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The Himalayan Rivers

In Class 9 Geography, this topic from the chapter “Drainage” introduces the Himalayan river systems, especially the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra. Students learn how these rivers are fed by glaciers, snow and rainfall, making them largely perennial, and trace their courses, major tributaries and drainage patterns. The topic also explains how Himalayan rivers shape deep gorges, valleys, meanders, floodplains and deltas, while supporting farming, settlements and ecosystems. It highlights their economic importance as well as the challenges of floods, erosion and changing water conditions.

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  1. They flow only in plains
  2. They maintain their course by cutting deep valleys even after mountain uplift
  3. They originate from the sea and move toward mountains
  4. They flow without tributaries
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  1. Lateral deposition
  2. Vertical erosion
  3. Sea tides
  4. Wind weathering
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  1. Sea water and desert water
  2. Rainwater and glacier meltwater
  3. Only groundwater
  4. Only lake water
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  1. A main river can be identified after the confluence of source streams
  2. The Ganga originates in the sea
  3. Alaknanda is a tributary of the Indus
  4. Bhagirathi separately drains into the Bay of Bengal
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  1. They are major tributaries of the Indus
  2. They are southern tributaries of the Ganga
  3. They are distributaries of the Brahmaputra
  4. They are small Deccan rivers
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  1. It rises from Yamunotri and joins Ganga at Prayagraj
  2. It is called Tsangpo in Tibet
  3. It independently drains into the Arabian Sea
  4. It is a branch of the Indus
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  1. They bring very little water from dry plateaus
  2. They bring high water and silt from the Himalayan region
  3. They are only ocean currents
  4. They remain outside the river system
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  1. Their source is linked with the peninsular plateau
  2. They originate in Tibet
  3. They all join the Brahmaputra
  4. They are distributaries of the Ganga
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  1. A river may be known by different names in different regions
  2. A river has no source
  3. A river always remains in one country
  4. A river is only an artificial canal
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  1. Cold dry Tibet and high rainfall with tributaries in Assam
  2. The river joins the sea in Tibet
  3. The river completely dries in Assam
  4. No tributary joins it in Assam
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  1. Low water, low rainfall and hard bed
  2. High discharge, heavy sediment and monsoon rainfall
  3. Marine coral and lava
  4. Complete water scarcity and desert slope
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  1. Deposition of huge alluvial sediment by rivers
  2. Eruption of marine volcanoes
  3. Erosion by desert winds
  4. Absence of sediment in rivers
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  1. Distributary and main-channel bifurcation
  2. Antecedent valley formation
  3. Glacial origin
  4. Desert drainage
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  1. It explains the combined flow of the Ganga-Brahmaputra system in Bangladesh
  2. It explains the westward flow of Indus
  3. It explains the source of Yamuna
  4. It explains the glacier of Satluj
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  1. Upper mountainous course
  2. Middle and lower plain course
  3. Inside glaciers
  4. Deep sea floor
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  1. Flood, sediment deposition on banks, raised banks forming
  2. Glacier, sea tide, coral formation
  3. Lava, mountain uplift, desert formation
  4. Drought, wind erosion, lake formation
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  1. Heavy silt, low slope and flood tendency
  2. Sea tides and corals
  3. Lava flow and volcanoes
  4. Complete absence of water
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  1. Low slope and slow water
  2. Steep slope and fast water flow
  3. Only sea water
  4. Complete sediment deposition
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  1. Identifying drainage direction and river mouth
  2. Identifying soil colour
  3. Measuring vegetation height
  4. Reading air temperature
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  1. Fine fertile sediment and irrigation water
  2. Hard lava and aridity
  3. Sea salt and coral
  4. Desert sand and water scarcity
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  1. Length of their names
  2. Their source region and direction of joining Ganga
  3. Colour of their water
  4. Their folklore
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  1. Tributaries increase the water and extent of the main river
  2. A river always has no source
  3. The main river is never different from tributaries
  4. Rivers originate only in the sea
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  1. Carrying capacity decreases and deposition increases
  2. The river flows completely uphill
  3. Water suddenly becomes sea salt
  4. The source turns into a desert
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  1. River deposition, tidal coast and mangrove environment
  2. Desert wind and sand dunes
  3. Permanent snow and glacial valley
  4. Lava plateau and dry river
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  1. Jamuna is the Brahmaputra's name in Bangladesh and Yamuna is a tributary of Ganga
  2. Jamuna is an Indus stream and Yamuna is an ocean current
  3. Both are distributaries of Ganga
  4. Both are branches of Narmada

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