Drainage

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

• (a) Radial
  

• (b) Centrifugal
  

• (c) Dendritic
  

• (d) Trellis

Which of the following is not a tributary of Godavari?

• (a) Purna
  

• (b) Wardha
  

• (c) Wainganga
  

• (d) Lohit

Meanders are formed in which one of the following courses of a river?

• (a) Upper course
  

• (b) Middle course
  

• (c) Lower course
  

• (d) Both upper and middle

Which one of the following is not a tributary of the River Ganga?

• (a) Yamuna
  

• (b) Beas
  

• (c) Ghaghra
  

• (d) Kosi

Which one of the following statements about the river Narmada is not true?

• (a) It flows through a rift valley
  

• (b) It flows through a gorge near Jabalpur
  

• (c) It plunges over steep rocks at the Dhuadhar falls
  

• (d) Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi

Which kind of a drainage pattern is formed when tributaries join rivers at almost right angles?

• (a) Dendritic drainage
  

• (b) Trellis drainage
  

• (c) Rectangular drainage
  

• (d) Radial drainage

Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system ?

• (a) Ambala
  

• (b) Nainital
  

• (c) Haridwar
  

• (d) Allahabad

Which of the following is the second longest river of Peninsular India?

• (a) Godavari
  

• (b) Krishna
  

• (c) Kaveri
  

• (d) Mahanadi

Which of the following rivers is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?

• (a) The Godavari
  

• (b) The Narmada
  

• (c) The Krishna
  

• (d) The Kaveri

Which of the following rivers rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra?

• (a) Mahanadi
  

• (b) Narmada
  

• (c) Godavari
  

• (d) Koyna