MCQ on Ganga River System | Ganga Quiz

1. The headwaters of the Ganga called the _____________ is fed by the Gangotri Glacier.

  1. Mandakini
  2. Hooghly
  3. Alaknanda
  4. Bhagirathi
Answer.
Answer. d

2. The Gangotri glacier is located in which district of Uttarakhand?

  1. Rudraprayag
  2. Pauri Garhwal
  3. Uttarkashi
  4. Tehri Garhwal
Answer.
Answer. c

3. At which city, the Ganga emerges from the mountains on to the plains?

  1. Roorkee
  2. Rishikesh
  3. Haridwar
  4. Ambala
Answer.
Answer. c

4. Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Ganga?

  1. Ghaghara
  2. Gandak
  3. Chambal
  4. Hoogly
Answer.
Answer. c

5. Which river is a right bank tributary of the Ganga and flows parallel to the Ganga?

  1. Yamuna
  2. Kosi
  3. Gandak
  4. Ghaghara
Answer.
Answer. a

6. Which of the following is a southward tributary of the Ganga?

  1. Gomti
  2. Son
  3. Gandak
  4. Ghaghara
Answer.
Answer. b

7. The Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi rise from which Himalaya?

  1. Nepal Himalaya
  2. Kashmir  Himalayas
  3. Assam  Himalaya
  4. Punjab  Himalayas
Answer.
Answer. a

8. Which is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta?

  1. Sundarbans
  2. Farakka
  3. Kolkata
  4. None of these
Answer.
Answer. b

9. The Sunderban delta derived its name from the ____________, which grows well in marshland.

  1. Sundari tree
  2. Sundari fort
  3. Sundari fish
  4. Sundari bird
Answer.
Answer. a

10. Which is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta?

  1. Sundarbans
  2. Huang He
  3. Mekong
  4. Mississippi
Answer.
Answer. a

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