GK Questions on Rivers of India

GK Questions on Rivers of India – In today’s class we are going to discuss GK Questions Answers on Rivers of India. Here we are going to cover all the important rivers of India from North to South and East to West like Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Luni, Tapti, Krishna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri, etc.

GK Questions on Rivers of India with Answers

Q. Which river is considered as the holiest river in India?
a. Ganga
b. Yamuna
c. Godavari
d. Krishna
Ans. a

Q. The river Ganga originates from?
a. Tibet
b. Himalayas
c. Gangotri
d. K2 mountain range
Ans. c

Q. The longest river in India is?
a. Ganga
b. Brahmaputra
c. Indus
d. Yamuna
Ans. a

Q. From the following which river flows into the Arabian sea?
a. Krishna
b. Cauvery
c. Narmada
d. Mahanadi
Ans. c

Q. Which river lent its name to India?
a. Bhagirathi
b. Krishna
c. Ganga
d. Indus
Ans. d

Q. Nasik is situated on the banks of river?
a. Yamuna
b. Godavari
c. Krishna
d. Cauvery
Ans. b

Q. The Taj Mahal is situated on the banks of river?
a. Ganga
b. Yamuna
c. Godavari
d. Krishna
Ans. b

Q. From the following which one is a west-flowing river?
a. Godavari
b. Mahanadi
c. Krishna
d. Narmada
Ans. d

Q. The national river of India is?
a. Kaveri
b. Ganga
c. Brahmaputra
d. Yamuna
Ans. b

Rivers of India GK Questions Answers

Q. Which river in India is also known as Salt River?
a. Manas
b. Luni
c. Mahi
d. Sutlej
Ans. b

Q. The area which is drained by a river is called?
a. Waterfall
b. Estuary
c. River Basin
d. Delta
Ans. c

Q. Which river is also known as Dakshin (South) Ganga?
a. Godavari
b. Krishna
c. Mahanadi
d. Cauvery (Kaveri)
Ans. a

Q. From the following which river flows through states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu?
a. Periyar
b. Ganga
c. Godavari
d. Kaveri
Ans. d

Q. Malaprabha and Ghataprabha rivers are the tributaries of?
a. Mahanadi
b. Brahmaputra
c. Krishna
d. Tapti
Ans. c

Q. From the following river which does not originates in the Western Ghats?
a. Mahanadi
b. Krishna
c. Kaveri
d. Godavari
Ans. a

Indian Rivers General Knowledge

Q. Which is the 2nd longest river flowing in India?
a. Ganga
b. Kaveri
c. Godavari
d. Brahmaputra
Ans. c

Q. Which of the following river falls in the Bay of Bengal?
a. Narmada
b. Kaveri
c. Mahi
d. Tapti
Ans. b

Q. Which one of the following rivers does not originates in India?
a. Ganga
b. Sutlej
c. Chenab
d. Jhelum
Ans. b

Q. The Brahmaputra river originates from?
a. Gangotri
b. Indus
c. Tibet
d. Himalaya
Ans. d

Q. From the following which river does not flow through Himalayas?
a. Alaknanda
b. Bhagirathi
c. Indus
d. Godavari
Ans. d

Q. A low plain that form at river’s mouth is called?
a. Estuary
b. River Basin
c. Back waters
d. Delta
Ans. d

Q. Which river forms the largest river basin?
a. Brahmaputra
b. Indus
c. Ganga
d. Narmada
Ans. c

GK Questions on Rivers of India (Indian Rivers GK Questions)

Q. Which river flows through Assam and is known for changing its course frequently?
a. Godavari
b. Brahmaputra
c. Chambal
d. Ganga
Ans. b

Q. At which place Bhagirathi and Alaknanda river join together and get the name Ganga?
a. Devprayag
b. Haridwar
c. Rishikesh
d. Prayagraj
Ans. a

Q. Amravathi city is located on the banks of which river?
a. Kaveri river
b. Mahanadi river
c. Krishna river
d. Godavari river
Ans. c

Q. The other name of the Indus river is?
a. Karnali
b. Yangtze
c. Vipasha
d. Sindhu
Ans. d

Q. The river which is also known as Sorrow of Bihar?
a. Bagmati river
b. Koshi river
c. Son river
d. Gandaki river
Ans. b

Q. Which is the longest flowing river in India?
a. Godavari
b. Ganga
c. Indus
d. Brahmaputra
Ans. b

Q. Which of the following rivers does not drain into a sea?
a. Krishna
b. Luni
c. Tapti
d. Mahanadi
Ans. b
> It drains into the Rann of Kachchh

Q. Chenab, Sutlej, Ravi, Jhelum and Beas rivers are tributaries of?
a. Ganga
b. Yamuna
c. Indus
d. Krishna
Ans. c

Q. Which of the following river is not a tributary of Ganga river?
a. Gomti
b. Tamsa
c. Yamuna
d. Indravati
Ans. d

Q. The river which is also known as Sorrow of Bengal?
a. Bagmati river
b. Koshi river
c. Damodar river
d. Gandaki river
Ans. c

Rivers of India GK Questions with Answers

Q. Which river crosses the Tropic of Cancer twice in India?
a. Narmada river
b. Tapti river
c. Mahanadi river
d. Mahi river
Ans. d

Q. River that flows between Satpura and Vindhya ranges?
a. Yamuna
b. Mahanadi
c. Narmada
d. Kaveri
Ans. c

Q. Which one of the following is a Perennial river?
a. Godavari
b. Krishna
c. Ganga
Ans. c

Q. Which one of the following is a non-Perennial river?
a. Godavari
b. Brahmaputra
c. Indus
d. Ganga
Ans. a

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