Hi, here you can get 200 one-liner questions and their answers, designed for quick revision of Indian geography for SSC and other Important competitive exams. the major rivers in india is listed below:
Ganga, Yamuna, Indus, Brahmaputra, Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, Jhelum, Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Mandakini, Ghaghara, Gandak, Kosi, Gomti, Sone, Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Damodar, Rupnarayan, Subarnarekha, Ramganga, Tons, Kali (Sharda), Teesta, Manas, Lohit, Subansiri, Major Peninsular Rivers and their Tributaries, Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi, Narmada, Tapi (Tapti), Sabarmati, Luni, Musi, Tungabhadra, Koyna, Bhima, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Arkavathy, Vrishabhavathi, Pennar, Palar, Vaigai, Periyar, Pamba, Bharathapuzha, Sharavathi, Netravati, Mandovi, Zuari, Indravati, Wainganga, Wardha, Manjira, Vamsadhara, Nagavali, Rushikulya, Brahmani, Baitarani, Pench, Kolar, Kanhan, Sheonath, Hasdeo, Other Notable Rivers and their Tributaries, Hugli, Jaldhaka, Mahananda, Kulik, Ajay, Mayurakshi, Kangsabati, Dwarkeswar, Kasai, Punpun, Falgu, Budhi Gandak, Burhi Dihing, Dhansiri, Siang, Dibang, Lohit, Kopili, Puthimari, Jia Bharali, Krishnai, Manas, Kherai, Sonai, Barak, Surma, Kushiyara, Jatinga, Dhaleshwari, Tlawng
1. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’?
Answer: Godavari
2. Question: Which river is also called the ‘Sorrow of Bihar’?
Answer: Kosi
3. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Sorrow of Bengal’?
Answer: Damodar
4. Question: Which is the longest river in India?
Answer: Ganga
5. Question: What is the largest tributary of the Ganga?
Answer: Yamuna
6. Question: The Indus River originates from which place?
Answer: Bokhar Chu glacier in Tibet
7. Question: Which Indian city is situated on the banks of the Yamuna River?
Answer: Delhi
8. Question: Which two rivers form the largest delta in the world?
Answer: Ganga and Brahmaputra
9. Question: The Hirakud Dam is built across which river?
Answer: Mahanadi
10. Question: Which river is known as the ‘lifeline of Madhya Pradesh’?
Answer: Narmada
11. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Vridha Ganga’?
Answer: Godavari
12. Question: The Tungabhadra River is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Krishna
13. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Tsangpo’ in Tibet?
Answer: Brahmaputra
14. Question: The city of Varanasi is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ganga
15. Question: The Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on which river?
Answer: Narmada
16. Question: The famous city of Srinagar is located on the bank of which river?
Answer: Jhelum
17. Question: Which river is known as the ‘lifeline of Goa’?
Answer: Mandovi
18. Question: Which is the only major river in India that flows through a rift valley?
Answer: Narmada
19. Question: On which river is the Tehri Dam located?
Answer: Bhagirathi
20. Question: The Bhakra-Nangal Dam is built on which river?
Answer: Sutlej
21. Question: Which river forms the Dudhsagar Falls?
Answer: Mandovi
22. Question: Which is the longest peninsular river in India?
Answer: Godavari
23. Question: Which river’s basin is shared by India, Nepal, and China?
Answer: Kosi
24. Question: The Jog Falls are on which river?
Answer: Sharavathi
25. Question: Which river is a tributary of the Indus and flows through the Ladakh region?
Answer: Shyok
26. Question: The ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ is associated with which river?
Answer: Narmada
27. Question: The Wular Lake is a result of the meandering of which river?
Answer: Jhelum
28. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Red River’?
Answer: Brahmaputra
29. Question: The Krishnaraja Sagara Dam is on which river?
Answer: Kaveri
30. Question: Which river forms the boundary between India and Nepal for a part of its course?
Answer: Mahakali (Sharda)
31. Question: The ‘Pamban Bridge’ connects the mainland to which island, located in the Gulf of Mannar?
Answer: Pamban Island
32. Question: What is the origin of the river Krishna?
Answer: Mahabaleshwar
33. Question: The city of Surat is situated on the banks of which river?
Answer: Tapi
34. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Ganga of the South’?
