Drainage quiz-I

What does the term "drainage" refer to?

• The river system of an area
• The process of water evaporating from rivers
• The movement of fish in rivers
• The erosion of riverbanks

What forms the main river in a drainage system?

• Small streams flowing together
• A large lake
• A sea
• A mountain

What is the area drained by a single river system called?

• Drainage divide
• Aquifer
• Drainage basin
• Watershed

What separates two drainage basins?

• A mountain
• A lake
• A sea
• A river

Which two major groups do Indian rivers fall into?

• The Ganga and the Brahmaputra
• The Himalayan rivers and the Peninsular rivers
• The northern rivers and the southern rivers
• The perennial rivers and the seasonal rivers

What distinguishes most Himalayan rivers?

• They are perennial
• They are short
• They have shallow courses
• They flow towards the west

What are the two major Himalayan rivers?

• The Indus and the Ganga
• The Ganga and the Yamuna
• The Brahmaputra and the Yamuna
• The Ganges and the Brahmaputra

Where does the river Indus rise?

• Tibet
• Himalayas
• Kashmir
• Karachi

Which rivers join the Indus in the Kashmir region?

• Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok, and Hunza
• Zambezi, Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates
• Yangtze, Mekong, Yellow, and Salween
• The Satluj, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab, and the Jhelum

Where does the Indus flow into the sea?

• Arabian Sea, east of Karachi
• Caspian Sea, north of Tehran
• Black Sea, west of Istanbul
• Mediterranean Sea, near Alexandria