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Rivers and Miscellaneous - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Agasthiyar hills
B)
Varusanadu Hills
C)
Kolli hills
D)
Cardamom hills

Correct Answer : Option (D) - 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 : Option (A) - 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 : Option (B) - 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 : Option (D) - All of the above

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

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 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 : Option (D) - Godavari

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

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Odisha

A)
Gomti
B)
Son
C)
Narmada
D)
Ghaghra

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Narmada

The Maikal Hills are range of hills in the state of eastern Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh India. The Maikal Hills are an eastern part of the Satpuras in Kawardha District of Chhattisgarh and Anuppur district of MP , overlooking the scenic town of Kawardha. they have an altitude ranging from 340 m to 941 m above sea level. This densely forested and thinly populated range gives rise to several streams and rivers including the tributaries of Narmada and Wainganga rivers.

A)
West Bengal
B)
Jharkhand
C)
Madhya pradesh
D)
Assam

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Jharkhand

Tilaiya Dam was the first of the four multi-purpose dams included in the first phase of the Damodar Valley Corporation. It was constructed across the Barakar River, at Tilaiya in Koderma district in the Indian state of Jharkhand and opened in 1953.

A)
Banas
B)
Vishwamitri
C)
Luni
D)
Tapi

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Vishwamitri

Originating from Pavagadh in the Panchmahal District of Gujarat, the Vishwamitri River flows mainly through the west of the city of Vadodara.