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Important Rivers
GK
Q.1) River Cooum Flows through which of the following ci es?
[A] Chennai
[B] Bangalore
[C] Surat
[D] Gwalior
[E] Jhansi

Q.2) River Kali flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Pune
[B] Mumbai
[C] Saharanpur
[D] Srinagar
[E] None of these

Q.3) Which of the following rivers flow through Ayodhya?

[A] Godavari
[B] Ganges
[C] Kaveri
[D] Saryu
[E] Sabarma

Q.4) River Vishwamitri flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Bharuch
[B] Kota
[C] Rishikesh
[D] Vadodara

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[E] None of these

Q.5) Jhelum river flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Jhelum
[B] Ferozpur
[C] Ahmedabad
[D] Surat
[E] Vadodara

Q.6) River Alaknanda flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Haridwar
[B] Rishikesh
[C] Badrinath
[D] Allahbad
[E] None of these

Q.7) River Shipra flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Gwalior
[B] Ujjain
[C] Ashta
[D] Jabalpur
[E] None of these

Q.8) River Brahmani flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Banki
[B] Cu ack
[C] Rourkela
[D] Brahmapur
[E] Hyderabad

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Q.9) River Musi flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Hyderabad
[B] Nizamabad
[C] Nellore
[D] Kurnool
[E] Brahmapur

Q.10) Which of the following rivers flow through Shimoga?

[A] Krishna
[B] Pennar
[C] Tunga River
[D] Kali
[E] Bhadra

Q.11) River Girna flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Karjat
[B] Kolhapur
[C] Malegaon
[D] Pune
[E] Sangli

Q.12) River Teesta flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Srinagar
[B] Sikkim
[C] Karwar
[D] Vijayawada
[E] None of these

Q.13) Which of the following rivers flow through Jabalpur?

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[A] Narmada
[B] Ganga
[C] Brahmputra
[D] Musi
[E] None of these

Q.14) Which of the following river flows through Guwaha ?

[A] Godavari
[B] Gom
[C] Brahmputra
[D] Kaveri
[E] None of these

Q.15) Which of the following rivers flow through Tiruchirapalli?

[A] Krishna
[B] Kaveri
[C] Yamuna
[D] Panchaganga
[E] None of these

Q.16) River Gom flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Kanpur
[B] Mathura
[C] Allahabad
[D] Lucknow
[E] None of these

Q.17) River Meenachil flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Ko ayam

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[B] Daman
[C] Rangpo
[D] Madurai
[E] Mahad

Q.18) Which of the following rivers flow through Madurai?

[A] Ulhas
[B] Kaveri
[C] Vaigai
[D] Gima River
[E] None of these

Q.19) River Rushikulya flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Cu ack
[B] Chhatrapur
[C] Nizamabad
[D] Nellore
[E] Bangalore

Q.20) River Godavari flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Nashik
[B] Bangalore
[C] Pune
[D] Mangalore
[E] Nanded

Q.21) River Hooghly flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Gorakhpur

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[C] Varansi
[D] Kanpur
[E] Kolkata

Q.22) River Sutlej flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Cu ack
[B] Ferozpur
[C] Kolhapur
[D] Mahad
[E] None of these

Q.23) River Yamuna flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Mathura
[B] Auraiya
[C] Etawah
[D] Agra
[E] All of the above

Q.24) River Sabarma flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Ahmedabad
[B] Thiruchirapalli
[C] Kolhapur
[D] Mahad
[E] None of these

Q.25) River Krishna flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Bhagalpur
[B] Patna
[C] Vijayawada

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[D] Guwaha
[E] None of these

Q.26) River Chambal flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Daman
[B] New Delhi
[C] Srinagar
[D] Kota
[E] None of these

Q.27) River Tapi flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Gaya
[B] Surat
[C] Bangalore
[D] Karwar
[E] None of these

Q.28) River Mahanadi flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Cu ack
[B] Madurai
[C] Allahabad
[D] Mathura
[E] Coimbatore

Q.29) River Ganges flows through which of the following ci es?

[A] Kanpur
[B] Varanasi
[C] Fategarh
[D] All of these

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[E] Haridwar

Q.30) Which of the following rivers flow through Gaya?

