MCQ Questions

Question No. 1

Fill in the blanks:

Answer :

(a) The _________________ are also known as the Northern plains.

(b) The Northern plains of India are one of the most ______________ plains of the world.

(c) The ______________ enters the northern plains at Haridwar.

(d) Rivers find their way to the ______________.

(a) The Northern Plains lie to the __________ of the Northern Mountains. (north, south)

(b) Punjab and Haryana are the two major states ofthe ______ Basin. (Sutlej, Brahmaputra)

(c) ________glacier is the source of the river Ganga. (Gangotri, Siachen)

(d) Soft and fertile soil deposited by a river is called _______ . (alluvium, sediment)

Question No. 2

True or False:

Answer :

(a) An area watered by a river its tributaries is called a basin.

(b) The northern plains are also known as satluj plains.

(c) The government had set up the Ganga action plan to clean the river.

(d) The southern plains were the first to have been settled.

Question No. 3

One word answer:

Answer :

(a) What is Brahmaputra called in Tibet?

(b) Name one major industries set up in the Northern plains.

(c) Name one tributary of Ganga joining from North and left.

(d) Name the rivers the northern plain of India is formed by.

Question No. 4

Write short answers :

Answer :

(a) Name the three principal rivers of the Northern Plains.

(b) Why are the Northern Plains fertile?

(c) What is a delta?

(d) Name the two rivers, which together make the largest delta in the world.

Question No. 5

Answer the following questions:

Answer :

(a) How do the rivers of the Northern Plains make the land fertile?

(b) Why are the Northern Plains thickly populated?

(c) What is the importance of the Northern Plains?

Question No. 6

The northern plains of India is covered by _____________.

Answer :

alluvial soil

black soil

red soil

Question No. 7

Indus basin is situated in India in the parts of ____________.

Answer :

Jammu and Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

both of these

Question No. 8

Indus basin is situated in India in the parts of ____________.

Answer :

Jammu and Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

both of these

Question No. 9

The rivers Sun and ghagra tributaries of the river _____________.

Answer :

ganga

Indus

brahmputra

Question No. 10

Indus basin is situated in India in the parts of ____________.

Answer :

Jammu and Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

both of these

Question No. 11

Brahmaputra in tibet is called _____________.

Answer :

dibang

tsangpo

dihang

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