Rivers and Miscellaneous - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Ganga
B)
Musi
C)
Kaveri
D)
Krishana

Correct Answer :   Musi

The Charminar is situated on the east bank of Musi river. To the west lies the Laad Bazaar, and to the southwest lies the richly ornamented granite Makkah Masjid. It is listed as an archaeological and architectural treasure on the official "List of Monuments" prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India.

A)
Godavari
B)
Sabarmathi
C)
Narmada
D)
Krishna

Correct Answer :   Godavari

The Wardha River (Varada River, is a major river in Vidarbha region of Maharastra in India. The Wardha River joins the Wainganga River at Chaprala in Gadchiroli district and forms the Pranahita River which ultimately flows into Godavari.

A)
Gandak
B)
Tista
C)
Tsangpo
D)
Yamuna

Correct Answer :   Tsangpo

Brahmaputra River, Bengali Jamuna, Tibetan Tsangpo, Chinese (Pinyin) Yarlung Zangbo Jiang or (Wade-Giles romanization) Ya-lu-tsang-pu Chiang, major river of Central and South Asia.

A)
Agasthiyar hills
B)
Varusanadu Hills
C)
Kolli hills
D)
Cardamom hills

Correct Answer :   Cardamom hills

The Vaigai basin is an important basin among the 12 basins lying between the Cauvery and Kanyakumari. This basin is bounded by the Varushanadu hills, the Andipatti hills, the Cardaman hills and the Palani hills on the West and by the Palk strait and Palk Bay on the East.

A)
China, India and Bangladesh
B)
Bhutan, Nepal and India
C)
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma)
D)
Tibet, China and Myanmar (Burma)

Correct Answer :   China, India and Bangladesh

The Brahmaputra River is a trans-boundary river. With its origin in the Angsi Glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of China's Tibet Autonomous Region as the Yarlung Tsangpo River, it flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges and into Arunachal Pradesh.

A)
Padma
B)
Jamuna
C)
Meghna
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Jamuna

It meets the Jamuna near Aricha and retains its name, but finally meets with the Meghna near Chandpur and adopts the name 'Meghna' before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.

A)
India
B)
Pakistan
C)
Tibet
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

A)
Volga
B)
Ob
C)
Lena
D)
None of these

Correct Answer :   Lena

The longest river in Russia as of 2019 was the Lena River located in the East Siberia, whose length was measured at 4.4 thousand kilometers. The Irtysh River, flowing through Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, was 200 kilometers shorter, ranking second.

A)
Alaknanda
B)
Bhagirathi
C)
Indus
D)
Godavari

Correct Answer :   Godavari

A)
Odisha
B)
Gujarat
C)
Maharashtra
D)
Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Odisha