Geography Practice Test Question Paper

Geography Practice Test Question Paper

Indian Geography Sample Test

1. Which of the following rivers flows through Maharashtra and Gujarat?

(a) Sabarmati

(b) Godavari

(c) Mahi

(d) Tapti

Answer (d)

2. Which of the following is the longest river in India?

(a) Ganga

(b) Narmada

(c) Brahmaputra

(d) Godavari

Answer (a)

3. Which one among the following rivers has the largest catchment area?

(a) Cauvery

(b) Krishna

(c) Mahanadi

(d) Narmada

Answer (b)

4. The highest waterfall in India is:

(a) Sivasundaram

(b) Jog

(c) Courtallam

(d) Hogenakal

Answer (b)

5. Consider the following rivers:

1. Ganga

2. Brahmaputra

3. Godavari

4. Krishna

Which of these rivers build a common delta?

(a) 1 and 4

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 1 and 2

(d) 3 and 4

Answer (c)

6. Match the following:

River Tributary

A. Brahmaputra 1. Musi

B. Krishna 2. Tawa

C. Narmada 3. Bhavani

D. Cauvery 4. Dikhow

A B C D

(a) 4 2 1 3

(b) 4 1 2 3

(c) 3 2 1 4

(d) 3 1 2 4

Answer (b)

7. Wular lake of Kashmir is a:

(a) Ox- bow lake

(b) Lake formed by blocking of ice

(c) Lake formed by terminal moraine dam

(d) Lake formed by deposition of silt

Answer (c)

8. The second largest basin in peninsular India is:

(a) Cauvery Basin

(b) Godavari Basin

(c) Narmada Basin

(d) Krishna Basin

Answer (d)

9 Which one the following is a correct sequence of rivers in terms of their total basin area, in the descending order:

(a) Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Godavari

(b) Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari

(c) Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari

(d) Indus, Ganga, Godavari, Brahmaputra

Answer (c)

10. What is the correct sequence of the rivers-Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?

(a) Godavari - Mahanadi – Narmada - Tapi

(b) Godavari - Narmada – Mahanadi - Tapi

(c) Narmada - Godavari- Tapi - Mahanadi

(d) Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi

Answer (b)

11. The ‘Chilka Lake region ‘lies in between the deltas of:

(a) Ganga and Mahanadi

(b) Godavari and Krishna

(c) Mahanadi and Godavari

(d) Krishna and Cauvery

Answer (c)

12. Shyok is a tributary of:

(a) Brahmaputra

(b) Indus

(c) Chenab

(d) Sutlej

Answer (b)

13. Which of the following is true with regard to the characteristics of the Himalayan Rivers?

I. Many of them have their sources in the Inner Himalayas

II. They have a perennial flow

III. They have a great capacity for erosion

IV. They do not form gorges

(a) I and II

(b) I, II and Ill

(c) III and IV

(d) II and IV

Answer (b)

14. Which of the following is false?

(a) Krishna serves Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

(b) Godavari serves Madhya Pradesh

(c) Mahanadi serves Bihar and Orissa

(d) Narmada serves Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

Answer (b)

15. Which of the following rivers is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?

(a) Godavari

(b) Krishna

(c) Mahanadi

(d) Cauvery

Answer (a)

16. Which one of the following rivers flow between Vindhya and Satpura ranges?

(a) Narmada

(b) Son

(c) Mahe

(d) Netravati

Answer (a)

17. Consider the following rivers

1. Betwa

2. Kosi

3. Gandak

Which of the above join(s) Yamuna River?

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 2 and 3

Answer (d)

18. Which of the following gives the correct descending order by length of the rivers of India?

(a) Brahmaputra, Ganga, Godavari, Kosi

(b) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Godavari

(c) Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna

(d) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Mahanadi

Answer (c)

19. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?

(a) Bharatpur

(b) Jaipur

(c) Jodhpur

(d) Udaipur

Answer (b)

20. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India forms rift valley due to down warping?

(a) Damodar

(b) Mahanadi

(c) Son

(d) Yamuna

Answer (a)

21. River Godavari flows through:

(a) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh

Answer (a)

22. The main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir is:

(a) Jhelum

(b) Indus

(c) Chenab

(d) Nubra

Answer (a)

23. The Naga Hills form the watershed between India and:

(a) China

(b) Myanmar

(c) Bhutan

(d) Bangladesh

Answer (b)

24. Teesta forms a part of which major river system?

(a) Ganga

(b) Krishna

(c) Cauvery

(d) Brahmaputra

Answer (d)

25. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers?

(a) UP

(b) Punjab

(c) Haryana

(d) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer (b)