Geography MCQs with Answers (Set 7)

1. By what name is the Brahmaputra River known when it enters Arunachal Pradesh?
a) Dibang
b) Dihang
c) Subansiri
d) Dhansiri
Answer: b) Dihang

2. Which is the tallest multipurpose dam constructed on the Ravi River?
a) Bhakra Nangal
b) Kahalgaon
c) Ranjit Sagar Dam
d) Rihand Dam
Answer: c) Ranjit Sagar Dam

3. Match the following dams with their respective states:

DamState
A. Tungabhadra1. Kerala
B. Lower Bhawani2. Andhra Pradesh
C. Idukki3. Tamil Nadu
D. Nagarjuna Sagar4. Karnataka

Options:
a) 3, 1, 4, 1
b) 2, 4, 3, 1
c) 4, 3, 1, 2
d) 1, 4, 2, 3
Answer: c) 4, 3, 1, 2

4. Where is the Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project located?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c) Himachal Pradesh

5. The India-Nepal joint river valley project is associated with which river?
a) Gomati
b) Chambal
c) Damodar
d) Kosi
Answer: d) Kosi

6. Where was India’s first hydroelectric power plant established?
a) Nizam Sagar
b) Shivanasamudra
c) Ramagundam
d) Mettur
Answer: b) Shivanasamudra

7. The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built across which river?
a) Krishna
b) Chambal
c) Kosi
d) Sutlej
Answer: a) Krishna

8. The island of Sivasamudram is formed by which river?
a) Ganga
b) Godavari
c) Krishna
d) Cauvery
Answer: d) Cauvery

9. Which is the longest dam in India?
a) Bhakra Dam
b) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
c) Hirakud Dam
d) Kosi Dam
Answer: c) Hirakud Dam

10. Which is the longest river entirely in India?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Ganga
c) Godavari
d) Krishna
Answer: b) Ganga

11. In which state is Lonar Lake situated?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Maharashtra
d) Gujarat
Answer: c) Maharashtra

12. On which river is the world’s highest railway bridge in Jammu & Kashmir being constructed?
a) Jhelum
b) Chenab
c) Indus
d) Ravi
Answer: b) Chenab

13. Which river basin is the highest in Peninsular India?
a) Mahanadi
b) Godavari
c) Krishna
d) Narmada
Answer: c) Krishna

14. Which Indian river is referred to as “Vridh Ganga”?
a) Krishna
b) Godavari
c) Cauvery
d) Narmada
Answer: b) Godavari

15. On which riverbank is the city of Nashik located?
a) Mahanadi
b) Tapi
c) Krishna
d) Godavari
Answer: d) Godavari

16. Which river in India is popularly called an “open sewer”?
a) Ganga
b) Yamuna
c) Narmada
d) Godavari
Answer: b) Yamuna

17. Which town lies at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers?
a) Rudraprayag
b) Devprayag
c) Vishnuprayag
d) Karnaprayag
Answer: b) Devprayag

18. Which river is notorious for frequently changing its course?
a) Narmada
b) Kosi
c) Brahmaputra
d) Damodar
Answer: b) Kosi

19. Which river exits India from the northeast?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Gandak
c) Kosi
d) Ganga
Answer: a) Brahmaputra

20. Vijayawada is situated on the bank of which river?
a) Cauvery
b) Krishna
c) Mahanadi
d) Yamuna
Answer: b) Krishna

21. Which river flows between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges?
a) Godavari
b) Gandak
c) Tapti
d) Narmada
Answer: d) Narmada

22. Which of these rivers is not associated with Punjab?
a) Sutlej
b) Ravi
c) Beas
d) Tapti
Answer: d) Tapti

23. On which riverbank is the city of Surat located?
a) Narmada
b) Sharavati
c) Mahi
d) Tapti
Answer: d) Tapti

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