Towns and Cities along the Banks of Rivers – Old Year Questions
1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below lists:
List-I List-II
(Cities) (Rivers)
A. Paris 1. Paraguay
B. Kinshasa 2. Chao Phraya
C. Bangkok 3. Zaire (Cango)
D. Asuncion 4. Seine
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 1 2 3 4
[U.P. B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]
2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I List-II
(River) (City)
A. Shatt-al-Arab 1. Vienna
B. Paraguay 2. Basra
C. Niger 3. Asuncion
D. Danube 4. Niamey
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 2 3 4 1
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) (Re-Exam) 2016]
3. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Khartoum – Nile
(b) New York – Hudson
(c) Berlin – Spree
(d) Sydney – Seine
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]
4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I List-II
(City) (River)
A. Khartoum 1. Zaire
B. Brazzaville 2. Nile
C. Rotterdam 3. Seine
D. Paris 4. Rhine
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 1 2
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List- I (City) List-II (Location)
A. Washington D.C. 1. River Manzanares
B. Berlin 2. River Seine
C. Paris 3. River Spree
D. Madrid 4. River Potomac
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]
6. ‘River Seine’ flows through the town –
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Rome
(d) Frankfurt
[38th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1992]
7. Paris the capital of France, is located on the bank of –
(a) Rhone
(b) Rhine
(c) Seine
(d) Sone
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1992]
8. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List- I List- II
(Town) (River)
A. Berlin 1. Tiber
B. Lahore 2. Hudson
C. New York 3. Ravi
D. Rome 4. Spree
Code:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 1 4 2 3
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999, U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2002-03]
9. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
City – River
(a) Berlin – Rhine
(b) London – Thames
(c) New York – Hudson
(d) Vienna – Danube
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]
10. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Bonn – Rhine
(b) Cairo – Nile
(c) New York – Hudson
(d) Vienna – Volga
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]
11. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(City) (Location on the bank of a river)
(a) Bonn – Rhine River
(b) Cairo – Nile River
(c) New York – Hudson River
(d) Vienna – Volga River
[U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2016]
12. The correct pair is –
(a) Paris – Swan
(b) Perth – Seine
(c) Cairo – Congo
(d) Budapest – Danube
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999]
13. Which of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Hamburg – Elbe river
(b) Belgrade – Seine river
(c) Kiev – Don river
(d) Lahore – Satluj river
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]
14. Which of the following capitals is not situated on the banks of the Danube River?
(a) Belgrade
(b) Budapest
(c) Rome
(d) Vienna
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]
15. Huangpu River flows through which one of the following cities?
(a) Beijing
(b) Ho Chi Minh City
(c) Shanghai
(d) Manila
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2006]
16. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List– I List– II
City River
A. Bangkok 1. Irrawaddy
B. Phnom-Penh 2. Mekong
C. Hanoi 3. Menam (Chao Phraya)
D. Yangon 4. Red River
Code:
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 4 2 3 1
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I List-II
(River) (Country)
A. Potomac 1. England
B. Nile 2. USA
C. Tigris 3. Iraq
D. Thames 4. Sudan
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 3 4 2 1
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]
18. Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
(a) Belgrade – Danube
(b) Lisbon – Tiber
(c) Warsaw – Vistula
(d) Washington – Potomac
[U.P. Lower Sub.(Pre) 2009]
19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List – I List – II
(City) (River)
A. London 1. Rhine
B. Antwerp 2. Scheldt
C. Rotterdam 3. Thames
D. Hamburg 4. Elbe
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 3 2 1 4
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
20. Match the rivers with the cities through which they are flowing and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
City River
A. Rotterdam (1) Seine
B. Paris (2) Potomac
C. Budapest (3) Rhine
D. Washington (4) Danube
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 4
(b) 1 3 4 2
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 4 3 2 1
[56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]