[A] Brahmaputra
[B] Falgu
[C] Krishna
[D] Kaveri
[E] Pennar

Important Rivers
Answers

GK

Q.1)A Q.2)C Q.3)D Q.4)D Q.5)A Q.6)C Q.7)B Q.8)B Q.9)A Q.10)C Q.11)C Q.12)B

Q.13)A Q.14)C Q.15)B Q.16)D Q.17)A Q.18)C Q.19)B Q.20)A Q.21)E Q.22)B Q.23)E

Q.24)A Q.25)C Q.26)D Q.27)B Q.28)A Q.29)D Q.30)B

Important Rivers
Explanations

GK

Q.1) Explanation:

The Cooum River is one of the shortest classified rivers draining into the Bay of Bengal. The
river is highly polluted in Chennai.
--Its source is in a place by the same name ‘Cooum’ or ‘Koovam’ in Tiruvallur district adjoining
Chennai district.

Q.2) Explanation:

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The Kali River originates in the Doon Valley and passes through Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and
Bagpat districts before merging with Hindon River.
--The river is named Kali, possibly because the colour of the river is black. River Kali is very
much polluted and is targeted for clean up under Na onal Ganga River Basin Authority.

Q.3) Explanation:

The Sarayu is a river that flows through the Indian states of U arakhand and U ar Pradesh.
This river is of ancient significance, finding men ons in the Vedas and the Ramayana.
--Ayodhya is situated on the banks of river Sarayu. On Ram Navmi, thousands of people take a
dip in the Sarayu River at Ayodhya.

Q.4) Explanation:

The Vishwamitri River is a seasonal river which flows east to west between Mahi and Narmada
rivers in Gujarat, India. It originates in the Pavagadh Hills.
--The Vishwamitri flows west through the city of Vadodara and joins Dhadhar River and
Khanpur River.

Q.5) Explanation:

The Jhelum River is a river of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is the tributary of
Indus river.
--It is the westernmost of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District.

Q.6) Explanation:

The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian State of U arakhand and one of the two
headstreams of the Ganga.
--The Alaknanda is considered to rise at the confluence and foot of the Satopanth and
Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in U arakhand. Three km below Mana the Alaknanda flows past the
hindu pilgrimage centre of Badrinath.

Q.7) Explanation:

The Shipra, also known as the Kshipra, is a river in Madhya Pradesh state of Central India.

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--The river rises in the North of dhar District, and flows north across the Malwa Plateau to join
the Chambal River at the MP – Rajasthan boundary in Mandasaur District.
--It is one of the sacred rivers in Hinduism. The holy city of Ujjain is situated on its east bank.

Q.8) Explanation:

The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha state of Eastern India. The Brahmani is
formed by the confluence of the Sankh and South Koel rivers.
--This river flows through the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cu ack,
Jagapur and Kendrapara.

Q.9) Explanation:

Musi River is a tributary of the Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau flowing through Telangana
state in India.
--Hyderabad stands on the banks of Musi River, which divides the historic old city and the new
city.
--Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar are dams built on it which used to act as a source of water
for Hyderabad.

Q.10) Explanation:

The Tunga River is a river in Karnataka state, southern India. The river flows through two
districts of Karnataka- Chikmagalur District and Shimoga District.
--The river is famous for the sweetness of its water and is considered to be the sweetest water
in the world. The Girna originates at Kem Peak in the Western Ghats mountain range and flows
east across Nashik district- where it is joined by the Mausam River- and into Malegaon District.

Q.11) Explanation:

The Girna River is a river in the state of Maharashtra in southern India. It gets its name from
the goddess Giraja, also known as Parva .
--The Girna originates at Kem Peak in the Western Ghats mountain range and flows east across
Nashik district- where it is joined by the Mausam River- and into Malegaon District.

Q.12) Explanation:

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The Teesta River is a 309 km long river flowing through the Indian states of West Bengal and
Sikkim through Bangladesh before emptying to the Bay of Bengal.
--It craves out from the verdant Himalayas and Singalila in the temperate and tropical river
Valleys and forms the border between Sikkim and West Bengal.

Q.13) Explanation:

The Narmada, also called the Rewa and previously also known as Nerbudda, is a river in
central India and the sixth longest river in the Indian subcon nent.
--Narmada is also known as life line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The river runs north-west
in a narrow loop towards Jabalpur.

Q.14) Explanation:

The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows
through China, India and Bangladesh. It is the 10th largest river in the world by discharge, and
the 15th longest.
--It flows through the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. It flows southwest through the
Assam Valley as Brahmputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna.

