This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Drainage > The Ganga Geography – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Ganga Geography Quiz 1 (39 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the average rainfall in brahmaputra? A) 200 cm. B) 100 cm. C) 50 cm. D) 400 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 200 cm. 2. Which is the western most and the longest tributary of the Ganga? A) Yamuna. B) Ghagara. C) Mahananda. D) Kosi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yamuna. 3. Ganga brahmaputra join together in which place: A) Bangladesh. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Haryana. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. 4. What is the Delta area covered with? A) Rainforests. B) Mangrove forests. C) Tropical Deciduous forests. D) Bamboo tree forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mangrove forests. 5. Kolkata is located on the river A) Hooghly. B) Orange. C) Bhagirathi. D) Yamuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hooghly. 6. Which is not a tributary of Ganga? A) Betwa. B) Kosi. C) Yamuna. D) Hooghly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hooghly. 7. What is the main crop in this region? A) Millets. B) Paddy. C) Maize. D) Sorghum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paddy. 8. Type of farming in mountains and hills, where slopes are gentle A) Terrace farming. B) Mixed Farming. C) Pastoral Farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrace farming. 9. What is the main crop that people grow in the plain area of Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin? A) Sorghum. B) Wheat. C) Paddy. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paddy. 10. What is the main occupation of people of Northern Plains? A) Agriculture. B) Mining. C) Fishing. D) Viticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 11. What is the climate in summer and winter respectively? A) Dry and humid, Cool. B) Hot, cool. C) Hot and dry, heavy rainfall. D) Heavy rainfall, cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot, cool. 12. How much Sewage does Ganga Basin generated daily? A) 12, 000 million litre. B) 10, 000 million litre. C) 12, 300 million litre. D) 1, 900 million litre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12, 000 million litre. 13. What are the main ways to transport in THE GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN A) Road and air. B) Water and air. C) Road and water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Road and water. 14. Which is not a cash crop? A) Gram. B) Tea. C) Jute. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gram. 15. Where is the ganga-brahmaputra basin located? A) River Ganga. B) Arunachal pradhesh. C) Indian sub continent. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian sub continent. 16. The delta area is covered with the A) THICK BAMBOO. B) DEODAR. C) TEA PLANTATIONS. D) MANGROOVES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MANGROOVES. 17. Ganga brahmaputra river carries what with them: A) Carbonates. B) Phosphates. C) Sulphates. D) Sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sediments. 18. What is the location of Ganga Brahmaputra basin? A) 10 N TO 30 S. B) 10 S TO 30 N. C) 10 N TO 10 S. D) 10 N TO 30 N. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 N TO 30 N. 19. Name the largest delta of world A) Missi-sipi Delta. B) Sunderban Delta. C) Godavari Delta. D) Ganga Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunderban Delta. 20. Which Industrial City is also called "the Manchester of the East" ? A) West Bengal. B) Guwahati. C) Kanpur. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanpur. 21. Which City discharges 50% untreated Waste Water? A) Kanpur. B) Prayagraj. C) Patna. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West Bengal. 22. Which city is located on the confluence of the river Ganga and Yamuna A) Kanpur. B) Allahabad. C) Varanasi. D) Lucknow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allahabad. 23. Name the animal found in Sunder ban delta A) Asiatic Lion. B) One horn Rhino. C) Monkey. D) Royal Bengal Tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Royal Bengal Tiger. 24. What is the MAIN crop grown in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin A) Paddy. B) Potato. C) Tomatoes. D) Oranges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paddy. 25. The lowest part of the ganga delta is covered with: A) Mangrove forests. B) Tropical rainforests. C) Tropical evergreen forests. D) Subtropical forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mangrove forests. 26. What is the main occupation of people living in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin A) Fishing. B) Agriculture. C) Hunting. D) Trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 27. The mangrove forests are dominated by the plant species locally known as: A) Sundarban. B) Canopy. C) Sundari. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sundari. 28. Which city do not lies on the bank of river Ganga A) Agra. B) Varanasi. C) Kanpur. D) Patna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agra. 29. Deodar and firs are a type of ..... A) Evergreen trees. B) Coniferous trees. C) Shrubs. D) Deciduous trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coniferous trees. 30. Near Which River is the city of Bareilly Situated? A) Kosi River. B) Gandak River. C) Ram Ganga River. D) Son River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ram Ganga River. 31. What is the main crop grown in Ganga Brahmaputra basin? A) Millet. B) Maize. C) Paddy. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paddy. 32. What is the most important wildlife sanctuary in The ganga brahmaputra basin: A) Corbett wildlife sanctuary. B) Amazon. C) Sundarban wild sanctuary. D) Nagarhole wildlife sanctuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sundarban wild sanctuary. 33. To conserve the river Ganga which programme has been initiated? A) Namami Ganga. B) Save Ganga. C) Namashkar Ganga. D) Hamari Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Namami Ganga. 34. When Ganga enters in Bangladesh and Joins Brahmaputra it is known as A) Hoogli. B) Padma. C) Meghna. D) Bhagirathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meghna. 35. Which climate is warm and wet, and which is cold and dry? A) Winter and summer, respectively. B) Summer and winter, respectively. C) Autumn and spring, respectively. D) Spring and autumn, respectively. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer and winter, respectively. 36. Which Award does the "Ministry of water project "got? A) Namami Gange Award. B) Clean India Award. C) Saaf Bharat Award. D) Safai Giri Award. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Safai Giri Award. 37. Since the land is flat, a good network of roads and railways exits, which help in ..... A) Dancing and playing. B) Shooting and climbing. C) Communicating and transporting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communicating and transporting. 38. Rearing of silk worm A) Apiculture. B) Sericulture. C) Viticulture. D) Floriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sericulture. 39. What is the climate of Ganga Brahmaputra basin? A) Hot and wet. B) Hot and Dry. C) Monsoon type. D) Very cold. 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