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The world’s longest river is

Nile.(Cine Assistant (Unit Boy) (NCA) KFDC LTD 2014)

Two Indian rivers are mentioned in Book IX of Paradise Lost. Which are they?

Ganges and Indus.(Non Vocational Teacher (English) Junior & Senior, 2023)

Which of the following is/are the possible consequence/s of heavy sandmining in river beds ?

(a)decreased salinity in water(b)

The longest river in India

Ganga.(Confidential Assistant Grade-II (Company, Corporation, Board), 2016; Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, 2018)

Which one of the following is once known as ’Prayag’?

(A) Hyderabad (B) Chennai (C) Lucknow(D)

Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar'?

Kosi.(Cine Assistant (Unit Boy) (NCA) KFDC LTD 2014; Caretaker (Male) Social Justice, 2018)

Which of the following is not tributaries of river Ganga?

(Non Vocational Teacher Geography (Junior), 2024)(A) Alakananda - Bhagirathi - Devaprayag(B) Alakananda - Pindar - Rudraprayag(C) Alakananda - Mandakini - Karnaprayag(D)

Alakananda - Dhauliganga - NandaprayagThe conﬂuence of tributaries of Alakanada - Ganga is given. Which one is correctly matched?

(A) Chambal (B) Yamuna (C) Son(D)

Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hoogly is

National Waterway 1.(Junior Assistant/ Cashier/ Assistant Gr. II/ Clerk Gr.I/ Time Keeper Gr.II/ Senior Assistant/Assistant/Junior Clerk (Degree Level Main Exam), 2023)

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is constructed over which of the following river?

(A) Ganga(B) Chambal(C) Kaveri (D) Hoogliഅറബിക്കടൽ നദീവ്യൂഹത്തിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടാത്ത നദി –ഗംഗ

Read the following sentences about the River Ganges.(Junior Typist Clerk, 2023)(i) The total length is about 2500km.(ii) It is also known as Padma in Bangladesh.(iii) It is originated from the Himalaya Mountains at Gomukh, the terminus of theGangothri Glacier.Select the true answer from the codes given below(A) only (i and ii)(B) only (ii and iii)(C) only (i and iii)(D) All of the aboveArchaeological evidences hint at the beginning of early historic period in the Ganga valley by around

600 BC.(Excavation Assistant (SR for SC/ST), 2023)

Which of the following statements are correct?

(i) The Yamuna, the longest tributary of the Ganga.(ii) The Mahananda is a tributary of Ganga.(iii)

Which of the following are the main pillars of the Namami Gange Program?

(i) Bio-diversity.(ii) Afforestation.(iii)

Indusസിന്ധുവിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ പോഷക നദി

ചിനാബ്.സിന്ധു നദി പാക്കിസ്ഥാനിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിക്കുന്ന ഭാഗം –ചില്ലാർ

Which of the following rivers was part of the ancient “Saptasindu”?

(A) Yamuna (B) Ganga(C) Sutlej(D)

GodavariThe tributary of lost river Saraswati

Sutlej.രച്നാ ദോബ് സ്ഥിതി ചെയ്യുന്നത് –രവി-ചിനാബ് നദികൾക്കിടയിൽ

Among the following which river is not a tributary of Indus?

(Junior Instructor – Stenographer & Secretarial Assistant (English) Dept. Industrial Training, 2018)(A) Gomti(B) Jhelum (C) Chenab (D) SutlejWhich Indus Valley site has been known as Mound of the Dead?Mohenjodaro

Whose army did Alexander, the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?

Porus.ജഹാംഗീറിന്റെയും നൂർജഹാന്റെയും ശവകുടീരങ്ങൾ സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്ന നദീ തീരം –രവി

Shahpur Kandi dam Project situated at the Punjab

Jammu and Kashmir border is located on –The Ravi River.(Marketing Organizer (Main Exam) 2024)A multipurpose dam built across river Sutlej–Bhakra Nangal Dam

Bhakranangal Dam is on the river

Sutlej.(Civil Excise Officer(Women Excise Guard) 2014)

The Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal(SYL)controversy is associated with the states between

Punjab and Haryana.(Junior Instructor (Wireman) Industrial Training, 2016)

The Naphtha Jhakri Dam is built across _____in Himachal Pradesh

Sutlej.(Forester (Section Forest Officer) – Forest / Civil Excise Officer – Excise, 2018)

The ‘Tulbul Project’ is located in the river

Jhelum.(Forester (Section Forest Officer) – Forest / Civil Excise Officer – Excise, 2018)

Chutak Hydro-Electric project being constructed by NHPC in Kargil is on the river

Suru.⏩Read More:Previous Year PSC Questions on Indus RiverYamunaThe biggest tributary of the river Ganga–Yamuna

Taj Mahal is on the banks of the river

Yamuna.(Civil Excise Officer(Women Excise Guard)2014)

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2Largest river

3The world’s longest river is

4Which place is called the gift of Nile?

