Social Science Class IX- Assignment
DRAINAGE
ASSIGNMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is the result of concern over rising pollution in our
rivers?
(a)
Banning hydro-electric projects (b) Various river action plans (c) Rainwater
harvesting (d) None of the above
2. Which of the following affects the self cleansing capacity of the river?
(a)
Aquatic organisms (b) Drawing of water for irrigation (c) Hydro-electricity
generation (d) Pollution
3. Which of the following is not one of the causes of river pollution?
(a)
Dumping of garbage (b) Aquatic organisms and algae (c) Discharge of untreated
sewage (d) Discharge of industrial effluents
4. Which one of the following cities of India is not located on a river bank?
(a)
Haridwar (b) Allahabad (c) Shillong (d) Varanasi
5. Lakes are of great value to human beings. Which of the following statements
about lakes given below is incorrect?
(a)
Helps to regulate the flow of rivers (b) It results in flooding (c) Can be used
for developing hydel power
(d)
Enhances natural beauty
6. Why have the river banks attracted settlers from ancient times?
(a)
Water is a basic natural resource (b) Rivers provide water for irrigation (c)
Rivers provide facilities for inland navigation
(d)
All of the above
7. In which of the following states are Nainital and Bhimtal located?
(a)
Jammu and Kashmir (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand
8. Which of the following is an artificial lake located in Andhra Pradesh?
(a)
Kolleru (b) Nagarjuna Sagar (c) Krishnaraja Sagar (d) Vembanad
9. Which one of the following is not a lake created by human beings?
(a)
Gobind Sagar (b) Nizam Sagar (c) Barapani (d) Hirakud
10. Which one of the following freshwater lakes is the largest?
(a)
Wular (b) Loktak (c) Nainital (d) Dal
11. Which of the following lakes is formed as a result of tectonic activity?
(a)
Wular lake (b) Kolleru lake (c) Loktak lake (d) Dal lake
12. Which of the following lake is a lagoon in the coastal region of Orissa?
(a)
Bhimtal (b) Barapani (c) Chilika (d) Hirakud
13. Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a)
Wular lake (b) Sambhar lake (c) Barapani lake
(d) Dal lake
14. Which of the following types of lakes is formed due to river action?
(a)
Saltwater lakes (b) Glacial lakes (c) Ox-bow lakes (d) Lagoon
15. Which type of lakes contain water only during the rainy season?
(a)
Ox-bow lakes (b) Lagoons (c) Lakes in basins of inland drainage (d) Glacial
lakes
16. Which of the following is a famous lake of Srinagar in Kashmir?
(a)
Sambhar (b) Bhimtal (c) Chilka (d) Dal
17. Which of the following rivers originates from the Hazaribagh plateau of
Chhota Nagpur plateau region and flows eastwards?
(a)
Amravati (b) Bhima (c) Ghatprabha (d) Damodar
18. Which of the following waterfalls is made by the river Kaveri and is the
second biggest waterfall in India?
(a)
Jog (b) Sivasamudram (c) Dhuadhar (d) Hundru
19. The drainage basin of which of the following rivers covers parts of
Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu?
(a)
Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Kaveri (d) Musi
20. The Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are the tributaries of which of
the following rivers?
(a)
Wainganga (b) Bhima (c) Krishna (d) Kaveri
21. Which of the following rivers rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in
the Nasik district of Maharashtra?
(a)
Mahanadi (b) Narmada (c) Godavari (d) Koyna
22. Which of the following states is not drained by the Godavari river?
(a)
Maharashtra (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh
23. Which of the following rivers is not a tributary of river Godavari?
(a)
Purna (b) Ghatprabha (c) Wardha (d) Pranhita
24. Which of the following rivers is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
(a)
The Godavari (b) The Narmada (c) The Krishna (d) The Kaveri
25. The Wainganga and the Penganga are tributaries of which of the following
rivers?
(a)
The Mahanadi (b) The Narmada (c) The Godavari (d) The Krishna
26. The Tungabhadra and the Koyna are the tributaries of which of the following
rivers?
(a)
Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Kaveri (d) Narmada
27. Which of the following rivers rises in the highlands of Chhattisgarh?
(a)
Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Chambal (d) Damodar
28. Which of the following is the second longest river of Peninsular India?
(a)
Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Kaveri (d) Mahanadi
29. Which of the following rivers rises from a spring near Mahabaleshwar?
(a)
Krishna (b) Narmada (c) Tungabhadra (d) Purna
30. Which of the following is not a tributary of river Krishna?
(a)
Tungabhadra (b) Koyna (c) Wardha (d) Bhima
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. What is the name of the Brahamputra river in Bangladesh?
(a)
Jamuna (b) Dibang (c) Lohit (d) Ravi
2. Which river of peninsular India is the longest?
(a)
Kaveri (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Krishna
3. What is an area drained by a single river system called?
(a)
Drainage basin (b) Water divide (c) Drainage (d) Doab
4. Which river in the following does not make a Delta?
(a)
Narmada (b) Kaveri (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
5. Which one of the following rivers flows towards the west in a rift valley?
(a)
Godavari (b) Narmada (c) Kaveri (d) Krishna
6. Siva Samudram, the second biggest waterfall of India is made by which river :
(a)
Krishna (b) Kaveri (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi
7. The river Indus origins in :
(a)
Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) Tibet (d) Bangladesh
8. Which one of the following is not a tributary of the River Ganga?
(a)
