershed. 2. A narrow valley between hills or mountains is called A) Floodplains. B) Delta. C) Frinches. D) Gorges. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorges. 3. Which one of the following is the highest peak of the Himalayas? A) Patkai. B) Purchalchal. C) Kanchenjung. D) Mizo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanchenjung. 4. Drainage basins are separated by ..... A) Watersheds. B) Water tables. C) Walls. D) Communities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watersheds. 5. This chain of mountains separates India from the rest of Asia and created a convergent plate boundary. A) Deccan Plateau. B) Mount Everest. C) Himalayas. D) Eastern and Western Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. 6. Drainage area of a river. A) Watershed. B) Estuary. C) Groundwater. D) River basin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River basin. 7. River pattern which forms a tree like shape is called A) Rectangular pattern. B) Trellis Pattern. C) Radial pattern. D) Dentritic pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dentritic pattern. 8. The basin covers parts ofMaharashtra (about 50 per cent of the basinarea lies in Maharashtra), Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh A) KAVERI. B) GODAVARI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GODAVARI. 9. On which river Marble falls located? A) Narmada. B) Mahanadi. C) Cauveri. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narmada. 10. Which one of the following is not a eastern flowing river? A) Krishna. B) Godavari. C) Narmada. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narmada. 11. The rive rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarowar. Flowing west, it enters India in the Ladakh. A) INDUS. B) BRAHMAPUTRA. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INDUS. 12. The ..... is where the main river will eventually drain all its water into. A) Watershed. B) Mouth. C) Confluence. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mouth. 13. The ..... have long courses from their source to the sea. A) Peninsular rivers. B) Lakes. C) Himalayan rivers. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayan rivers. 14. What is the river Ganga called in Tibet and Bangladesh? A) Take Po, Jamunna. B) Jamun, Fire. C) Water, Ganga. D) Tsang Po, Water of east. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take Po, Jamunna. 15. Which of the following is the result of concern over rising pollution in our rivers? A) Banning hydroelectric projects. B) Various river action plans. C) Rainwater harvesting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Various river action plans. 16. According to the theory of plate tectonics, ..... A) The asthenosphere is divided into plates. B) The lithosphere is divided into plates. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The lithosphere is divided into plates. 17. Lakes are of great value to human beings. Which of the following statements about lakes given below is incorrect? A) Enhances natural beauty. B) It results in flooding. C) Can be used for developing hydel power. D) Helps to regulate the flow of rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It results in flooding. 18. The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ..... A) Pantry. B) Pag. C) Wegenerland. D) Eurasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pag. 19. The Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum are the major tributaries to river ..... A) Brahmaputra. B) Indian. C) Ganges. D) Gadovarai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian. 20. WHICH IS THE NATIONAL RIVER OF INDIA? A) Krishna. B) Ganga. C) Kaveri. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ganga. 21. At which place the Bhagirathi joins the Alaknanda? A) Devprayag. B) Shimla. C) Haridwar. D) Rishikesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Devprayag. 22. A river along with its tributaries may be called A) Drainage. B) River system. C) Water divide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River system. 23. The Godavari river originates from which of the following locations? A) Himalayas. B) Vinth Range. C) Western Ghats. D) Eastern Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Western Ghats. 24. Alaknanda and Bhagirathi converge to be called as ganga at: A) Badrinath. B) Kedarnath. C) Devprayag. D) Haridwar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devprayag. 25. The famous Dal Lake, the houseboats and shikaras, which attract thousands of tourists every year, are in ..... A) Kashmir. B) Orissa. C) Darjeeling. D) Kangra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kashmir. 26. The river system of an area is A) Drainage. B) Water divide. C) Landlevel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drainage. 27. Which of these is a freshwater lake of India? A) Chilika. B) Wular. C) Pulicat. D) Sambar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wular. 28. Two water bodies are separated by A) Landmass. B) Water divide. C) Dams. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water divide. 29. WHICH RIVE HAS THE LARGEST BASIN IN INDIA? A) GANGA RIVE. B) Son shore. C) GODAVARI. D) But Rive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GANGA RIVE. 30. Tapi river rises in which one of the following ranges? A) Satpura ranges. B) Brahmagiri ranges. C) Aravali ranges. D) Nilgiris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Satpura ranges. 