Rivers and Miscellaneous - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Krishna
B)
Hoogli
C)
Mahanadi
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Hoogli

A)
Kandala
B)
Lahore
C)
Hyderabad
D)
Karachi

Correct Answer :   Karachi

The Indus River Delta occurs where the Indus River flows into the Arabian Sea in Karachi, Pakistan. The delta covers an area of about 16,000 square miles (41,440 km²), and is approximately 130 miles across where it meets the sea.

A)
Kallanai dam
B)
Kodieveri dam
C)
Bargi dam
D)
Neyyar dam

Correct Answer :   Kallanai dam

Kallanai Dam / Grand Anicut, India : It still serves the people of Tamilnadu, India. The dam was constructed by King Karikala Chola of the Chola Dynasty in the 2nd century AD. The dam is located on the River Kaveri, approximately 20km from the city of Tiruchirapalli.

A)
Hirakund dam
B)
Kadra dam
C)
Bhakra Nangal Dam
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Bhakra Nangal Dam

The Bhakra Nangal Dam is located in the state of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. It is the largest dam in India having a height of 225 metres and also in the second position in the largest dams in all over Asia. It is situated on the river Sutlej.

A)
Kaveri river
B)
Ravi river
C)
Sutlej river
D)
Krishna river

Correct Answer :   Krishna river

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh and Nalgonda district in Telangana. Constructed between 1955 and 1967, the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres.

A)
Kaveri River
B)
Sutlej River
C)
Mahi River
D)
Tapti River

Correct Answer :   Sutlej River

The Indus is the western most River system in the subcontinent. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj are its main tributaries. The Indus originates from the Bokhar Chu (glacier) in northern slopes of Mt. 
 
Sutlej river is the tributary of the Indus river and it flows 1450 Kms from Rakshatal, Tibet to the Arabian sea.

A)
Himanchal Pradesh
B)
Karnataka
C)
Maharashtra
D)
Satpura

Correct Answer :   Maharashtra

The Krishna River rises from the Western Ghats near Jor village of Satara district of Maharashtra at an altitude of 1,337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar. The total length of river from origin to its outfall into the Bay of Bengal is 1,400 km.

A)
Tibetan
B)
Mahabaleswar
C)
Upper Himalaya
D)
Amarkantak

Correct Answer :   Tibetan

The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and East Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Jammu and Kashmir, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through Pakistan, before it empties into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi.

A)
Ganga
B)
Brahmaputra
C)
Nile
D)
Hwang Ho

Correct Answer :   Brahmaputra

A)
Sabarmati
B)
Yamuna
C)
Brahmaputra
D)
Ganga

Correct Answer :   Ganga

Ganges River dolphin, Platanista gangetica, is one of the three obligatory freshwater dolphins in the world and is distributed in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna and Sangu–Karnaphuli River systems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.