SPM PUBLIC ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL
Class: IX Department: Social Science Sub: Geography
Chapter-3 Topic: Drainage Year: 2023-24
Work Sheet:3
A Multiple Choice Questions: -
1 Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake?
a) Sambhar
b) Dal
c) Wular
d) Gobind Sagar
2 Which one of the following is the longest river in Peninsular India?
a) Narmada
b) Krishna
c) the Godavari
d) Mahanadi
3 Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
a) Mahanadi
b) Tungabhadra
c) Krishna
d) Tapi
4 The area drained by a single river system is called as?
a) Catchment areas
b) Water divide
c) Drainage basin
d) Basin
5 Any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland, separates two drainage basins. Such an
upland
is known as a?
a) Catchment areas
b) Water divide
c) Drainage basin
d) river system
6 The world’s largest drainage basin is of which river?
a) Amazon
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b) the Nile
c) Ganga
d) the Mekong
7 Which river has the largest basin in India?
a) Indus
b) Ganga
c) the Brahmaputra
d) the Godavari
8 Which of the following is not an important feature of the middle and lower course of a
Himalayan river?
a) Deep gorge
b) Meanders
c) Oxbow lakes
d) Delta
9 Which of the following is an important feature of the middle course of a river?
a) Deep gorge
b) Meanders
c) Oxbow lakes
d) Delta
10 Which of the following is not true regarding the Himalayan and peninsular rivers?
a) Himalayan rivers have longer, and deeper courses as compared to the peninsular rivers.
b) Peninsular rivers are perennial in nature.
c) Most of the rivers in peninsular India originate in the Western Ghats and flow towards the
Bayof Bengal.
d) The two major Himalayan rivers, the Indus and the Brahmaputra originate from the north
ofthe mountain ranges.
B VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: -
1 What is a watershed / water divide?
2 Why does Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part carry less silt despite a long course?
3 What is inland drainage?
C Assertion/Reason Questions:
In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the Statements and Choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
1. Assertion (A): The Ganga is joined by many tributaries from the Himalayas, a few of them being
major rivers such as the Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi.
Reason (R): The river Yamuna rises from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. It flows parallel to
the Ganga and as a right bank tributary, meets the Ganga at Allahabad.
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1 Assertion (A): The Ganga is joined by many tributaries from the Himalayas, a few of them being
major rivers such as the Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi.
Reason (R): The river Yamuna rises from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. It flows parallel to
the Ganga and as a right bank tributary, meets the Ganga at Allahabad.
Answer: (C)
2 Assertion (A): Apart from originating from the two major physiographic regions of India, the
Himalayan and the Peninsular Rivers are different from each other in many ways.
Reason (R): The drainage systems of India are mainly controlled by the broad relief features of
the shallower courses as compared to their Himalayan counterparts.
Read the extract and answer the questions that follows:
Rivers are the backbone of human civilization! They provide us with fresh water which is helpful
for various purposes such as drinking, cleaning, washing, etc. Without rivers, life will come to a
halt. Rivers just keep on flowing without any stop. We humans exist because of rivers.
Most often people don’t realize the impact that rivers have on the living world. It is because they
keep on doing their work silently. See, they are not equipped with social media to keep
showcasing their work to the entire world! Puns apart, what if the rivers dry up some day? It’s
scary to even think of it. May be only then we will realize their importance. We need to
stop water pollution & river pollution.
Rivers are the waterbodies with which we have the closest relationship. It is very important to
keep a good bond, else it can show its fierce face and destroy everything. Floods are an example
of the fiery face of rivers. It takes away a large number of lives with it. A huge amount ofproperty
gets destroyed in the floods.
If not floods, it may give rise to droughts. The rivers may dry up and cause drought. This is very
harmful for the civilization. As people say, everything should be kept in balance else they may
create havoc in life. Similar is the case with our rivers.
1. Name the three Himalayan rivers of India.
2. What are the major causes of flood in India?
3.
How are the rivers polluted?
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