31. True or False:Only 2.5% of our water supply is safe for drinking. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. What is Bhakra nangal project also known as? A) Yamuna project. B) Guru Gobind Sagar. C) Ganga project. D) Guru Govind Sagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guru Gobind Sagar. 33. In which state Wular lake is situated? A) Punjab. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Gujrat. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 34. What is an upland that separates two drainage basins known as? A) Drainage system. B) Drainage basin. C) Water divide. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water divide. 35. Slow moving rivers of ice are called A) Ice bergs. B) Glaciers. C) Blizzards. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaciers. 36. What is the other name of Mt. K2. A) Don't.Annapurna. B) Mt. Godwin Austen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mt. Godwin Austen. 37. Lakes of large extent are called seas, A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 38. The peninsular Indian rivers rise from: A) Western Ghats. B) Saturapas. C) Vindhyas. D) Eastern Ghats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western Ghats. 39. The river Yamuna rises from A) Gangotri glacier. B) Yamunotri glacier. C) Ghagra. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yamunotri glacier. 40. By which name the river Brahmaputra is known in Tibet? A) Take In. B) Tswana Po. C) Take You. D) Tsang ko. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tswana Po. 41. The Tapi rises in the ..... ranges, in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh A) Mahabaleshwar. B) Mailly |. C) Himalayas. D) Satpura. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Satpura. 42. Chilika lake is in which state? A) Madhya pradesh. B) West Bengal. C) Rajasthan. D) Odisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Odisha. 43. Which one of the following cities of India is not located on a riverbank? A) Haridwar. B) Allahabad. C) Shillong. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shillong. 44. Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a a tree A) Trellis. B) Centrifugal. C) Dendrite. D) Radial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrite. 45. Most of the major rivers of the Peninsula, such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, and the Kaveri, flow eastwards and drain into the A) Arabian Sea. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Indian Ocean. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bay of Bengal. 46. THE GANGES RIVER START IN A) THE MONT BLANC. B) THE PIRINIS. C) THE HIMALAYA. D) ANDES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THE HIMALAYA. 47. Which one of the following does not originate for the Himalayas? A) Ganga. B) Chambal. C) Brahmaputra. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chambal. 48. The journey of Narmada begins at ..... and where does it ends in ..... A) Amarkant Peak and Indian Ocean. B) Amarkantak peak and Bay of Bengal. C) Amarkant Peak and Arabian Sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amarkant Peak and Arabian Sea. 49. ..... % of water can be used by indians in Indus A) 70. B) 90. C) 20. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 50. The river Mahanadi rises from which one of the following states A) Madhya pradesh. B) Chhattisgarh. C) Jharkhand. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chhattisgarh. 51. True or False:Water underground feeds into drainage basins. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Most of the rivers of peninsular India orginate in the A) EASTERN GHATS. B) WESTERN GHATS. C) NORTHERN GHATS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WESTERN GHATS. 53. Rivers Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum join the river Indus near ..... in Pakistan. A) Amritsar. B) Attock. C) Mithankot. D) Lahore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mithankot. 54. Name a lake as a result of tectonic activity and the largest freshwater lake in India? A) Sarvasundaram Lake. B) Panchvarnam Lake. C) Ganga lake. D) Wular lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wular lake. 55. Peninsular rivers make their delta at their ..... A) Leg. B) Stomach. C) Head. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mouth. 56. What is the other name given to 'Middle Himalayas'? A) Himachal. B) Himadri. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himachal. 57. WHICH IS THE ORIGIN OF RIVER KRISHNA? A) Mansrovar. B) Gangotri. C) The commander. D) Mahabaleshwar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mansrovar. 58. The Tungabhadra, theKoyana, the Ghatprabha, the Musi and theBhima are some of its tributaries A) KRISHNA. B) MAHANADI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) KRISHNA. 59. WHICH RIVER HAS A BRAIDED CHANNEL IN ITS ENTIRE LENGTH? A) GANGA. B) BUT. C) INDUS. D) BRAHMAPUTRA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BRAHMAPUTRA. 60. AN AREA DRAINED BY A SINGLE RIVER SYSTEM IS CALLED: A) DRAINAGE BASIN. B) WATER DIVIDE. C) DOAB. D) DRAINAGE. 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