1. Consider the following pairs :
(River) (Flows into)
1. Mekong Andaman Sea
2. Thames Irish Sea
3. Volga Caspian Sea
4. Zambezi Indian Ocean
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2 and 4 only
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]
Ans. (c) 3 and 4 only
- The Volga is the longest and most water-filled river in Europe, and it empties into the Caspian Sea.
- The Zambezi River runs along or across the borders of six countries – Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique – before it empties into the Indian Ocean.
- The Thames River begins in the Cotswold Hills and flows into the North Sea.
- The Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia, and it empties into the South China Sea.
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2. The largest river of the world in terms of drainage area, is-
(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(c) Congo
(d) Mississippi-Missouri
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999, 2000]
Ans. (b) Amazon
- The Amazon River in South America is the biggest river in the world in terms of how much water it carries.
- It covers an area of 7 million square kilometers and is around 6,400 kilometers long.
- The longest river in the world is the Nile in East Africa, that stretches 6,650 kilometers.
- In Central Africa, the Congo River is 4,700 kilometers long and drains an area of 3.45 million square kilometers.
- The Mississippi-Missouri river system in North America is the biggest river system in the continent.
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3. Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice?
(a) Zaire
(b) Niger
(c) Nil
(d) Amazon
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
Ans. (a) Zaire
- The Congo River, also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, after the Nile.
- It goes across the Equator twice.
- The Amazon and the Congo are both rivers that come from the area around the Equator.
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4. Which one among the following rivers is the longest?
(a) Amazon
(b) Amur
(c) Congo
(d) Lena
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
Ans. (a) Amazon
- The world’s five longest rivers and their respective length is given below :
- Nile 6650 Km
- Amazon 6400 Km
- Yangtze 6300 Km
- Mississippi 6,275 Km
- Yenisei-Angara-Selenge 5,539 Km
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5. The longest river in South America –
(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(c) Mississippi
(d) Ganga
[48th to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008]
Ans. (b) Amazon
- Amazon is the longest river in South America, measuring 6,400 kilometers in length.
- Ships can travel up to 1,600 kilometers along it.
- The Nile in Africa, the Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson in the United States, and the Ganga in India are also major rivers.
- The Nile is the longest river in the world at 6,650 kilometers.
- It starts in Uganda and Burundi in equatorial countries, flows through Sudan and Egypt, and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
- The Mississippi-Missouri-Jefferson is the longest river in North America, and it ends in the Gulf of Mexico.
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6. Which of the following countries is not under the drainage area of the Nile River-
(a) Chad
(b) Ethiopia
(c) Sudan
(d) Uganda
[U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]
Ans. (a) Chad
- Burundi, Rwanda, D.R. Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Egypt are all countries that have rivers that flow into the Nile.
- Chad does not have any rivers that go into the Nile, so option (a) is the right answer.
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7. The Blue Nile River originates from
(a) Lake Victoria
(b) Lake Tana
(c) Lake Edward
(d) Lake Albert
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2016]
Ans. (b) Lake Tana
- The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
- The part of the river at the beginning is called the Abbay in Ethiopia.
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8. Assertion (A): Egypt is the Gift of the Nile.
Reason (R): It is an oasis of the Sahara desert.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Code :
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2005]
Ans. (a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- The majority of people in Egypt had access to the rich soil and water from the Nile River, so Egypt is known as the “Gift of the Nile”.
- The area around the river is like a paradise in the desert.
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9. Which one of the following rivers of Asia flows towards the south ?
(a) Amur
(b) Lena
(c) Ob
(d) Salween
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]
Ans. (d) Salween
- The Amur, Lena, and Ob rivers all start in the north and flow downwards, while the Salween river starts in the south and flows upwards.
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10. The largest river in Asia is –
(a) Indus
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Yangtze
(d) Hwang Ho
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]
Ans. (c) Yangtze
- The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia, with a length of 6,300 kilometers.
- It goes through China and ends at the Pacific Ocean.
- Other famous Asian rivers include the Indus (2,880 km), the Brahmaputra (2,900 km), and the Hwang Ho (Yellow River, 5,464 km).
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11. Which of the following lakes is located entirely within the United States?
(a) Michigan
(b) Superior
(c) Ontario
(d) Erie
[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]
Ans. (a) Michigan
- Lake Michigan is the only one of the five large lakes in North America that is completely inside the United States.
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12. Syr and Amu rivers fall into-
(a) Caspian Sea
(b) Black Sea
(c) Baltic Sea
(d) Aral Sea
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2012]
Ans. (d) Aral Sea
- The Amu Darya and Syr Darya are important rivers in Central Asia that end in the Aral Sea.
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13. The river duo, which falls into the Black Sea area –
(a) Volga- Danube
(B) Dnieper- Volga
(c) Dnieper- Danube
(d) Ural- Volga
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999]
Ans. (c) Dnieper- Danube
- The Dnieper River starts in the western part of Moscow and ends at the Black Sea.
- The Danube River is the second longest river in Europe, coming after the Volga. It starts in Germany and flows for 1,770 miles until it empties out into the Black Sea.
