Drainage part 2 class 9 MCQ

The main water divide in Peninsular India is formed by the..................... , which runs from north to south close to the western coast

Most of the major rivers of the Peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards and drain into the

• Arabian Sea

• Bay of Bengal

• Indian Ocean

• None

The Narmada and the Tapi are the only long rivers, which flow west and make

• Delta

• Distributaries

• Esturies

• None of these

The Narmada rises in the Amarkantak hills in .................

• Maharashtra

• Orissa

• Madhya Pradesh.

• None of these

The ‘Dhuadhar falls’ is made by the river................. that plunges over steep rocks.

• Mahanadi

• Narmada

• Tapi

• Godavari

The Narmada basin covers parts of ...............................

• Maharashtra and gujarat

• Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

• Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

• none

The Tapi rises in the................ ranges, in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh

• Himalayas

• Maikal

• Satpura

• Mahabaleshwar

The ....................... is the largest Peninsular river. It rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra

• Mahanadi

• Narmada

• Godavari

• Krishna

Which of the peninsular rivers is called the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?

• The Tapi

• The Mahanadi

• The narmada

• The Godavari

The drainage basin of the Mahanadi is not shared by...

• (a) Madhya Pradesh

• (b) Maharashtra

• (c) Chhattisgarh

• (d) Jharkhand