Answer: Kaveri
35. Question: Which river is also called ‘Jamuna’ in Bangladesh?
Answer: Brahmaputra
36. Question: Which is the largest salt water lake in India?
Answer: Chilika Lake
37. Question: The Farakka Barrage is on which river?
Answer: Ganga
38. Question: The Sone River is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Ganga
39. Question: The largest river basin in India is of which river?
Answer: Ganga
40. Question: The Godavari River originates from which place?
Answer: Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra
41. Question: The famous Loktak Lake is located in which state?
Answer: Manipur
42. Question: Which river’s delta is a part of the ‘Sundarbans’?
Answer: Ganga-Brahmaputra
43. Question: Which river is the longest tributary of the Indus?
Answer: Chenab
44. Question: Which river flows through the city of Bengaluru?
Answer: Vrishabhavathi
45. Question: The Koyna Dam is on a tributary of which river?
Answer: Krishna
46. Question: The Chambal River is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Yamuna
47. Question: The city of Patna is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ganga
48. Question: Which two rivers form the ‘Sunderban Delta’?
Answer: Ganga and Brahmaputra
49. Question: The Penner River originates from which hills?
Answer: Nandi Hills
50. Question: Which river is known as the ‘lifeline of Kerala’?
Answer: Periyar
51. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Ganga of Madhya Pradesh’?
Answer: Betwa
52. Question: The city of Vijayawada is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Krishna
53. Question: Which river is the only east-flowing river in Rajasthan?
Answer: Chambal
54. Question: The River Gomti is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Ganga
55. Question: The Rihand Dam is on a tributary of which river?
Answer: Sone
56. Question: The Yamuna River originates from which glacier?
Answer: Yamunotri Glacier
57. Question: Which river flows through the city of Ahmedabad?
Answer: Sabarmati
58. Question: The city of Hyderabad is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Musi
59. Question: The Indira Gandhi Canal draws its water from which two rivers?
Answer: Sutlej and Beas
60. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Sorrow of Odisha’?
Answer: Mahanadi
61. Question: Which river flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat?
Answer: Narmada
62. Question: The Bhima River is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Krishna
63. Question: What is the origin of the river Mahanadi?
Answer: Sihawa in Chhattisgarh
64. Question: The city of Lucknow is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Gomti
65. Question: The Periyar River flows into which sea?
Answer: Arabian Sea
66. Question: What is the name of the river that forms the famous ‘Rann of Kutch’?
Answer: Luni
67. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Ganga of the Deccan’?
Answer: Godavari
68. Question: The city of Nashik is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Godavari
69. Question: The Bhalukpong is a place on which river?
Answer: Kameng River
70. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Kaveri of the North’?
Answer: Barakar
71. Question: The city of Gwalior is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Chambal
72. Question: The Idukki Dam is on which river?
Answer: Periyar
73. Question: Which river flows between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges?
Answer: Narmada
74. Question: The city of Bareilly is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ramganga
75. Question: The city of Cuttack is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Mahanadi
76. Question: Which is the second-longest river in India?
Answer: Godavari
77. Question: Which river is the largest west-flowing river of the peninsular India?
Answer: Narmada
78. Question: The city of Ayodhya is situated on the banks of which river?
Answer: Saryu
79. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘lifeline of Gujarat’?
Answer: Narmada
80. Question: The city of Kanpur is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ganga
81. Question: The Dul Hasti Hydroelectric Power Project is built on which river?
Answer: Chenab
82. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Luhit River’ in Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Brahmaputra
83. Question: The city of Thiruvananthapuram is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Karamana River
84. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Salt River’?
Answer: Luni
85. Question: The Chambal River is known for forming what geological feature?
Answer: Ravines
86. Question: The city of Haridwar is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Ganga
87. Question: The Ranganadi Hydroelectric Project is in which state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
88. Question: The city of Ranchi is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Subarnarekha
89. Question: The Gandak River is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Ganga
90. Question: Which river forms the boundary between Punjab and Haryana?
Answer: Yamuna
91. Question: The City of Ujjain is on the banks of which river?
Answer: Shipra
92. Question: The Koyna River is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Krishna
93. Question: Which river has the largest drainage basin in the world?
Answer: Amazon
94. Question: The Farakka Barrage is on which river?
Answer: Ganga
95. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Indo-Gangetic Plain’?
Answer: No, the Indo-Gangetic Plain is not a river, it’s a large fertile plain formed by the Indus and Ganga river systems.
