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Geography - Rivers in India
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Q31
The 'Godavari-Cauvery' interlinking project proposes to divert water across which secondary intermediate peninsular basin node to complete its long tracking path?
The Periyar Basin
The Pennar Basin
The Tapi Trench
The Sabarmati Axis
Explanation
The overarching Godavari-Cauvery link comprises multiple stages, structurally connecting the Godavari to the Krishna basin, then routing via the Pennar basin before finally emptying into the Cauvery basin.
Q32
Which of the following left-bank tributaries of the Brahmaputra river converges near the town of Sadiya alongside the Dihang to permanently establish the primary channel layout?
Teesta and Manas
Dibang and Lohit
Subansiri and Dhansiri
Kopili and Barak
Explanation
The river is officially designated as the Brahmaputra from the confluence of three headwaters near Sadiya: the Dihang (Siang), the Dibang, and the Lohit.
Q33
The Kishanganga hydro-electric project, which has been a point of geopolitical contention between India and Pakistan, is located on a tributary of which major river system?
Chenab
Jhelum
Indus Core
Ravi
Explanation
The Kishanganga River is a major tributary of the Jhelum River (part of the Indus system). In Pakistan, the Kishanganga is known as the Neelum River.
Q34
Which of the following highly specialized peninsular rivers undergoes an endorheic fate, disappearing entirely into the saline marshlands of the Rann of Kachchh?
Mahi
Luni
Sabarmati
Periyar
Explanation
The Luni River originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, flows southwest through Rajasthan, and terminates inside the salt wastes of the Rann of Kachchh without emptying into any sea.
Q35
The 'Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal' link project aims to transfer surplus water to the drought-prone regions of Malwa and Bundelkhand across which two states?
Gujarat and Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Explanation
The Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal link is an inter-state river interlinking project coordinated between Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan targeting the Chambal sub-basin infrastructure.
Q36
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, recognized as one of the deepest canyons in the world, is sculpted by which structural river course before it cuts through the Eastern Himalayas?
Indus System
Brahmaputra System
Mekong River Line
Salween Corridor
Explanation
The Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra) carves out the magnificent Grand Canyon in Tibet as it sweeps around the Namcha Barwa peak before changing its path southward into India.
Q37
Which of the following right-bank tributaries of the Godavari River joins the main course in Telangana and is heavily utilized by the Nizamsagar dam infrastructure?
Indravati
Manjira
Sabari
Penganga
Explanation
The Manjira River (also spelled Manjira) is a major right-bank tributary of the Godavari. It flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, where the Nizamsagar reservoir is constructed across its path.
Q38
The engineering scheme known as the 'Netravati-Hemavati' link proposes to divert water across the Western Ghats to boost irrigation parameters in which target zone?
The Rayalaseema Plain Grid
The Dry Plains of Southern Karnataka
The Thar Desert Marginal Strip
The Lower Mahanadi Delta Delta
Explanation
The Netravati-Hemavati link project is designed to divert water from the west-flowing Netravati River to the east-flowing Hemavati River (a tributary of Cauvery) to address water scarcity in the dry plains of Southern Karnataka.
Q39
Which of the following physical variables explains why the tributaries of the Ganga system like Gandak and Ghaghara bring down exceptionally massive sediment loads?
They flow through oldest, chemically inactive crystalline basalt shields
They drain young, fragile, and loosely packed Himalayan sedimentary structures
Tectonic stagnation within the Indo-Gangetic structural trough suppresses current velocity
The absolute absence of any vegetative forest cover along their entire delta track
Explanation
These tributaries drain the young, fragile, and loose sedimentary rock structures of the high Himalayas. The steep alpine slopes combined with high monsoon precipitation trigger rapid erosion rates.
Q40
The architectural configuration called 'Hogenakkal Falls', often noted as the 'Niagara of India', is located on which river course?
Periyar
Cauvery
Vaigai
Pamba
Explanation
The Hogenakkal Falls is created by the Cauvery River on the border between Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu and Krishnagiri district in Karnataka, where the water plunges down deep carbonatite rock channels.