Rivers of India

Question 1

Which sacred river, the longest in India, is personified as a goddess and flows through the city of Varanasi?

Accepted Answer

Ganges

Question 2

The Taj Mahal is famously situated on the banks of which major tributary of the Ganges?

Accepted Answer

Yamuna

Question 3

What is the longest river in Peninsular India, often referred to as the 'Dakshina Ganga' or 'Ganges of the South'?

Accepted Answer

Godavari

Question 4

Known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet, which massive river enters India through Arunachal Pradesh?

Accepted Answer

Brahmaputra

Question 5

Which river originates near Lake Manasarovar in Tibet, flows through Ladakh, and gives India its name?

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 6

Which major west-flowing river empties into the Arabian Sea and flows through a rift valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges?

Accepted Answer

Narmada

Question 7

The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, one of the world's largest masonry dams, is built across which river in Southern India?

Accepted Answer

Krishna

Question 8

Which river, originating in the Brahmagiri hills of the Western Ghats, is a sacred river for the people of South India?

Accepted Answer

Kaveri

Question 9

The Bhakra Dam, a concrete gravity dam that forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir, is built on which river?

Accepted Answer

Sutlej

Question 10

The city of Kolkata is located on the banks of which river, a major distributary of the Ganges?

Accepted Answer

Hooghly

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