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RACE 2025 SST

Drainage PRACTICE SHEET

SECTION-A SECTION-B
Objective Type Questions (1  5 = 5) Very Short Answer Type Questions (2  5 = 10)
1. Which river has the world’s largest drainage 6. What is a drainage basin?
basin?
(A) Ganga 7. What is meant by watershed or a water divide?
(B) Indus
8. What is a gorge?
(C) Thomas
(D) Amazon
9. Name four tributaries of river Indus.

2. Which of the following is not a Himalayan river? 10. Why are the Himalayan rivers perennial?
(A) Indus
(B) Brahmaputra SECTION-C
(C) Godavari Short Answer Type Questions (3  5 = 15)
(D) Ganga 11. Describe any three features of Himalayan rivers.

3. What is the Brahmaputra river called in Arunachal 12. Define a river system and describe two
Pradesh? characteristics of river Indus.
(A) Dibang
(B) Dihang 13. Describe any three features of Ganga-
(C) Tsangpo Brahmaputra delta.
(D) Jamuna
14. Why do the Himalayan rivers get flooded every
year? What are its advantages?
4. What is the world’s largest and fastest growing
delta called?
15. Which two rivers of Peninsular India form
(A) Kaveri Delta estuaries? Name the states in which these rivers
(B) Sunderban Delta drain the water.
(C) Godavari Delta
(D) Krishna Delta SECTION-D
Long Answer Type Questions (5  2 = 10)
5. Which lake is the largest freshwater lake in India? 16. What progress has been made in the Ganga Action
(A) Dal lake Plan?
(B) Wular lake
(C) Chilika lake 17. Describe the main features of river Brahmaputra.
(D) Pulicat lake
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ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 10. (Hints & solution)
2. (C) 11. (Hints & solution)
3. (B) 12. (Hints & solution)
4. (B) 13. (Hints & solution)
5. (B) 14. (Hints & solution)
6. (Hints & solution) 15. (Hints & solution)
7. (Hints & solution) 16. (Hints & solution)
8. (Hints & solution) 17. (Hints & solution)
9. (Hints & solution)
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HINT AND SOLUTIONS

1. (D) Amazon 12. A river along with its tributaries is called a river
system.
2. (C) Godavari Characteristics of River Indus:
• River Indus rises in Tibet near Mansarovar
3. (B) Dihang
lake.

4. (B) Sunderban Delta • Its total length is 2,900 km and is one of the
longest rivers of the world.
5. (B) Wular lake • Majority flows through Pakistan and help in
agricultural activities.
6. The area drained by a single river system is called
a river basin or a drainage basin.
13. Following are three features of the Ganga-
Brahmaputra delta:
7. The upland or a mountain which separates two
adjoining drainage basins is known as a watershed • The Sundarban Delta derived its name from
or a water divide, e.g., Ambala. the Sundari tree which grows well in
marshland.
8. A gorge is a narrow valley with steep, rocky walls, • It is formed by the rivers Ganga and the
often carved by the action of a river over a long Brahmaputra.
period of time. Gorges are usually formed when a
• It is the world’s largest and fastest growing
river cuts through resistant layers of rock, creating
delta.
dramatic, vertical cliffs on either side. Examples
include the Indus Gorge in the Himalayas .
14. The Himalayan rivers receive water from the
9. The Zaskar, the Shyok, the Nubra and the Hunza melted snow from the lofty mountains as well as
are tributaries of river Indus. from rain. During monsoons, due to heavy
rainfall, these rivers get flooded every year.
10. Himalayan rivers are perennial as they are fed by Advantages:
glacial melt and rainfall year-round. They
• The Himalayan rivers flood parts of the
originate from Himalayan glaciers and receive
northern plains enriching the soil for the
additional water during the monsoon, ensuring a
continuous flow. Examples include the Ganga, extensive agricultural lands.
Brahmaputra, and Indus. • Various food crops and cash crops are grown
in these fertile lands.
11. Features of the Himalayan Rivers:
• They are perennial in nature. 15. The river Narmada and the Tapi form estuaries.
• They have large basins.
• The Narmada basin covers parts of Madhya
• They perform intensive erosion activity in
Pradesh and Gujarat.
their upper course and carry huge load of silt
• The Tapi basin covers parts of Madhya
and sand.
Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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16. Under this action plan, pollution abatement works 17. Following are the main features of river
are being taken up in 57 towns. A total of 215 Brahmaputra:
schemes of pollution abatement have been • The Brahmaputra originates in Tibet where it
sanctioned. is known as Tsangpo.
• So far, 69 schemes have been completed with • It flows eastwards parallel to the Himalayas,
positive results. but it takes a U-tum around the Namcha
• Trees have been planted in badly eroded Barwa and enters India in Arunachal Pradesh.
portions. • It is responsible for creating a havoc of floods
• Check dams have been repaired in the upper in Assam and Bangladesh.
reaches of the river. • This river receives less volume of water and
• Interception and diversion of several major has less silt in Tibetan part, but it carries a
drains carrying sewage and industrial wastes large volume of water and silt in India.
to the river in some cities like Varanasi, • It has a braided channel in most of its length
Kanpur, Patna have reduced the pollution in Assam with a few large islands within the
level. channel.
• Turtles and the Gangetic dolphins which had
disappeared for several years have now
reappeared in Varanasi and other places.

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