Yamuna (b) Beas (c) Ghaghra (d) Kosi
9. Which of the following is not a tributary of Godavari?
(a)
Purna (b) Wardha (c) Wainganga (d) Lohit
10. Meanders are formed in which one of the following courses of a river?
(a)
Upper course (b) Middle course (c) Lower course (d) Both upper and middle
11. Which one of the following is a southern tributary of the Ganga?
(a)
Ghagar (b) Son (c) Gomati (d) Gandak
12. The Brahmaputra (Tsang Po) river rises in
(a)
Sikkim (b) Tibet (c) Bhutan (d) Nepal
13. Alaknanda and Bhagirathi converge to be called as Ganga at :
(a)
Haridwar (b) Kedarnath (c) Badrinath (d) Devprayag
14. Which one of the following drainage patterns does the Ganga river form?
(a)
The Trellis Pattern (b) The Radial Pattern (c) The Dendritic Pattern (d) The
Rectangular Pattern
15. Which one of the following rivers has thelargest drainage pattern in India?
(a)
The Indus (b) The Ganga (c) The Brahamaputra (d) The Mahanadi
16. Which is the largest river of Peninsular Plateau?
(a)
River Narmada (b) River Tapi (c) River Krishna (d) River Godavari
17. Which is the longest river of Peninsular Plateau?
(a)
River Narmada (b) River Tapi (c) River Krishna (d) River Godavari
18. Which of these Peninsular rivers flows towards the west
(a)
Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Mahanadi (d) Tapi
19. Which one of the following lakes differs from the rest in the group?
(a)
The Dal lake (b) The Nainital Lake (c) The Guru Gobinda Sagar (d) The Bhimtal
Lake
20. Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
(a)
The Wular lake (b) The Dal lake (c) Bhimtal (d) Nainital
21. Which of these is a freshwater lake of India?
(a)
Sambhar (b) Wular (c) Chilika (d) Pulicat
22. What is an upland that separates two
drainage basins known as?
(a)
Drainage basin (b) Drainage system (c) Water divide (d) River system
23. Which of the following describes drainage patterns resembling branches of a
tree?
(a)
Radial (b) Centrifugal (c) Dendritic (d) Trellis
SHORT ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (3 marks)
1.
What are perennial and a non-perennial rivers? Give reasons why the
Himalayan region consist of perennial rivers.
2.
Why is the Godavari often referred to as the 'Dakshin Ganga'? Write a
note on the river Godavari and its tributaries.
3.
How are salt lakes formed? Give examples of salt lakes in India.
4.
What is a lagoon? How does it differ from a lake?
5.
What is a gorge? In what type of terrain does a gorge form?
6.
What type of channel does the river Brahmaputra have? Write a short
note on the formation of this type of channel.
7.
Where are India’s most of the freshwater lakes located and why?
8.
What is a river basin? Explain briefly.
9.
Write a note on the river Krishna and its tributaries.
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
Which three rivers system forms the Himalayan river system?
2.
Describe any three important features of the river Brahmaputra.
3.
How does a river affect the economy of a country?
4.
What is the name of Brahmaputra in Tibet and Bangladesh? Give one
feature of each?
5.
What is difference between east flowing and west flowing rivers of
the peninsular plateau?
6.
What are the causes of river water pollution? Write any three points.
7.
Why are the rivers of the western coastal plains short?
8.
What is the difference between tributary and the distributary? Write
any three points.
9.
What are the causes of river pollution? Suggest some ways to overcome
them?
10.
Which two peninsular rivers flow westward? Mention one similarity and
one difference between these two rivers.
11.
In which ways, the Himalayan rivers are different from the peninsular
rivers?
12.
Describe the three main features of the Ganga river system.
13.
Highlight the role of rivers in an agricultural economy like India.
Write any three points.
14.
Describe the three main features of river Brahmaputra.
15.
Describe the three main features of Narmada Basin.
16.
Describe the three main features of Tapi Basin.
17.
Give any three differences between peninsular and Himalayan rivers.
18.
Mention some characteristics of lakes.
19.
‘Rivers are very important for development of India.’ Explain.
20.
Explain the ‘National River Conservation Plan’ (NRCP) in brief.
21.
Identify the drainage pattern of river Narmada. Describe the features
of this drainage pattern.
22.
Distinguish between Himalayan rivers and the peninsular rivers. (With
examples).
23.
Describe the following drainage patterns of streams :
(i)
Radial (ii) Dendritic (c) Trellis
24.
Where does river Brahmaputra rise? Where does it enter into India?
Name two of its tributaries.
LONG ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (4 marks)
1.
What are the differences between the Himalayan rivers and the
Peninsular rivers? Supplement your answer with specific reasons for such
differences.
2.
Write a note on the Indus drainage system.
3.
Write a note on the Brahmaputra drainage system.
4.
Write a note on the Ganga drainage system.
5.
Write a note on the east-flowing and the westflowing rivers of
peninsular India.
6.
Why are rivers important for a country's economy?
7.
What are drainage patterns? Write a brief note on the different
drainage patterns.
8.
Write a note about the causes and remedy of river pollution.
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
Describe the four Drainage pattern.
MAP WORK (4 marks)
1. In an outline map of India, trace and label the course of the following
rivers :
(a)
Ganga river (b) Krishna river (c) Kosi river (d) Ghagara river
2. In an outline map of India, trace and label the following :
(a)
Brahmputra river (b) Godavari river (c) Chilika lake (d) Dal lake
3. In an map of India, trace and label the following :
(a)
Narmada river (b) Chambal river (c) Satluj river (d) Tapi river