Rivers of India MCQ Questions with Answers

Indravati, Pranhita and Sabari are important tributaries that join the Godavari river system. Godavari is a major river in central and southern India, and these tributaries contribute significantly to its flow and basin area. Other options are incorrect because Ganga, Cauvery, and Krishna have different sets of tributaries and do not receive these three rivers as tributaries.

The Godavari is the longest or largest among India’s peninsular rivers, lying entirely in the Deccan Plateau region of southern India. It travels across many states and forms a large drainage basin in the peninsular zone, making it longer than other major peninsular rivers like Krishna, Cauvery, and Mahanadi. The term “largest” here refers to length and overall basin extent within the peninsula. The other options—Krishna, Cauvery, and Mahanadi—are shorter or have smaller basins within the peninsula.

Among the options, Gandak is not a tributary of the Yamuna. Chambal, Betwa, and Ken are all tributaries that eventually join the Yamuna. The Gandak river is a major river that flows from Nepal and joins the Ganges. The Yamuna basin receives water from its own set of tributaries, but Gandak does not feed into Yamuna; instead, it contributes to the Ganges system. Understanding major river basins helps in mapping river networks and their interlinkages.

The correct option is B. A delta is a landform created at a river’s mouth where sediment is deposited as the river slows down and enters a sea or ocean. Ganga forms the large Bengal delta in the Bay of Bengal; Mahanadi forms a delta at its mouth in the Bay of Bengal; Kaveri forms a delta near its mouth in the Arabian Sea region. Narmada, however, flows westward through the Narmada Valley and enters the Arabian Sea with a more linear estuary rather than a fan-shaped delta, due to strong tidal action and rocky terrain that hinder wide sediment deposition. Hence, Narmada does not form a delta like the others listed.