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Lecture-10
Ganga River System
 The Ganges Gangotri
Alakananda

Kedarnath
Bhagirathi
Mandakini Dhauliganga
Vishnuprayag
Dehradun Tehri Dam
Nandakini
GANGA Nandaprayag
Rishikesh
Pindar

Haridwar
Karnaprayag
Rudraprayag
Tajewala Barrage Devprayag
(Haryana )
Kali or Sarda River
Yamuna

Agra Saryu
Rana Partap Sagar Dam
Lucknow Mahananda
(Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Plant)
Kosi

Patna
Varanasi
Farakka Barage
Maithon Dam
Gandhi Sagar Dam Hugli
Rihand Dam
Damodar Padma
Indore Bhopal
Barakar
The Ganges Mindmap Kindly Refer to Our Mapping Books For all Maps

Left Bank Tributaries

Near Sunderbans
Start Allahabad Varanasi Near Hajipur Near Near Malda
Kannauj Near Patna Near Patna Bhagalpur
Gaumukh End
Mirzapur

Right Bank Tributaries

Mainly Questions are asked Either Arrange the Rivers from East To West
or West to East or On Dams Or on Tributaries
 G-Ram Ganga
4G KM G-Gomti
G-Ghaghara
G-Gandak
K-Kosi
M-Mahananda

Ram
ganga Gomti Ghaghara Gandak Kosi Mahananda

Yamuna
Son Damodar

YaSoDa
 Consider the following tributaries of river Ganga :
Arrange Them from East to West [CDS-2018-1]
1. Gandak
2. Kosi
3. Ghaghara
4. Gomti
(a) 4-1-2-3
(b) 1-2-4-3
(c) 2-1-3-4
(d) 1-3-4-2
Ans. (c) 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 is the correct answer.

Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows Northwards? [CDS-2008-II]
(a) Kosi
(b) Ghaghara
(c) Gandak
(d) Son
Ans. (d) The Son flows north-northwest through Madhya Pradesh.
 The river Sone is a tributary of which one of the following rivers ?
(CAPF 2006]
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
Ans: (a)
Ramganga, Gomit, Ghaghra, Gundak, Kosi, Son, Mahananda are the
tributaries of Ganga.

Which one of the following rivers joins Ganga directly? (CDS-1-2020)

(a) Chambal
(b) Son
(c) Betwa
(d) Ken
Ans. (b) Son River, Son also spelled Sone, principal southern tributary of the Ganges (Ganga) River, rising in Madhya Pradesh state,
central India. It flows north past Manpur and then turns northeast. The river cuts through the Kaimur Range and joins the Ganges
above Patna, after a 487-mile (784-km) course.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below.
List I (River) List II (Tributary)
A. Godavari 1. Son
B. Krishna 2. Chambal
C. Yamuna 3. Bhima
D. Ganga 4. Manjira
Codes
ABCD
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 1 3 2 4
Ans: (a)
List I (Rivers) List II (Tributary)
A. Godavari 4. Manjira
B. Krishna 3. Bhima
C. Yamuna 2. Chambal
D. Ganga 1. Son
30. In the map shown rivers labelled as 1, 2, 3
and 4 respectively: [CSE-1997]

(a) Kosi, Gomti, Ghaghara and Gandak

(b) Kosi, Ganga, Gomti and Ghaghara
(c) Gandak, Ganga, Gomti and Ghaghara
(d) Teesta, Gomti, Ghaghara and Kosi
30. (c) Gandak, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara.
152. Consider the following pairs: [CSE-2008]
Tributary Main River
1. Chambal Narmada
2. Sone Yamuna
3. Manas Brahmaputra
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) l and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 3 only
152. (d) Tributaries of Brahmaputra in India the Manas, Pagladiya, Puthimari, Dhanisri, Jia Bhariti and
Subansiri. Manas is a tributary of Brahmaputra Chambal is the chief tributary of Yammuna and sone is a
tributary of Ganga.
23. The river Sone is a tributary of which one of the following rivers ? [NDA-2006-II]
(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
Ans: (a)
Ramganga, Gomit, Ghaghra, Gundak, Kosi, Son,
Mahananda are the tributaries of Ganga.

