Geography - Class 9

Drainage

Q1. Fill in the blanks.

                         i.        The area drained by a single river system is called a ____________.

                        ii.        The world’s largest drainage basin is of the _________________.

                       iii.        Most of the Himalayan rivers are ___________________.

                       iv.        A river alongwith its tributaries may be called a ________________.

                       v.        The Brahmaputra rises in _______ east of Mansarowar lake very close to the sources of the Indus and the Satluj.

                      vi.        The ____________ pattern develops when streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome like structure.

         vii.        The activities of Ganga Action Plan (GAP) phase-I, initiated in __________, were declared closed on 31st March ___________.

         viii.        Brahmaputra is known as _____________ in Tibet and _______________ in Bangladesh.

 

Q2. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

   i. In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?

   (a) Radial        (c) Centrifugal

   (b) Dendritic    (d) Trellis

 

  ii. In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?

   (a) Rajasthan       (c) Punjab

   (b) Uttar Pradesh  (d) Jammu and Kashmir

 

  iii. The river Narmada has its source at

   (a) Satpura         (c) Amarkantak

   (b) Brahmagiri     (d) Slopes of the Western Ghats

 

  iv. Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

   (a) Sambhar     (c) Wular

   (b) Dal             (d) Gobind Sagar

 

  v. Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India?

   (a) Narmada    (c) Godavari

   (b) Krishna      (d) Mahanadi

 

  vi. Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?

   (a) Mahanadi        (c) Krishna

   (b) Tungabhadra   (d) Tapi

 

Q3. Name the biggest waterfall in India.

 

Q4. Where did Ganga river named as ‘Meghna’?

 

Q5. Which river of India is known as Meghna?

 

Q6. Which is the largest peninsular river in India?

 

Q7. Zaskar and Nubra are important tributaries of which river?

 

Q8. What is called river system?

 

Q9. What does NRCP stand for?

 

Q10. Which is the largest river basin in India?

 

Q11. Which is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta?

 

Q12. Which rivers rise from Nepal Himalaya?

 

Q13. What is the total length of Indus river?

 

Q14. Which drainage basin largest among peninsular rivers?

 

Q15. Which is the largest tributary of river Ganga?

 

Q16. Which two Peninsular rivers flow through trough?