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Question 1:
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a
tree?
(a) Radial
(b) Centrifugal
(c) Dendritic
(d) Trellis
Answer: (c) Dendritic
(ii) In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?

(a) Rajasthan
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: (d) Jammu and Kashmir
(iii) The river Narmada has its source at

(a) Satpura
(b) Amarkantak
(c) Brahmagiri
(d) Slopes of the Western Ghats
Answer: (b) Amarkantak
(iv) Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

(a) Sambhar
(b) Wular
(c) Dal
(d) Gobind Sagar
Answer: (a) Sambhar
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(v) Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India?
(a) Narmada
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Mahanadi
Answer: (b) Godavari
(vi) Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Krishna
(c) Tungabhadra
(d) Tapi
Answer: (d) Tapi
Question 2:
Answer the following questions briefly,
(i) What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.
(ii) Which is the largest river basin in India?
(iii) Where do the rivers Indus and Ganga have their origin?
(iv) Name the two head-streams of the Ganga. Where do they meet to form Ganga?
(v) Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part have less silt, despite a longer course?
(vi) Which two peninsular rivers flow through trough?
(vii)State some economic benefits of rivers and lakes.
Answer 2:
(i) Any upland or a mountain separating two adjoining drainage basins is known as water
divide. Though the Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra rivers rise very close to each other
near the Mansarovar Lake but because of the water divides they flow in different directions.
(ii) The Ganga basin is the largest river basin in India.
(iii) The Indus river has its origin in Tibet near the Mansarovar Lake while the Ganga River
has its origin in Gangotri Glacier in Uttaranchal.
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(iv) Alaknanda and Bhagirathi are the two headstreams of the Ganga. They meet at
Devaprayag.
(v) The Brahmaputra river, which is known as Tsangpo in Tibet, receives very little volume of
water in Tibet so; it has very little silt there. On the other hand, this river when enters India it
passes through such a region which receives heavy rainfall. As such in India, in India it carries
a large volume of water and larger amount of silt.
(vi) Narmada and Tapi are two peninsular rivers which flow through trough.
(vii) Lake can be used for generating hydroelectricity. A lake can be a good tourist attraction.
Rivers have been the centre of human civilization since ancient times. Even today, many big
cities are situated on the bank of a river. River water is used for irrigation, navigation,
hydroelectricity, fisheries, etc.
Question 3:
Below are given names of a few lakes of India. Group those under two categories - natural and
created by human beings.
(a) Wular (b) Dal
(c) Nainital (d) Bhimtal
(e) Govind Sagar (f) Loktak
(g) Barapani (h) Chilika
(i) Sambhar (j) Rana Pratap Sagar
(k) Nizam Sagar (l) Pulicat
(m) Nagarjuna Sagar (n) Hirakund.
Answer 3:
(a) Wular: Natureal (b) Dal: Natureal
(c) Nainital: Natureal (d) Bhimtal: Natureal
(e) Govind Sagar: Human beings (f) Loktak: Natureal
(g) Barapani: Natureal (h) Chilika: Natureal
(i) Sambhar : Natureal (j) Rana Pratap Sagar: Human beings
(k) Nizam Sagar: Human beings (l) Pulicat : Natureal
(m) Nagarjuna Sagar: Human beings (n) Hirakund: Human beings
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Question 4:
Discuss the significant difference between the Himalayan and the Peninsular Rivers.
Answer 4:
The following table differentiates between the Himalayan and the Peninsular Rivers:
The Himalayan Rivers The Peninsular Rivers

1. The Himalayan rivers rise in the 1. The mountains in which the Peninsular Rivers
snow-covered mountains are rise not snow covered. Hence they dry up during
perennial type. summer.
2. They flow in levelled Northern 2. The Peninsular Rivers flow on rocky surface
Plains and are highly useful for and so, they are neither navigable nor useful for
irrigation, cultivation and also irrigation.
navigation purpose.
3. They do not bring with them any alluvium. Due
3. The Himalayan Rivers bring with to their swift current the depositional activity are
them fertile alluvium which they negligible.
deposit in the Indo-Gangetic plains.
4. as the terrains are rocky and the banks of these
4. Canals have been dug to use the rivers are high so, canals can not be dug. However,
water of these rivers for irrigation. dams are built to store the flood water for irrigation
with the help of small channels.
5. Many important towns and
centers of trade are situated on the 5. Very few important towns and centers of trade
banks of these rivers. are situated on the banks of these rivers.
6. The porous soil of Northern Plain 6. The underlying soil being rocky does not absorb
absorbs the water which is later on any water. Hence, no wells can be dug.
used as ground water by digging
wells and tube wells.
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Question 5:
Compare the east flowing and the west flowing rivers of the Peninsular plateau.
Answer 5:
The following table gives a comparison between the east flowing and the west flowing rivers
of the Peninsular plateau:
East Flowing Rivers West Flowing Rivers

1. The Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna, 1. The Narmada and the Tapi are the main
the Cauvery are the main east flowing rivers west flowing rivers of Peninsular India.
of Peninsular India.
2. These rivers drain in the Arabian sea.
2. These rivers drain in the Bay of Bengal.
3. These rivers enter the sea through
3. These rivers make deltas at their mouth. estuaries.
4. These rivers have a developed, large 4. These rivers are devoid of a developed
tributary system. tributary system. Their tributaries are quite
small in size.
5. These river flow not through very deep 5. These rivers flow in troughs.
canals.
Question 6:
Why are rivers important for the country’s economy?
Answer 6:
Rivers are highly important for the country’s economy. Following are some of the points which
indicate the importance of rivers for the country’s economy:
 The rivers contain natural fresh (sweet) water which is required for the survival of most
of the animals including man.
 They provide water for irrigation and cultivation.
 They make soil rich and arable which can be easily brought under cultivation without
much labour.
 Used for navigation and transport thus, important for commercial activities.
 Estuaries near the sea-shores, where the sweet water mixes freely with the salty water
of the oceans, have proved one of the most biologically productive areas of the world.
 The rivers are being harnessed for generating hydro-electric power.
 Some lakes are also important tourist spots e.g. Dal Lake, Nainital etc.
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(ii) In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?

(iii) The river Narmada has its source at

(iv) Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

The Himalayan Rivers The Peninsular Rivers

East Flowing Rivers West Flowing Rivers

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