Indian Rivers, Lakes and Water World MCQ in English ( Set – 3 )
Indian Rivers, Lakes and Water World MCQ in English : Indian Geography is a very important section in almost every competitive exams like FSSAI, RRB, NTPC, FCI, CWC, LIC, ESIC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, AAI, DRDO, ISRO, NTRO, State Level Exams, UPSC & Various Competitive Exams. Questions based on Physical Geography are always asked in various competitive exams. In this post we are providing you the Topic Wise GK Questions of Physical Geography. Practice these chapter-wise Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) GK Questions of Indian Geography. Indian Geography comes under General Knowledge or Samanya Gyan section that is part of every exams. In this section we are providing GK in Hindi and GK Questions in English in another section. These Online Quiz contain the previous year asked questions in various govt exams, so practice these Online GK Test in Hindi and English at least one set of each subject daily. Get also all other subjects GK Questions and Answers in MCQ format from ExamSector.
Rivers or lake quiz questions and answers
41. Match the following: [Asstt Comm PF 2002]
City River passing through the city
A. Nasik 1. Krishna
B. Surat 2. Cauvery
C. Ujjain 3. Godawari
D. Vijayawada 4. Shipra
5. Tapti
A B C D
(a) 3 5 4 1
(b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 4 5 3 1
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42. What is the correct sequence of the rivers- Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths? [IAS 2003]
(a) Godavari – Mahanadi – Narrnada – Tapi
(b) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
(c) Narmada – Godavart – Tapi – Mahanadi
(d) Narmada- Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi
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43. Arrange the following rivers from South to North: [CPO SI 2002]
1. Cauvery
2. Krishna
3. Godavari
4. Mahanadi
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 3, 4, 1, 2
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
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44. Arrange the following rivers in descending order of their length:
1. Ravi
2. Cauvery
3. Sutlej
4. Yamuna
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
(b) 3, 4, 1, 2
(c) 4, 3, 2, 1
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
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45. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan? [IAS 2004]
(a) Bharatpur
(b) Jaipur
(c) Jodhpur
(d) Udaipur
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46. Canal irrigation is most important in the Northern Plains of India because:
(a) the soil is porous
(b) the level of underground water is high
(c) the sources of canals are perennial rivers
(d) the region is densely populated
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47. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India forms rift valley due to down warping? [IAS 1998]
(a) Damodar
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Son
(d) Yamuna
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48. ‘Hinterland’ refers to:
(a) continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
(b) natural harbour used for international trade
(c) land region extending from a sea port
(d) abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
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49. The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is: [CDS 2002]
(a) Haldia
(b) New Tuticorin
(c) Paradeep
(d) Vishakhapatnam
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50. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India? [CDS
2001, CDS 2003]
(a) Cochin
(b) Ennore
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Vishakhapatnam
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51. Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India? [IAS 2003]
(a) Kolkata
(b) Kochi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vishakhapatnam
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52. Which one of the following statements is correct? [NDA 2003]
(a) India ranks 9th in the world’s shipping tonnage
(b) Mumbai port handles half of the country’s foreign trade
(c) Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
(d) India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
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53. Consider the following seaports:
1. Chennai
2. Machilipattinam
3. Nagapattinam
4. Tuticorin
The correct sequence of these ports as one moves from north to south is : [CDS 2000]
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 1, 3, 4
(c) 1, 3, 2, 4
(d) 2, 1, 4, 3
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54. Match the following: [CPO AC 2003] Major Port State
A. Jawaharlal Nehru 1. Tamil Nadu
B. Paradwip Port 2. Maharashtra
C. Kandla Port 3. Orissa
D. Ennore Port 4. Gujarat
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 4 3 4 1
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 2 1 4 3
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55. Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched?
(a) Kandla : Gujarat
(b) Paradip : Orissa
(c) Quilon : Kerala
(d) Kakinada : Maharashtra
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56. Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port?
(a) Kandla
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia
(d) Tuticorin
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57. Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?
(a) Cochin
(b) New Mangalore
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vishakhapatnam
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58. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of ports down the western coast of India?
(a) Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore
(b) Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
(c) Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore
(d) Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi, Negercoil
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59. Which of the following ports are on the west coast?
1. Marmugao
2. Cochin
3. New Mangalore
4. Paradeep
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 3
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60. Consider the following:
1. Chilika Lake
2. Pulicat Lake
3. Vembanad Lake
Which of the above is/are lagoon(s)? [CDS 2005]
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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