50+ Gk MCQs about Indian Rivers

Here are 50+ Gk MCQs about Indian Rivers with answer:

Q.1) Which is the longest river in India?
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Godavari
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: B) Ganga

Q.2) Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
A) Ganga
B) Kosi
C) Yamuna
D) Narmada
Answer: B) Kosi

Q.3) Which river is considered the Holiest river of India?
A) Yamuna
B) Narmada
C) Ganga
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: C) Ganga

Q.4) Which river flows through the largest number of states in India?
A) Godavari
B) Yamuna
C) Ganga
D) Mahanadi
Answer: A) Godavari

Q.5) The Yamuna River originates from which glacier?
A) Gangotri Glacier
B) Siachen Glacier
C) Yamunotri Glacier
D) Amarkantak Plateau
Answer: C) Yamunotri Glacier

Q.6) Which river is known as the “Dakshin Ganga”?
A) Krishna
B) Godavari
C) Kaveri
D) Mahanadi
Answer: B) Godavari

Q.7) Which river is the longest tributary of the Ganga?
A) Yamuna
B) Chambal
C) Betwa
D) Sutlej
Answer: A) Yamuna

Q.8) Which river falls into the Arabian Sea?
A) Brahmaputra
B) Narmada
C) Ganga
D) Mahanadi
Answer: B) Narmada

Q.9) Which river forms the border between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh?
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Sutlej
D) Ravi
Answer: A) Yamuna

Q.10) Which river is the longest west-flowing river in India?
A) Tapti
B) Mahanadi
C) Narmada
D) Godavari
Answer: C) Narmada

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50 Miscellaneous Gk MCQs about Indian Geography

Q.11) Which river originates from Mapchachungo glacier?

A) Indus
B) Yamuna
C) Ghaghara
D) Son
Answer: C) Ghaghara

Q.12) Which river’s delta is known as the Sundarbans?
A) Ganga-Brahmaputra
B) Godavari-Krishna
C) Kaveri
D) Mahanadi
Answer: A) Ganga-Brahmaputra

Q.13) Which of the following river falls in Arabian Sea?
A) Krishna
B) Chambal
C) Luni
D) Narmada
Answer: D) Narmada

Q.14) What is the second-longest river in India?
A) Yamuna
B) Godavari
C) Brahmaputra
D) Krishna
Answer: B) Godavari

Q.15) Which river is known as the “Lifeline of Madhya Pradesh”?
A) Chambal
B) Betwa
C) Narmada
D) Tapi
Answer: C) Narmada

Q.16) Which river originates from the Amarkantak Plateau?
A) Narmada
B) Tapti
C) Mahanadi
D) Chambal
Answer: A) Narmada

Q.17) Which river is considered sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists?
A) Phalgu
B) Brahmaputra
C) Sutlej
D) Krishna
Answer: A) Phalgu

Q.18) Which river flows through the city of Kolkata?
A) Yamuna
B) Hooghly
C) Ganga
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: B) Hooghly

Q.19) Which river is associated with the city of Haridwar?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Saraswati
D) Alaknanda
Answer: A) Ganga

Q.20) Which river is known as Lifeline of Sikkim?
A) Gomti
B) Punpun
C) Teesta
D) Koshi
Answer: C) Teesta

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45+ Gk MCQs about Indian Geography

Q.21) Which river is also known as the “Red River”?
A) Brahmaputra
B) Teesta
C) Ganga
D) Yamuna
Answer: A) Brahmaputra

Q.22 Which river is known as Lifeline of Andhra Pradesh?
A) Krishna
B) Kaveri
C) Periyar
D) Godavari
Answer: D) Godavari

Q.23) Which river is also known as Ardha-Ganga?
A) Godavari
B) Mahanadi
C) Kaveri
D) Damodar
Answer: C) Kaveri

Q.24) Which river flows through the Thar Desert?
A) Sabarmati
B) Luni
C) Ghaggar-Hakra
D) Banas
Answer: B) Luni

Q.25) Which river is the lifeline of the state of Maharashtra?
A) Godavari
B) Koyna
C) Tapi
D) Mahanadi
Answer: B) Koyna

Q.26) Which river in India is known for its tidal bore phenomenon?
A) Hooghly
B) Ganga
C) Godavari
D) Krishna
Answer: A) Hooghly

Q.27) Which river is the largest tributary of the Krishna River?
A) Bhima
B) Godavari
C) Kaveri
D) Tungabhadra
Answer: D) Tungabhadra

Q.28) Which river is also known as Transparent river?

