Social Science MCQ (1 Mark)

4. Tapi.

3. Godavari.

1. Sambhar.

3. Amarkantak.

4. Jammu and Kashmir.

1. Seasonal

2. The river system of an area.

3. Betul

4. All of the above.

2. It results in flooding.

1. Royal Bengal Tiger.

1. Sambhar

4. The Himalayan snowmelt provides a steady supply of water.

Explanation:
The rivers of the north India are perennial because they are snow fed, owing to the Himalayas. They have a greater water flow and therefore do not dry in the summers.

1. Shivasamudram Falls.

2. Aquatic organisms and algae.

2. Dendrite.

2. 1500km.

Explanation:
The river runs a length of 1,465km(~1500km) or 910 miles to pour into the Bay of Bengal.

1. Amazon river.

4. The tapi.

2. The Brahmaputra.

3. Dev Prayag

4. Guru Gobind Sagar.

2. Himachal Pradesh

2. Nepal Himalaya.

3. Lakes in basins of inland drainage.

4. Tectonic activity.

Explanation:
The Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir, in contrast, is the result of tectonic activity. It is the largest freshwater lake in India.

2. 20 per cent of the total water.

4. None of these.

3. They are used in sewing and weaving.

1. 1985

Explanation:
Ganga Action Plan(GAP) is being implemented since 1985 for undertaking pollution abatement activities in the identified polluted stretches of river Ganga through implementation of works like interception and diversion of sewage, setting up of sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation works, crematoria work etc.

2. Upper course.

Explanation:
The Himalayan Rivers in their upper course are supposed to carry glaciers and snow along with little sediments and cutting and eroding rocks and mountains.

1. Ganga river.

3. Kaveri.

4. All of the above.

3. River Amazon.

Explanation:
The Amazon Basin, in northern South America, is the largest in the world. The Amazon River and all of its tributaries drain an area more than 7 million square kilometers (about 3 million square miles). Structural basins are formed by tectonic activity.

3. Godavari.

1. Sunderban River Delta.

4. Uttarakhand.

1. Dendritic pattern.

4. All of these.

4. None of these.

4. 1985.

2. Ambala.

4. Narmada.

3. The Godavari Basin.

1. The Himalayan region.

1. Dal lake.

3. Kaveri.

4. Rana Pratap sagar.

1. Damodar.