Drainage part 3 class 9 MCQ

The famous Dal Lake, the house boats and shikaras, which attract thousands of tourists every year is in ............

• Darjeling

• Kashmir

• Kangra

• Orissa

Lakes of large extent are called the seas, like the Caspian, the Dead and the Aral seas.

• True

• False

Most lakes are permanent; some contain water only during the rainy season, like the lakes in the basins of inland drainage of semi-arid regions

• True

• False

There are some of the lakes which are the result of the action of glaciers and ice sheets, while the others have been formed by wind, river action, and human activities.

• False

• True

A meandering river across a flood plain forms cut-offs that later develop into

• Tectonic lakes

• Karst lakes

• Ox-bow lakes

• None

Spits and bars form lagoons in the areas, eg the Chilika lake, the Pulicat lake, the Kolleru lake.

• coastal

• mountaineous

• deltaic

• none

The Sambhar lake is in.................... which is a salt water lake. Its water is used for producing salt.

• J&K

• Kerala

• Rajasthan

• Orissa

Most of the fresh water lakes are in the Himalayan region

• True

• False

The Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir, in contrast, is the result of the

• Wind activity

• Tectonic activity

• Human activity

• None

The largest freshwater lake in India is...............

• Dal lake

• Nainital

• Chilika

• Wular