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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.

Medium · Level 2 · 25 questions

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  1. Bhangar is older alluvium while Khadar is newer alluvium
  2. Bhangar is marine soil while Khadar is lava
  3. Bhangar is glacier while Khadar is river
  4. Both are exactly the same
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  1. The river leaves the mountain course and begins plain flow
  2. The river rises from the sea
  3. The river dries completely
  4. The river becomes the Indus
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  1. They deposit sediments in the plains
  2. They bring salt from the sea
  3. They carry volcanic lava
  4. They remove all the sand from the plains
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  1. Main river dividing into branches near the mouth
  2. Formation of glaciers upstream
  3. Sinking of mountains into sea
  4. Wind blowing in desert
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  1. Flood and deposition possibility may increase
  2. River may always dry up
  3. River may flow backward from sea
  4. River may become a volcano
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  1. Ganga river system
  2. Indus river system
  3. Brahmaputra river system
  4. Kaveri river system
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  1. Yamunotri Glacier
  2. Siachen Glacier
  3. Zemu Glacier
  4. Kolahoi Glacier
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  1. Himalayan rivers are generally perennial and form large plains
  2. Himalayan rivers always rise from Western Ghats
  3. Himalayan rivers are all inland
  4. Himalayan rivers never have tributaries
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  1. Tibetan Plateau
  2. Deccan Plateau
  3. Malwa Plateau
  4. Chotanagpur Plateau
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  1. Velocity decreases and deposition may increase
  2. River immediately becomes a glacier
  3. River rises from the sea
  4. All tributaries disappear
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  1. They deposit fertile alluvial soil
  2. They make fields permanent ice
  3. They stop rainfall
  4. They only destroy all soil
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  1. As a distributary stream of the delta area
  2. As the main stream of Indus
  3. As a tributary of Narmada
  4. As an inland stream of Luni
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  1. It is linked with a vast plain large basin and many tributaries
  2. It is only a short coastal stream
  3. It does not pass through any plain
  4. It ends only in desert
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  1. Nepal
  2. Bhutan
  3. Pakistan
  4. Sri Lanka
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  1. Near the point where rivers enter plains from mountains
  2. Only in the middle of sea
  3. Only at volcanic crater
  4. Only on desert dunes
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  1. Problems of floods and erosion
  2. Glacier formation
  3. Coral formation
  4. Volcanic eruption
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  1. Deposition and distributary development may increase
  2. River always dries up
  3. River becomes a glacier
  4. River remains only in a straight line
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  1. Sundarbans
  2. Thar
  3. Kachchh
  4. Malwa
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  1. Rajasthan
  2. Assam
  3. Kerala
  4. Gujarat
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  1. Because the slope is steep
  2. Because of the influence of sea tides
  3. Because the plains are very flat
  4. Because the river has very little water
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  1. Indus Ganga and Brahmaputra all have large drainage basins
  2. All three are short western coastal rivers
  3. All three rise from the Deccan Plateau
  4. None of the three reaches the sea
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  1. They branch away instead of joining the main stream
  2. They rise from mountains
  3. They are always dry
  4. They join the Indus
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  1. They are broad river systems linked with water sources erosion deposition plains and deltas
  2. They are only small rainless streams
  3. They never form plains
  4. They flow only in the Peninsular Plateau
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  1. They help understand water collection area and possible flood spread
  2. They always make the river dry
  3. They turn delta into mountains
  4. They stop sea tides
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  1. Formation of fertile plains
  2. Formation of volcanic cones
  3. Formation of marine corals
  4. Formation of desert dunes

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