Rivers of India Quiz

Which type of rivers are formed by melting snow and glaciers and continuously flow throughout the year?

• Rivers of the inland drainage basin

• Coastal rivers

• Deccan rivers

• Himalayan rivers

Which river is one of the great rivers of the world and rises near Mansarovar in Tibet?

• Godavari

• Brahmaputra

• Indus

• Ganga

Which river system has the principal sub-basins of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda?

• Ganga

• Indus

• Brahmaputra

• Godavari

Which river in the southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin covering 10 per cent of the area of India?

• Narmada

• Mahanadi

• Krishna

• Godavari

Which river in the uplands of the Deccan flows to the Arabian Sea?

• Narmada

• Mahanadi

• Krishna

• Godavari

Which river in the south falls into the Bay of Bengal?

• Krishna

• Godavari

• Narmada

• Mahanadi

Which river in Rajasthan does not drain into the sea and gets lost in sand with no outlet to the sea?

• Machhu

• Luni

• Rupen

• Saraswati

Which river rises in the hills in Manipur and continues in Bangladesh till the combined Ganga-Brahmaputra join it near Bhairab Bazar?

• Barak River

• Tuivai

• Makku

• Trang

Which river in India rises in Tibet and runs a long distance till it crosses over into India in Arunachal Pradesh under the name of Dihang?

• Brahmaputra

• Godavari

• Ganga

• Indus

Which river is known as one of the great rivers of the world and finally falls in the Arabian Sea near Karachi?

• Indus

• Brahmaputra

• Ganga

• Godavari