64. Chambal river is a part of [NDA-2009-II]

(a) Sabarmati basin
(b) Ganga basin
(c) Narmada basin
(d) Godavari basin
Ans: (b)
Chambal river is a part of Ganga basin. It rises from semi-arid areas, has shorter courses and does not carry much
water with them.
19. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List I List II
(City) (River)
A. Lucknow 1. Ganga
B. Jabalpur 2. Tapti
C. Surat 3. Narmada
D. Patna 4. Gomti
Code :
ABCD
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 4 2 3 1
Ans (B)

72 At which one of the places do the

rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi merge 108. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following? [CSE-2005]
to form Ganga ? (a) Chambal Project
(a) Devprayag (b) Kosi Project
(b) Karnaprayag (c) Damodar Valley Project
(c) Rudraprayag (d) Bhakra Nangal Project
(d) Vishnuprayag 108. (a) Gandhi Sagar Dam is situated on the river Chambal in 1960, near
Ans (A) Bhanpura of Madhya Pradesh.
71. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List I List II
(Hydro-power project) (River)
A. Maithon project 1. Chambal river
B. Salal project 2. Bhagirathi river
C. Rana Pratap Sagar project 3. Barakar river
D. Tehri project 4. Chenab river
Code
ABCD
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
(b) 3 4 1 2
Ans: (d) The Maithon Dam is located at Maithon,
48 km from Dhanbad, in the State of Jharkhand.
It is 15712 ft (4789 m) long and 165 ft (50m) high. This dam was specially designed for flood control and generates 60000
kW of electric power. There is an underground power station, the first of its kind in the whole of South-East Asia. The dam
is constructed on the Barakar river. The lake is spread over 65 sq km (25 sq mi). Salal Hydroelectric Project is built on river
Chenab
14. Which one of the following states has built
the famous Gandhi Sagar across the Chambal
River? [CDS-2007-II]
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (d) The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the
four major dams built on India's Chambal River.
The dam is located in
the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.

90. Which one of the following river valleys of India is under the influence of intensive gully erosion?
(CDS-1-2019)
(a) Kosi
(b) Chambal
(c) Damodar
(d) Brahmaputra
Ans. (b) The Chambal's lower course is lined by a 10-mile belt of bad land gullies resulting from accelerated
soil erosion and is the site of a major project in soil conservation.
125. The place located at the confluence of Alaknanda and
Bhagirathi rivers is [NDA-2014-II]
(a) Badrinath
(b) Rishikesh
(c) Rudraprayag
(d) Devprayag
Ans: (d)
Devprayag is located in Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.
At this place, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take
the name Ganga.

164. Which one of the following Himalayan rivers does NOT

originate from across the Himalayas? [2017-I]
(a) Indus
(b) Satluj
170. Rudraprayag is situated at the confluence of rivers Alaknanda and [NDA-2017-II]
(c) Ganga
(a) Bhagirathi
(d) Brahmaputra
(b) Mandakini
Ans: (c)
(c) Nandakini
(d) Dhauliganga
Ans: (b)
Rudraprayag is one of the sacred Panch Prayags. It is the confluence point of Alaknanda
and Mandakini.
156. On which one of the following rivers is the Tehri
hydropower complex located? [CSE-2008]
(a) Alaknanda
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Dhauliganga
(d) Mandakini
156. (b) The Tehri Hydropower complex is located on
the Bhagirathi river of Uttar Pradesh.

196.Consider the following pairs: [2013 - I]

National Park River flowing through the Park
1. Corbett National Park : Ganga
2. Kaziranga National Park : Manas
3. Silent Valley: National Park : Kaveri
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3
(d) None of these
196. (d) Through Corbett National Park Ramganga flows (not Ganga) which is a tributary of Ganges. Through
Silent Valley National Park river Bhavani flows which is a tributary of Kaveri. Kaziranga and Manas are both
national parks.
435. Which one of the following is not a
tributary of the river Ganga? [CDS-2016-II]
(a) Son
(b) Mahananda
(c) Teesta
(d) Sharada
Ans. (c) Teesta River is a tributary of
Brahmaputra River, flowing through India
and Bangladesh.

492. Consider the following tributaries of

river Ganga : [CDS-2018-1]
1. Gandak
2. Kosi 72. Which one of the following Indian cities is not located on a river bank ? (CDS-
3. Ghaghara 2-2019)
4. Gomti (a) Agra
(a) 2-3-1-4 (b) Bhagalpur
(b) 2-1-3-4 (c) Bhopal
(c) 4-2-1-3 (d) Kanpur
(d) 4-1-3-2 Ans. (c) Bhopal is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and it is
Ans. (b) not located on any River bank. While Agra is located on bank of River Yamuna,
and Bhagalpur and Kanpur are located on the bank of River Ganga.
152. Which one of the following
places is not located on the bank
of river Ganga? [CDS-2010-I]
(a) Uttarkashi
(b) Kanpur
(c) Fatehpur
(d) Bhagalpur
Ans. (a)