A) Umngot
B) Subansiri,
C) Lohit
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: A) Umngot

Q.29) Which river originates from the Manasarovar Lake?
A) Ravi
B) Brahmaputra
C) Sutlej
D) Ganga
Answer: B) Brahmaputra

Q.30) Which river in India is known for the Majuli Island, the largest river island in the world?
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Godavari
D) Narmada
Answer: B) Brahmaputra

Q.31) Which river flows through the city of Varanasi?
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Godavari
D) Brahmaputra
Answer: B) Ganga

Q.32) Which of the following is western following river?
A) Kaveri
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Tapi
Answer: D) Tapi

Q.33) Which river is famous for the Hirakud Dam, one of the longest dams in the world?
A) Mahanadi
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Kaveri
Answer: A) Mahanadi

Q.34) Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bengal”?
A) Damodar
B) Hooghly
C) Teesta
D) Subarnarekha
Answer: A) Damodar

Q.35) Which river flows through the capital city of India, New Delhi?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Narmada
D) Chambal
Answer: B) Yamuna

Q.36) The Seonath, The Jonk, The Hasdeo and The Mand are the tributaries of which river?
A) Krishna
B) Mahanadi
C) Godavari
D) Yamuna
Answer: B) Mahanadi

Q.37) Which river is known for the famous Indus Valley Civilization?
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Indus
D) Narmada
Answer: C) Indus

Q.38) Which river is the main tributary of the Sutlej River?
A) Beas
B) Ravi
C) Chenab
D) Jhelum
Answer: A) Beas

Q.39) The Taj Mahal is situated near which river?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Kosi
D) Gandak
Answer: B) Yamuna

Q.40) The city of Ayodhya is situated near which river?
A) Ganga
B) Yamuna
C) Sarayu
D) Gomti
Answer: C) Sarayu

Q.41) Which of the following river does not make a delta?
A) Narmada
B) Luni
C) Mahanadi
D) Godavari
Answer: A) Narmada

Q.42) Which of the following river is the tributary of the Brahmaputra?
A) Teesta
B) Ghagra
C) Hoogly
D) Padma
Answer: A) Teesta

Q.43) Which river is known as the Lifeline of Goa?
A) Mandovi
B) Shetruniji
C) Vaitarna
D) Kalinadi
Answer: A) Mandovi

Q.44) Which river is known as the lifeline of Odisha?
A) Mahanadi
B) Godavari
C) Krishna
D) Brahmani
Answer: A) Mahanadi

Q.45) Which river flows through the city of Hyderabad?
A) Musi
B) Krishna
C) Godavari
D) Tungabhadra
Answer: A) Musi

Q.46) Which of the following river flows through the state of Kerala?
A) Periyar
B) Kaveri
C) Krishna
D) Godavari
Answer: A) Periyar

Q.47) Subansiri, Ronganadi, Dikrong, Buroi & Borgong are the tributaries of which river?
A) Ganga
B) Brahmaputra
C) Godavari
D) Indus
Answer: B) Brahmaputra

Q.48) Which river flows through the city of Kanpur?
A) Yamuna
B) Ganga
C) Gomti
D) Ghaghara
Answer: B) Ganga

Q.49) Which river is the longest tributary of the Yamuna River?
A) Tons
B) Betwa
C) Ghaghara
D) Hindon
Answer: A) Tons

Q.50) Which river is known as the “Twin Sister of Ganga”?
A) Yamuna
B) Gomti
C) Ghaghara
D) Sone
Answer: A) Yamuna

Q.51) Which river originates from the Brahmagiri hills in Western Ghats and flows into the Bay of Bengal?
A) Godavari
B) Kaveri
C) Krishna
D) Mahanadi
Answer: B) Kaveri

Q.52) Which river is known as Singi Khamban in Tibet?
A) Indus
B) Brahmaputra
C) Ganga
D) Teesta
Answer: A) Indus

Q.53) Which river is known as the “Ganga of Odisha”?
A) Mahanadi
B) Brahmani
C) Baitarani
D) Subarnarekha
Answer: C) Baitarani

Q.54) Which is the largest tributary of River Indus?
A) Sutlej
B) Chenab
C) Jhelum
D) Beas
Answer: B) Chenab

Q.55) Tel river is the tributary of which river?
A) Kamla
B) Gandak
C) Mahanadi
D) Teesta
Answer: C) Mahanadi

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