5The city of Ur was situated on the banks of the river

6The only State in India which is having a river named after it is

7Jog Falls, the highest waterfall in India is situated in the river

8Sharavathi River is originated from the ____ district

9Where is Lothal?

10Who wrote the famous work 'A Bend in the River'?

11Two Indian rivers are mentioned in Book IX of Paradise Lost. Which are they?

12Which of the following is/are the possible consequence/s of heavy sandmining in river beds ?

13None of theseSelect the correct answer(A) a only(B) b and c only(C) a & c only (D) a, b & cName the plan initiated by Central ministry to link rivers through a network of reservoirs and Canals across India

15The longest river in India

16Which is the longest river in India?

17The largest river in India

18The river Bhagirathi and Alakananda joint together at

19At which place Alakananda and Bhagirathi meet and take the name Ganga?

20Which one of the following is once known as ’Prayag’?

21AllahabadMahatma Gandhi Sethu is built across the river

22The biggest Tributary of river Ganga

23River Kosi is a tributary of

24Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar'?

25Which of the following is not tributaries of river Ganga?

26Alakananda - Dhauliganga - NandaprayagThe conﬂuence of tributaries of Alakanada - Ganga is given. Which one is correctly matched?

27SutlejOn the banks of which river the famous city of Kolkata situated?

28The first underwater rail tunnel in India is constructed under which river?

29Allahabad-Haldia stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hoogly is

30Where are the coal reservoirs of India largely concentrated?

31The Gandhi Sagar Dam is constructed over which of the following river?

33Which of the following statements are correct?

34Which of the following are the main pillars of the Namami Gange Program?

35Indusസിന്ധുവിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ പോഷക നദി

36Which of the following rivers was part of the ancient “Saptasindu”?

37GodavariThe tributary of lost river Saraswati

38Among the following which river is not a tributary of Indus?

39Whose army did Alexander, the Greek ruler confront on the banks of the river Jhelum?

40Shahpur Kandi dam Project situated at the Punjab

41Bhakranangal Dam is on the river

42Name the river that feeds the canal system of the Bhakra Nangal Project

43The Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal(SYL)controversy is associated with the states between

44On Which river the Baglihar Hydropower project is located?

45The Naphtha Jhakri Dam is built across _____in Himachal Pradesh

46Uri Dam is constructed across the river

47The ‘Tulbul Project’ is located in the river

48Chutak Hydro-Electric project being constructed by NHPC in Kargil is on the river

49Taj Mahal is on the banks of the river

50Which river is referred to as Kalindhi in Puranas?

51On the banks of which river Delhi situated?

52Which among the following river banks the famous city Allahabad lies?

53Ganga (B) Brahmaputra(C) Yamuna(D) KosiBrahmaputraWhich of the following, river does not originate in Indian territory?

54Which Indian river is known as Tsangpo in China?

55What is the name of the river Brahmaputra in Tibet?

56The Yarlung Zangbo river in India is known as –Brahmaputra.(Electrician, Agriculture (EKM), 2017)ബംഗ്ലാദേശിൽ ബ്രഹ്മപുത്രനദിയെ വിളിക്കുന്ന പേരെന്ത്?

57Which Indian river is called Jamuna in Bangladesh?

58Which river system in India is characterized by a unique phenomenon known as “river piracy”, where one river captures the flow of another?

59Guwahati is situated on the Bank of River

60Which river is related to Majuli Island?

61In which of the following river is the Majuli River Island situated?

62The biggest river island in India

63The fastest river in India

65Which one of the following is the antecedent tributary of River Brahmaputra?

67Which river is often called Dakshina Ganga?

68The river Godavari, the longest river among the peninsular rivers originates in

69While the river Kaveri (Cauvery) is nicknamed ‘Dakshina Ganga’ another river of South India is nicknamed ’Vriddha Ganga’, Which is that river?

70Indravathi is a tributary of which river

72MahanadiHirakud Dam was constructed across the river

73Hirakud Dam is built across the River...................

74The Gangrel Dam is built across the river

75In the following pairs of cities and their associated rivers. Which pairs is NOT correct?

76Mahanadi – Vijayawadaഒഡിഷയിലെ കോരാപുട്ട് ജില്ലയിൽ നിന്നുത്ഭവിക്കുന്ന 'ടെൽനദി' ഏത് നദിയുടെ പോഷകനദിയാണ്?

77KrishnaWhich of the following rivers originate near Mahabaleshwar?

78Name the World’s largest masonry dam built across the Krishna river

79Which of the following dam is not on the river Krishna?

80In which state India’s First River linking Project named ‘Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project’ situated?

81KaveriWhich river is known as ”Ganga of the South?

82Amaravathi river is a tributary of –Kaveri.(Deputy Collector, 2019)അമരാവതി ഏത് നദിയുടെ പോക്ഷക നദിയാണ്?

83The Island Sivasamudram situated in which river?