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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
Which river in the Southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin in India?
A Godavari
B Krishna
C Cauvery
D Mahanadi
Which river has the largest drainage basin?
A Nile
B Mississippi
C Congo
D Amazon
Three important rivers of the Indian subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are
A Indus, Jhelum and Sutlej
B Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Yamuna
C Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
D Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna
The second largest river basin in India is of the river ________
A Brahmaputra
B Narmada
C Krishna
D Godavari
The second largest basin in Peninsular India is ________
A Cauvery Basin
B Godavari Basin
C Narmada Basin
D Krishna Basin
Kolleru Lake, located in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, is located at the delta of two rivers. Which are the rivers?
A Krishna and Cauvery
B Tungabhadra and Chitravathi
C Godavari and Mahanadi
D Godavari and Krishna
The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches: Of these rivers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course to flow into India. This "U" turn is due to
A Uplift of folded Himalayan series
B Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
C Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains
D Both A and B above
The Indian river of the Indus Basin are
A Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
B Ganga, Beas and Sutlej
C Betwa, Sone and Kosi
D Gomati, Kosi, Gandak
Which of the following rivers flows from south to north?
A Godavar
B Cauvery
C Krishna
D Betwa

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