MCQ Questions for Class 9 Geography: Chapter 3 Drainage
Chapter 3 Drainage MCQ Questions for Class 9 Geography which will help you knowing how to tackle questions that some would find quite difficult to handle. Class 9 MCQ Questions will put you to an advantage over the other classmates and enable you to work on the weak areas. It will give a boost in the confidence levels of the students.
1. Which of the following affects the self-cleansing capacity of the river?
(a) Aquatic organisms
(b) Drawing of water for irrigation
(c) Hydroelectricity generation
(d) Pollution
► (d) Pollution
2. 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
► (b) It results in flooding
3. Which of the following is the result of concern over rising pollution in our rivers?
(a) Banning hydroelectric projects
(b) Various river action plans
(c) Rainwater harvesting
(d) None of the above
► (b) Various river action plans
4. 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 the above
► (d) All the above
5. Which of the following is an artificial lake located in Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Kolleru
(b) Nagarjuna Sagar
(c) Krishnaraja Sagar
(d) Vembanad
► (b) Nagarjuna Sagar
6. Which one of the following freshwater lakes is the largest?
(a) Wular
(b) Loktak
(c) Nainital
(d) Dal
► (a) Wular
7. 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 the above
► (d) All the above
8. Which of the following lake is a lagoon in the coastal region of Orissa?
(a) Bhimtal
(b) Barapani
(c) Chilika
(d) Hirakud
► (c) Chilika
9. Which of the following types of lakes is formed due to river action?
(a) Saltwater lakes
(b) Glacial lakes
(c) Oxbow lakes
(d) Lagoons
► (c) Oxbow lakes
10. Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake?
(a) Wular Lake
(b) Sambhar Lake
(c) Barapani Lake
(d) Dal Lake
► (b) Sambhar Lake
11. Which of the following is a famous lake of Srinagar in Kashmir?
(a) Sambhar
(b) Bhimtal
(c) Chilika
(d) Dal
► (d) Dal
12. 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
► (b) Sivasamudram
13. 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
► (c) Godavari
14. The Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are the tributaries of which of the
following rivers?
(a) Wainganga
(b) Bhima
(c) Krishna
(d) Kaveri
► (d) Kaveri
15. Which of the following rivers is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
(a) The Godavari
(b) The Narmada
(c) The Krishna
(d) The Kaveri
► (a) The Godavari
16. The Tungabhadra and the Koyna are tributaries of which of the following rivers?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Kaveri
(d) Narmada
► (b) Krishna
17. Which of the following is the second longest river of Peninsular India?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Kaveri
(d) Mahanadi
► (b) Krishna
18. Which of the following rivers rises from a spring near Mahabaleshwar?
(a) Krishna
(b) Narmada
(c) Tungabhadra
(d) Purna
► (a) Krishna
19. Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system ?
(a) Ambala
(b) Nainital
(c) Haridwar
(d) Allahabad
► (a) Ambala
20. In which of the following states is Sambhar Lake situated ?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
► (a) Rajasthan
21. Which kind of a drainage pattern is formed when tributaries join rivers at almost rightangles ?
(a) Dendritic drainage
(b) Trellis drainage
(c) Rectangular drainage
(d) Radial drainage
► (b) Trellis drainage
22. The River Mahanadi rises from which one of the following states ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) West Bengal
► (b) Chhattisgarh
23. Which one of the following statements about the river Narmada is not true?
(a) It flows through a rift velly
(b) It flows through a gorge near Jabalpur
(c) It plunges over steep rocks at the Dhuadhar falls
(d) Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi
► (d) Its tributaries are Tungabhadra and Musi
24. Which of the two states does river Kaveri pass through ?
(a) Kerala and Karnataka
(b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
► (b) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
25. Which one of the following is not a tributary of the River Ganga?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Beas
(c) Ghaghra
(d) Kosi
► (b) Beas
26. Which one of the following is a southern tributary of the Ganga?
(a) Ghaggar
(b) Son
(c) Gomti
(d) Gandak
► (b) Son
27. 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
► (c) Lower course
28. 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
► (c) The Dendritic Pattern
29. Which of the following is not a tributary of Godavari?
(a) Purna
(b) Wardha
(c) Wainganga
(d) Lohit
► (d) Lohit
30. Which one of the following is a southern tributary of the Ganga?
(a) Ghaggar
(b) Son
(c) Gomti
(d) Gandak
► (b) Son
31. Which of the following describes drainage patterns resembling branches of a tree?
(a) Radial
(b) Centrifugal
(c) Dendritic
(d) Trellis
► (c) Dendritic
32. 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
► (c) The Guru Gobinda Sagar