- The Volga River is the longest river in Europe. It starts in the Valdai Hills near Moscow and ends at the Caspian Sea.
- The Ural River starts in the Ural Mountains near Mount Kruglaya and ends in the Caspian Sea.
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14. River Volga falls into :
(a) Red Sea
(b) Caspian Sea
(c) Black Sea
(d) Mediterranean Sea
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992, R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1992]
Ans. (b) Caspian Sea
- The longest river in Europe starts in the Valdai Hills, which is located north of Moscow, and eventually empties into the Caspian Sea.
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15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Lena 1. Persian Gulf
B. Amur 2. Arctic Ocean
C. Tigris 3. Arabian Sea
D. Mahi 4. Pacific Ocean
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3
(b) 3 2 4 1
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 1 3 2 4
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2016]
Ans. (a) 2 4 1 3
- The correct match is as follows:
| (Rivers) |
(Emptying into) |
| Lena (Russia) |
Arctic Ocean |
| Amur (Russia, China) |
Pacific Ocean |
| Tigris (Turkey, Syria, Iraq) |
Persian Gulf |
| Mahi (Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat) |
Arabian Ocean |
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16. Which of the following river flows through a rift valley ?
(a) Amazon
(b) Indus
(c) Volga
(d) Rhine
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]
Ans. (d) Rhine
- The Rhine river starts at the Rheinwaldhorn glacier and runs through a valley before ending in the North Sea.
- The German city of Bonn is situated near the river.
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17. Which of the following is not related to Asia?
(a) Lop Nor
(b) Amur
(c) Niger
(d) Tigris
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]
Ans. (c) Niger
- Lop Nor is a salty lake in China.
- The Amur river is 2900 kilometres long and forms a boundary between Russia and China.
- The Niger river starts in the Fouta Djallon Plateau of Western Africa and ends in the Gulf of Guinea.
- It is in Africa, not Asia.
- The Tigris river has its source in the Taurus mountains of eastern Turkey.
- It meets the Euphrates river in Iraq and flows into the Persian Gulf.
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18. Which of the following river of Africa crosses tropic of Capricorn twice?
(a) Zambezi
(b) Limpopo
(C) Congo
(d) Niger
[U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]
Ans. (b) Limpopo
- The Limpopo river in Africa goes over the tropic of Capricorn two times.
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19. The country which provides the best example of radial drainage is
(a) Australia
(b) France
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Zaire
[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2008]
Ans. (c) Sri Lanka
- The south-central part of Sri Lanka is the highest part of the country, rising up to 1,500 metres above sea-level.
- As you move away from the highland, the altitude gradually lowers and forms a plain.
- This flat area is narrow in the southwest and widest in the north.
- Rivers in Sri Lanka start in the central highlands and move outward in a circular way toward the ocean.
- Most of these rivers are quite short, except for the Mahaweli River, which is the longest.
- It goes northeast and empties into the Bay of Bengal.
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20. Mahaweli Ganga is a river of –
(a) Bangladesh
(b) India
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Nepal
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]
Ans. (c) Sri Lanka
- The rivers in Sri Lanka are short and spread out from the middle of the highlands.
- The Mahaweli river is the longest in Sri Lanka, stretching 335 km from the Hatton plateau in the west of Sri Lanka all the way to the Bay of Bengal.
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21. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched ?
River Country
(a) Dnieper Ukraine
(b) Po Italy
(c) Rhine Germany
(d) Rhone Spain
[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl.) (Mains) 2008]
Ans. (d) Rhone – Spain
- The Rhone river in Geneva, Switzerland flows into the Bay of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Dnieper is in Ukraine, Po is in Italy, and Rhine is in Germany.
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22. The great Asian river the Mekong does not flow through:
(a) China
(b) Malaysia
(c) Cambodia
(d) Laos
[Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]
Ans. (b) Malaysia
- The Mekong is a river that runs through several countries in Southeast Asia, including China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
- It starts in the Tibetan Plateau and eventually empties into the South China Sea.
- It does not go through Malaysia.
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23. The glacial lake Itasca is the source of the river –
(a) Missouri
(b) Mississippi
(c) Rio Grande
(d) Red river
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]
Ans. (b) Mississippi
- Lake Itasca is the beginning of the Mississippi River.
- The Ohio, Arkansas and Red Rivers all join the Mississippi and it eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
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24. At the mouth of which of the following rivers the ‘bird’s foot’ type delta is formed ?
(a) Huang Ho
(b) Nile
(c) Danube
(d) Mississippi
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]
Ans. (d) Mississippi
- At the end of the Mississippi River, a delta shaped like a bird’s foot is created.
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25. With reference to Mekong River, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
1. Mekong rises in Tibetan Plateau
2. Mekong delta is situated in Southern Cambodia.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]
Ans. (a) 1 only
- The Mekong Delta is situated in Cambodia and southern Vietnam.
- Its source is the Tibetan Plateau and it stretches for 3000 miles before it reaches the South China Sea.
- It passes through 6 countries –
- China
- Myanmar
- Laos
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Additionally, it serves as the border between Myanmar and Laos and Laos and Thailand.
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