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Geography • Class 9 • Class 9 Contemporary India I

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Drainage

Geography • Class 9 • Class 9 Contemporary India I

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2016•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.28

Which of the following is/are tributary/tributaries of Brahmaputra?

1
Dibang
2
Kameng
3
Lohit
Indian Geography
2019•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.23

Consider the following pairs : Famous place : River

1
Pandharpur : Chandrabhaga
2
Tiruchirappalli : Cauvery
3
Hampi : Malaprabha
Geography
2021•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.53
With reference to the Indus river system, of the following four rivers, three of them pour into one of them which joins the Indus direct. Among the following, which one is such river that joins the Indus direct?
Physical Geography
2021•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.55

Consider the following rivers :

1
Brahmani
2
Nagavali
3
Subarnarekha
4
Vamsadhara
Physical Geography
2023•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.1

Consider the following statements :

1
Jhelum River passes through Wular Lake.
2
Krishna River directly feeds Kolleru Lake.
3
Meandering of Gandak River formed Kanwar Lake.
Geography
2024•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.6
With reference to the Himalayan rivers joining the Ganga downstream of Prayagraj from West to East, which one of the following sequences is correct?
Geography
2026•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.11

Consider the following assertion: In the Pleistocene period either the Yamuna once flowed into the Indus, or the Sutlej flowed into the Yamuna and one major tributary of either had shifted from the Ganga to the Indus or vice versa. Which of the following is/are the basis of the above assertion?

1
The Nadi-Sukta of the Rigveda
2
The explorations of the Sutlej and the Yamuna by Robert Bruce Foote
3
The presence of the same species of dolphins in both the Indus and the Ganga river systems
Indian and World Geography
2026•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.34

Which of the following geographical features or phenomena is/are associated with the Peninsular Block of India?

1
Submergence of parts of the western coast due to tectonic activity
2
Presence of residual mountain ranges such as the Veliconda hills and Mahendragiri hills
3
Deep, V-shaped river valleys formed by fast-flowing rivers
Geography
2013•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.15

The Narmada river flows to the west, while most other large peninsular rivers flow to the east. Why?

1
It occupies a linear rift valley.
2
It flows between the Vindhyas and the Satpuras.
3
The land slopes to the west from Central India.
Physical Geography
2015•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.36

Consider the following rivers:

1
Vamsadhara
2
Indravati
3
Pranahita
4
Pennar
Geography

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