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Geography - Rivers in India
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Q81
Which of the following mountain streams serves as the primary water feed for the high-altitude Wular Lake during peak winter glacial freezing cycles?
Chenab Mainstream
Jhelum River
Ravi Conduit
Beas Channel Array
Explanation
The Jhelum River directly enters the Wular Lake in Jammu & Kashmir, acting as its primary regulatory and feeding mechanism before exiting the structural depression near Baramulla.
Q82
Which of the following rivers is designated as a major left-bank tributary of the Mahanadi River, originating from the hills of Chhattisgarh?
Tel River
Seonath River
Ong River
Jonk River
Explanation
The Seonath River is the longest left-bank tributary of the Mahanadi River. It joins the Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh and drains a massive portion of the upper plain basin.
Q83
The 'Pamba-Achankovil-Vaippar' link project is an inter-state initiative primarily contested over water allocation between which two southern states?
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
Explanation
The proposed Pamba-Achankovil-Vaippar link aims to divert surplus water from the Pamba and Achankovil basins in Kerala eastward to the water-deficit Vaippar basin in Tamil Nadu.
Q84
The prominent 'Giri' and 'Tons' rivers represent critical structural tributaries feeding which major north Indian perennial river system?
Ganga Core System
Yamuna River System
Brahmaputra Loop
Indus Valley Grid
Explanation
The Tons and Giri are important right-bank tributaries of the Yamuna River. The Tons actually carries more water volume than the Yamuna mainstream when they merge in the Himalayan foothills.
Q85
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers forms a natural geographical deltaic mouth that splits into the Gautami and Vasishta branches?
Krishna River System
Godavari River System
Mahanadi Channel Array
Cauvery Delta Complex
Explanation
Before entering the Bay of Bengal, the Godavari River splits into two major distributaries: the Gautami Godavari to the north and the Vasishta Godavari to the south, shaping a large fertile delta.
Q86
The technical framework of the 'National Water Grid' relies primary on which engineering concept to resolve spatial water scarcity variations?
Desalination matrices of deep coastal shelves
Inter-basin water transfer from surplus channels to deficit zones
Induced artificial glacial precipitation grids
Subterranean aquifer tectonic compression locking
Explanation
The National Water Grid and River Interlinking programs are based on transferring water from surplus basins (like Brahmaputra/Ganga) westward and southward to water-deficit basins (like Krishna/Cauvery/Thar margins).
Q87
The highly unique 'Singhabad-Rohanpur' structural transit zone marks an intersection where which major Himalayan river system crosses the India-Bangladesh border?
Indus Tributary Array
Ganga (via Mahananda Tributary Channel)
Brahmaputra Loop
Teesta Hydro Core
Explanation
The Mahananda River (a major left-bank tributary of the Ganga system) enters Bangladesh near the Rohanpur/Singhabad rail transit grid corridor.
Q88
Which of the following highly specialized peninsular rivers originates from the Sihawa hills of Dhamtari district, draining a massive mineral-rich section of central India?
Subarnarekha
Mahanadi River
Baitarani
Brahmani
Explanation
The Mahanadi River originates in the highlands of Chhattisgarh near Sihawa in the Dhamtari district, flowing through Chhattisgarh and Odisha to form a major delta at the Bay of Bengal.
Q89
The historic 'Woodburn Channel' is a critical tidal distributary tract historically associated with the deltaic plain mapping of which major river system?
Mahanadi Drainage Complex
Ganga-Hooghly Delta System
Godavari Estuary Channels
Indus Deltaic Arrays
Explanation
The Woodburn Channel is situated within the western mature delta plain of the Ganga-Hooghly river system in West Bengal, forming a critical network inside the complex, tide-dominated estuarine mudflat zones.
Q90
Which of the following streams is structurally designated as the largest right-bank tributary of the Mahanadi River, joining the mainstream near Sonepur?
Ib River
Tel River
Hasdeo River
Mand River
Explanation
The Tel River is the most significant right-bank tributary of the Mahanadi River. It rises in Nabarangpur district of Odisha and meets the mainstream just a few kilometers before Sonepur.