MCQ Questions for class 9 Geography Drainage

Q1. ____ describes the river system of an area

1. Drainage
2. River system
3. Flowing system
4. River flow

Q2. The area drained by a single river system is called a

1. Drainage
2. Water divide
3. River divide
4. Drainage basin

Q3. Himalayan rivers are called ______ rivers

1. Monsoon
2. Perennial
3. Evergreen
4. None

Q4. The world’s largest drainage basin is of the

1. Indus river
2. Narmada river
3. Amazon river
4. Tapi river

Q5. Which of the following is a Himalayan river?

1. Indus
2. Brahmaputra
3. Both Indus and Brahmaputra
4. None of the above

Q6. A river along with its tributaries is called

1. River system
2. Floodplains
3. Glacier
4. Drainage

Q7. What is the length of Indus river?

1. 100Km
2. 2900Km
3. 5600Km
4. 450km

Q8. In which of the following city does Bhagirathi and Alaknanda join?

1. Varanasi
2. Prayagraj
3. Deyaprayag
4. New Delhi

Q9. Which of the following is the tributary of River Ganga?

1. Yamuna
2. Ghaghara
3. Gandak
4. All of the above

Q10. Where does River Yamuna originate?

1. Yamunotri
2. Brahmaputra
3. Tapi
4. None of the above

Q11. Which of the following is main tributaries which comes from peninsular uplands?

1. Narmada
2. The Chambal
3. Yamuna
4. Tapi

Q12. Delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra is known as ______ Delta

1. Chambal
2. Sundarban
3. Betwa
4. Son

Q13. Which of the following is largest Peninsular river?

1. Narmada
2. Tapi
3. Yamuna
4. Godavari

Q14. Where is Wular lake located?

1. Rajasthan
2. Punjab
3. Uttar pradesh
4. Jammu and Kashmir

Q15. The river Narmada has its source at _____

1. Satpura
2. Amarkantak
3. Brahmagiri
4. Slopes of the Western Ghats

Q16. Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

1. Sambhar
2. Dal
3. Wular
4. Gobind sagar

Q17. Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?

1. Mahanadi
2. Tungabhadra
3. Krishna
4. Tapi