Drainage part 1 class 9 MCQ

The area drained by a single river system is called a ..................... basin.

• drainage

• delta

• none

Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, separates two drainage basins. Such an upland is known as a .....................

• water divide

• basin

• lake

• island

The city located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system is

• Jabalpur

• Ambala

• Meerut

• Chandigarh

Which river is called the Dihang when it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh?

• The Ganga

• The Brahmaputra

• The Indus

• The Kaveri

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

• Amazon river

• Nile river

• Ganga river

• Hwang Ho river

Which one of the following peninsular river of India flows west and makes estuaries?

• The Krishna

• The Mahanadi

• The Godavari

• The Tapi

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

• river system

• ox bow lake

• river bed

• none

Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree?

• (a) Radial

• (b) Dendritic

• (c) Centrifugal

• (d) Trellis

The Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum are the major tributaries to river .................

• (a) Ganges

• (b) Brahmaputra

• (c) Indus

• (d) Godavari

................... in Assam, is the largest riverine island formed by river Brahmaputra.

• (a) Majuli

• (b) Sunderban

• (c) Namcha Barwa

• (d) Tsangpo