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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 4 · 25 questions

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  1. Bhangar is new and Khadar is old alluvium
  2. Both are marine soils
  3. Both are glaciers
  4. Bhangar is old and Khadar is new alluvium
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  1. The flow becomes slow because slope is gentle
  2. The slope becomes very steep
  3. The river becomes a glacier
  4. The river rises from sea
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  1. Deposition upstream and gorge downstream
  2. Erosion upstream and deposition downstream
  3. Only glacier formation in both courses
  4. No river work in both courses
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  1. By sea waves
  2. By lava deposition
  3. By deposition of fine sediments during floods
  4. By spreading of glaciers
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  1. Water and sediment in the river may increase
  2. The river always dries up
  3. The river name changes
  4. The river flows backward from the sea
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  1. Water and sediment increase in the main river
  2. The main river starts from the sea
  3. The main river always becomes underground
  4. The main river becomes a volcano
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  1. Deposition and distributary development may increase
  2. The river becomes a glacier
  3. The river dries completely
  4. The river remains only straight
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  1. It is a small coastal system
  2. It is linked with a vast plain large basin and many tributaries
  3. It is only a closed basin
  4. It does no deposition
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  1. Nepal
  2. Bhutan
  3. Pakistan
  4. Bangladesh
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  1. In very deep sea
  2. In the middle of desert
  3. Inside glacier
  4. Near the entry from mountains to plains
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  1. Floods and bank erosion
  2. Glacier formation
  3. Coral formation
  4. Volcanic eruption
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  1. Thar
  2. Sundarbans
  3. Kachchh
  4. Malwa
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  1. Due to mixing with sea water
  2. Due to change in river name
  3. Because the slope becomes gentle
  4. Because there are no tributaries
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  1. They make fields permanent ice
  2. They can deposit fertile alluvial soil
  3. They stop rainfall
  4. They separate the river from sea
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  1. Due to regular deposition of alluvial sediments
  2. Only due to sea salt
  3. Due to continuous lava flow
  4. Due to coral rocks
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  1. Intense erosion on the steep Himalayan slopes
  2. Mixing of seawater at the river mouth
  3. Evaporation of river water in desert regions
  4. Freezing of the entire river flow in winter
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  1. Because they are linked with large basins water supply and floods
  2. Because they are only dry channels
  3. Because they have no relation with agriculture
  4. Because they never enter plains
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  1. Arabian Sea
  2. Bay of Bengal
  3. Western Indian Ocean
  4. Gulf of Kachchh
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  1. Slope and velocity change in different parts of the river
  2. River water always remains still
  3. Rivers never bring sediment
  4. River course remains limited to the sea
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  1. They affect water erosion deposition plains deltas and agriculture
  2. They are only still water in the sea
  3. They flow only in Peninsular plateau
  4. They are not linked with any plain or delta
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  1. Because they receive water from both rainfall and snowmelt
  2. Because they flow only in monsoon
  3. Because they end in desert areas
  4. Because their water comes only from lakes
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  1. Because steep slopes cause strong erosion
  2. Because water remains completely still there
  3. Because rivers flow backward there
  4. Because no rocks are found there
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  1. Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra
  2. Narmada, Tapi and Mahi
  3. Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri
  4. Luni, Sabarmati and Banas
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  1. Tibet near Lake Mansarovar
  2. Rajasthan near the Aravalli Hills
  3. Maharashtra near the Western Ghats
  4. Jharkhand near the Chota Nagpur Plateau
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  1. Ladakh
  2. Kerala
  3. Bihar
  4. Gujarat

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