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Q1
Exercise
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?
(a)
Rajasthan
(b)
Uttar Pradesh
(c)
Punjab
(d)
Jammu and Kashmir
Q2
Exercise
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(ii) The river Narmada has its source at
(a)
Satpura
(b)
Brahmagiri
(c)
Amarkantak
(d)
Slopes of the Western Ghats
Q3
Exercise
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(iii) Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?
(a)
Sambhar
(b)
Dal
(c)
Wular
(d)
Gobind Sagar
Q4
Exercise
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(iv) Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India?
(a)
Narmada
(b)
Krishna
(c)
Godavari
(d)
Mahanadi
Q5
Exercise
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(v) Which one amongst the following rivers flows through a rift valley?
(a)
Mahanadi
(b)
Tungabhadra
(c)
Krishna
(d)
Tapi
Q6
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (i) What is meant by a water divide? Give an example.
Q7
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (ii) Which is the largest river basin in India?
Q8
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (iii) Where do the rivers Indus and Ganga have their origin?
Q9
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (iv) Name the two headstreams of the Ganga. Where do they meet to form the Ganga?
Q10
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (v) Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part have less silt, despite a longer course?
Q11
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (vi) Which two Peninsular rivers flow through trough?
Q12
Exercise
Answer the following questions briefly. (vii) State some economic benefits of rivers and lakes.
Q13
Exercise
Below are given names of a few lakes of India. Group them under two categories - natural and created by human beings.
(a)
Wular (b) Dal (c) Nainital (d) Bhimtal (e) Gobind Sagar (f) Loktak (g) Barapani (h) Chilika (i) Sambhar (j) Rana Pratap Sagar (k) Nizam Sagar (l) Pulicat (m) Nagarjuna Sagar (n) Hirakund
Q14
Exercise
Discuss the significant difference between the Himalayan and the Peninsular rivers.
Q15
Exercise
Compare the east flowing and the west flowing rivers of the Peninsular plateau.
Q16
Exercise
Why are rivers important for the country's economy?
Q1
In-text Questions
Which river has the largest basin in India?
Q2
In-text Questions
Can you identify two such large rivers? [Referring to peninsular rivers that originate in the central highlands and flow towards the west]
Q3
In-text Questions
Find out where and how they ultimately join the Ganga. [Referring to the main tributaries from the peninsular uplands, the Chambal, the Betwa and the Son]
Q4
In-text Questions
Look at Figure 3.4; can you identify the type of drainage pattern formed by the Ganga river system?
Q5
In-text Questions
Do you remember the name of the world's largest riverine island formed by the Brahmaputra?
Q6
In-text Questions
Find out the states in which these rivers drain the water. [Referring to the main west flowing rivers: Sabarmati, Mahi, Bharathpuzha and Periyar]
Q7
In-text Questions
The name of the biggest waterfall in India.
Q1
Map Skills
(i) On an outline map of India mark and label the following rivers: Ganga, Satluj, Damodar, Krishna, Narmada, Tapi, Mahanadi, and Brahmaputra.
Q2
Map Skills
(ii) On an outline map of India mark and label the following lakes: Chilika, Sambhar, Wular, Pulicat, Kolleru.
Q1
Project/Activity
Across
Nagarjuna Sagar is a river valley project. Name the river?
Q2
Project/Activity
Across 2. The longest river of India.
Q3
Project/Activity
Across 3. The river which originates from a place known as Beas Kund.
Q4
Project/Activity
Across 4. The river which rises in the Betul district of MP and flows westwards.
Q5
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Across 5. The river which was known as the "Sorrow" of West Bengal.
Q6
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Across 6. The river on which the reservoir for Indira Gandhi Canal has been built.
Q7
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Across 7. The river whose source lies near Rohtang Pass.
Q8
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Across 8. The longest river of Peninsular India?
Q9
Project/Activity
Down 9. A tributary of Indus originating from Himachal Pradesh.
Q10
Project/Activity
Down 10. The river flowing through fault, drains into the Arabian Sea.
Q11
Project/Activity
Down 11. A river of south India, which receives rainwater both in summer and winter.
Q12
Project/Activity
Down 12. A river which flows through Ladakh, Gilgit and Pakistan.
Q13
Project/Activity
Down 13. An important river of the Indian desert.
Q14
Project/Activity
Down 14. The river which joins Chenab in Pakistan.
Q15
Project/Activity
Down 15. A river which rises at Yamunotri glacier.
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