96. Question: Which river is known as ‘Pampa’ in its early stages?
Answer: Kaveri
97. Question: The city of Kota is located on the banks of which river?
Answer: Chambal
98. Question: Which river flows through the Kaziranga National Park?
Answer: Brahmaputra
99. Question: The ‘Narmada River’ is also known by which name?
Answer: Rewa
100. Question: The river Beas originates from which pass?
Answer: Rohtang Pass
101. Question: The ‘Krishnaraja Sagara Dam’ is on which river?
Answer: Kaveri
102. Question: Which river is the main source of water for the Indira Gandhi Canal?
Answer: Sutlej
103. Question: The ‘Tawa River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Narmada
104. Question: The ‘Luni River’ ends in which body of water?
Answer: Rann of Kutch
105. Question: Which is the largest tributary of the Krishna river?
Answer: Tungabhadra
106. Question: The ‘Kosi River’ is also known as what in Nepal?
Answer: Saptkosi
107. Question: The ‘Teesta River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Brahmaputra
108. Question: The ‘Krishna River’ forms a delta at which place?
Answer: Hamsaladeevi
109. Question: The ‘Ravi River’ originates from which pass?
Answer: Rohtang Pass
110. Question: The ‘Pamban Channel’ separates which two landmasses?
Answer: India (mainland) and Pamban Island
111. Question: The ‘Mahi River’ flows into which body of water?
Answer: Gulf of Khambhat
112. Question: The ‘Hemavati River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Kaveri
113. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Ponnaiyar’?
Answer: Penner
114. Question: The ‘Brahmaputra’ enters India through which state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
115. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Kali River’ in Nepal?
Answer: Mahakali
116. Question: The ‘Sutlej River’ originates from which lake?
Answer: Lake Rakshastal
117. Question: The ‘Ganga Action Plan’ was launched in which year?
Answer: 1986
118. Question: The ‘Musi River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Krishna
119. Question: The ‘Narmada River’ flows west, whereas most other major rivers in Peninsular India flow east. Why?
Answer: It flows through a rift valley created by faulting.
120. Question: The ‘Kaveri River’ originates from which hills?
Answer: Brahmagiri Hills
121. Question: The ‘Umiam Lake’ is located in which state?
Answer: Meghalaya
122. Question: The ‘Chilika Lake’ is located in which state?
Answer: Odisha
123. Question: The ‘Godavari’ is also known by which name in its delta?
Answer: Godavari
124. Question: Which is the longest river in Rajasthan?
Answer: Chambal
125. Question: The ‘Kosi Barrage’ is located in which country?
Answer: Nepal
126. Question: The ‘Gomti River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Ganga
127. Question: Which is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra?
Answer: Subansiri
128. Question: The ‘Chambal River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Yamuna
129. Question: Which is the largest west-flowing peninsular river?
Answer: Narmada
130. Question: The ‘Indus Water Treaty’ was signed between which two countries?
Answer: India and Pakistan
131. Question: The ‘Ganga’ is known as what in Bangladesh?
Answer: Padma
132. Question: The ‘Bhagirathi’ and ‘Alaknanda’ rivers meet at which place to form the Ganga?
Answer: Devprayag
133. Question: The ‘River Damodar’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Hooghly
134. Question: The ‘Sutlej’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Indus
135. Question: The ‘Krishna River’ forms a delta at which place?
Answer: Hamsaladeevi
136. Question: The ‘Periyar River’ forms the Periyar Lake. What is it famous for?
Answer: Periyar National Park
137. Question: The ‘Indus River’ flows through which state of India?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir (Ladakh region)
138. Question: The ‘Sabarmati’ originates from which mountain range?
Answer: Aravalli Range
139. Question: The ‘Tapti River’ forms which major estuary?
Answer: Gulf of Khambhat
140. Question: Which river is a tributary of the Godavari and passes through Telangana?
Answer: Manjira
141. Question: The ‘Sone River’ is a major tributary of which river?
Answer: Ganga
142. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Teesta River’ in Sikkim?