Q.15) Explanation:

Kaveri , also referred as Ponni, is an Indian river flowing through the states of Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu. It is the third largest a er Godavari and Krishna in south India.
--It flows through Tiruchirapalli district and other districts of Tamil Nadu.

Q.16) Explanation:

The Gom , Gum or Goma River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to Hindu mythology,
the river is the daughter of the Hindu sage Vashist.
--A er 240 kilometers, the Gom enters Lucknow, meandering through the city for about 12
kilometers and supplying its water.

Q.17) Explanation:

The Meenachil River flows through the heart of Ko ayam district of Kerala state, India. The
Meenachil River is formed by several streams origina ng from the Western Ghats.
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--The river is also men oned in the Booker Prize winning book “The God of Small Things” by
Arundha Roy. The story is centred on the Aymanam village through which the Meenachil
river flows.

Q.18) Explanation:

The Vaigai is a river in Theni, Andipa and Madurai, Tamil Nadu state of southern India.
--Madurai, the largest city in the Pandya Nadu region and its ancient capital, lies on the Vaigai.
The river emp es into the Palk Strait in Ramanathapuram District.

Q.19) Explanation:

The Rushikulya is one of the major rivers in the state of Odisha and covers en re catchment
area in the districts of Kandhamal and Ganjam district of Odisha.
--The city of Brahmapur is situated in the basin and other important towns are Chhatrapur,
Ganjam, Aska, Bhanjanagar, Bellaguntha and Surada.

Q.20) Explanation:

The Godavari is India’s second longest river a er the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar,
Maharashtra.
--The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats of central India near Nashik in Maharashtra,
from the Arabian Sea.

Q.21) Explanation:

The Hooghly River, tradi onally called the Ganga is distributary of the Ganges River in West
Bengal, India. Calcu a and Hugli-Chinsura, the headquarter of Hooghly is located on the banks
of this river.
--Like the rest of Ganges, the Bhagirathi-Hooghly is considered sacred to the Hindus, and its
water is considered as holy.

Q.22) Explanation:

The Sutlej River, is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region
of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan.
--The Sutlej River is also known as Satadree. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River.
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Q.23) Explanation:

The Yamuna also known as Jamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary of the
Ganges in northern India. It is the longest river in India which does not directly flow to the sea.
--It flows through the ci es Yamuna Nagar, Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Kalpi, Allahabad and
Auraiya.

Q.24) Explanation:

The Sabarma River is one of the major west flowing rivers in India. It originated in the Aravalli
Range of the Udaipur District of Rajasthan and meets the Gulf pf Cambay of Arabian Sea.
--It flows through the ci es of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Sabarma river basin is situated
in the mid- southern part of Rajasthan.

Q.25) Explanation:

The Krishna River is the fourth biggest river in terms of water inflows and river basin area in
India, a er the Ganga, Godavari and Brahmaputra.
--The river is also called Krishnaveni. It is a major source of irriga on for Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada is the largest city on river Krishna.

Q.26) Explanation:

The Chambal river is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central India, and thus forms part of
the greater Gange c drainage system.
--The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a me through
Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning
southeast to join Yamuna in U ar Pradesh state.

Q.27) Explanation:

The Tapi or Tap river is a river in central India between the Godavari and Narmada rivers. It
flows through Surat, and is crossed by the Magdalla ONGC Bridge.
--The river is supposedly named a er the goddess Tap , the daughter of Surya, the Sun God.

Q.28) Explanation:

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The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. The river flows through the states of
Chha sgarh and Odisha.
--It flows through the ci es of Raipur, Bilaspur, Sambalpur, Subarnapur, Boudh, Anugul,
Cu ack, Banki, Jagatsinghpur and Jharsuguda.

Q.29) Explanation:

The Ganges also known as Ganga is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the
na ons of India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the Western Himalayas in the Indian state of
U arakhand, and flows south and east through the Gange c Plain of North India.
--It flows through the ci es of Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kannauj, Kanpur, Fategarh, Varanasi,
Kolkata etc.

Q.30) Explanation:

The Phalgu or Falgu, a river that flows past Gaya, India in the Indian state of Bihar, is a sacred
river for Hindus and Buddhists.
--In ancient scriptures, it is called the Nairanjana. It is the first holy site visited by the pilgrim
and here his first offering must be made for the souls of his ancestors.

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