Drainage (Geography IX)
| Description: Social Studies | |
| Number of Questions: 20 | |
| Created by: Adhira Saini | |
| Tags: Social Studies Geography Class IX Drainage |
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The area drained by a single river system is called a drainage basin. b. An elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, that separates two drainage basins is known as a land divide. c. The Brahmaputra has the largest river basin in India.
The Himalayan rivers have long courses from their source to the sea. Which of the following charachteristics is/are correct for the the middle and the lower courses of these rivers?
a. Gorges b. Meanders c. Oxbow lakes
Which of the following tributaries of River Ganga rises in the Nepal Himalayas?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Farakka in West Bengal is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta. b. The Sundarbans delta is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta. c. The plains from Ambala to the Sunderbans stretch over nearly 2500 km.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet, East of Lake Mansarowar. b. The Brahmaputra is slightly shorter than the Indus. c. The Brahmaputra develops large meanders along its course.
According to the regulations of the Indus Water Treaty (1960), India can use only 20 percent of the total water carried by the Indus. This water is used for irrigation in which of the following Indian regions?
a. Jammu b. Kashmir c. Punjab d. Haryana e. South and West Rajasthan
Which of the following peninsular rivers flows West and makes an estuary?
Which of the following rivers rises near Lake Mansarowar in Tibet?
‘Dhuadhar falls’ are located on river
Which of the following rivers forms many riverine islands due to a highly braided channel?
Which of the following is the name of Brahmaputra in Bangladesh?
Which of the following rivers is the largest peninsular river?
Which of the following peninsular rivers has Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini as its tributaries?
Which of the following lakes was formed as a result of tectonic activity?
Which of the following lakes is a natural freshwater lake?
Concern over rising pollution in our rivers led to the launching of various action plans to clean the rivers. When was the Ganga Action Plan (phase I) initiated?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. A lake helps to regulate the flow of a river. b. Lakes can also be used for developing hydel power. c. The damming of the rivers for the generation of hydel power has also led to the formation of lakes.
Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Indus?
a. The Indus plain has a very gentle slope. b. The Indus flows through Baltistan and Gilgit, and emerges from the mountains at Attock. c. The Zaskar, the Nubra, the Shyok and the Hunza join the Indus in the Mithankot.
Match the following:
| Rivers | Source points |
| a. Mahanadi | 1. Western Ghats in Nasik |
| b.Godavari | 2. Satpura hills in Madhya Pradesh |
| c. Narmada | 3. Highlands of Chattisgarh |
| d. Tapi | 4. Amarkantak hills in Madhya Pradesh |
The streams within a drainage basin form certain patterns. Match the following patterns with their characteristics:
| River drainage patterns | Charachteristics |
| 1. Dendritic | a. When streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome like structure |
| 2. Trellis | b. Where the drainage pattern develops on a strongly jointed rocky terrain |
| 3. Rectangular | c. When the stream with its tributaries resembles the branches of a tree |
| 4. Radial | d. Where a river is joined by its tributaries at approximately right angles |