Answer: Teesta
143. Question: The ‘Ganga River’ forms a large plain. What is it called?
Answer: Indo-Gangetic Plain
144. Question: The ‘Dal Lake’ is located in which city?
Answer: Srinagar
145. Question: The ‘Loktak Lake’ is famous for what?
Answer: Floating islands (Phumdis)
146. Question: Which river is also known as the ‘Ganga of the East’?
Answer: Godavari
147. Question: The ‘Chilika Lake’ is an example of what kind of lake?
Answer: Lagoon
148. Question: The ‘Rihand Dam’ is located on which river?
Answer: Rihand
149. Question: The ‘Salal Dam’ is built on which river?
Answer: Chenab
150. Question: The ‘Tawa Dam’ is located on which river?
Answer: Tawa
151. Question: The ‘Yamuna River’ meets the Ganga at which city?
Answer: Prayagraj (Allahabad)
152. Question: The ‘Cauvery Water Dispute’ is between which two Indian states?
Answer: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
153. Question: The ‘Ghaghara River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Ganga
154. Question: The ‘Alaknanda’ river originates from which glacier?
Answer: Satopanth Glacier
155. Question: Which river is known as ‘Pamba’ in Kerala?
Answer: Pampa
156. Question: The ‘Betwa River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Yamuna
157. Question: The ‘Indravati River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Godavari
158. Question: Which is the longest west-flowing river of the peninsular India?
Answer: Narmada
159. Question: The ‘Narmada River’ flows west, whereas most other major rivers in Peninsular India flow east. Why?
Answer: It flows through a rift valley.
160. Question: The ‘Mahanadi’ originates from which state?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
161. Question: Which river is the main source of water for the Indira Gandhi Canal?
Answer: Sutlej
162. Question: The ‘Nagarjuna Sagar Dam’ is on which river?
Answer: Krishna
163. Question: The ‘Tungabhadra’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Krishna
164. Question: The ‘Subansiri’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Brahmaputra
165. Question: The ‘Periyar River’ flows into which body of water?
Answer: Arabian Sea
166. Question: The ‘Godavari’ is also known as what in its delta?
Answer: Godavari
167. Question: Which is the longest river in Rajasthan?
Answer: Chambal
168. Question: The ‘Ganga Action Plan’ was launched in which year?
Answer: 1986
169. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Luni River’ in its initial stages?
Answer: Luni
170. Question: The ‘River Damodar’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Hooghly
171. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Rewa River’?
Answer: Narmada
172. Question: The ‘Krishnaraja Sagara Dam’ is on which river?
Answer: Kaveri
173. Question: The ‘Yamuna River’ meets the Ganga at which city?
Answer: Prayagraj (Allahabad)
174. Question: The ‘Cauvery Water Dispute’ is between which two Indian states?
Answer: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
175. Question: The ‘Ghaghara River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Ganga
176. Question: The ‘Alaknanda’ river originates from which glacier?
Answer: Satopanth Glacier
177. Question: Which river is known as ‘Pamba’ in Kerala?
Answer: Pampa
178. Question: The ‘Betwa River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Yamuna
179. Question: The ‘Indravati River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Godavari
180. Question: Which is the longest west-flowing river of the peninsular India?
Answer: Narmada
181. Question: The ‘Narmada River’ flows west, whereas most other major rivers in Peninsular India flow east. Why?
Answer: It flows through a rift valley.
182. Question: The ‘Mahanadi’ originates from which state?
Answer: Chhattisgarh
183. Question: Which river is the main source of water for the Indira Gandhi Canal?
Answer: Sutlej
184. Question: The ‘Nagarjuna Sagar Dam’ is on which river?
Answer: Krishna
185. Question: The ‘Tungabhadra’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Krishna
186. Question: The ‘Subansiri’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Brahmaputra
187. Question: The ‘Periyar River’ flows into which body of water?
Answer: Arabian Sea
188. Question: The ‘Godavari’ is also known as what in its delta?
Answer: Godavari
189. Question: Which is the longest river in Rajasthan?
Answer: Chambal
190. Question: The ‘Ganga Action Plan’ was launched in which year?
Answer: 1986
191. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Luni River’ in its initial stages?
Answer: Luni
192. Question: The ‘River Damodar’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Hooghly
193. Question: Which river is known as the ‘Rewa River’?
Answer: Narmada
194. Question: The ‘Krishnaraja Sagara Dam’ is on which river?
Answer: Kaveri
195. Question: The ‘Yamuna River’ meets the Ganga at which city?
Answer: Prayagraj (Allahabad)
196. Question: The ‘Cauvery Water Dispute’ is between which two Indian states?
Answer: Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
197. Question: The ‘Ghaghara River’ is a tributary of which major river?
Answer: Ganga
198. Question: The ‘Alaknanda’ river originates from which glacier?
Answer: Satopanth Glacier
199. Question: Which river is known as ‘Pamba’ in Kerala?
Answer: Pampa
200. Question: The ‘Betwa River’ is a tributary of which river?
Answer: Yamuna