Topic: Waterfalls and Rivers
Q1: Which is the highest waterfall in India?
- (A) Jog Falls
- (B) Kunchikal Falls
- (C) Dudhsagar Falls
- (D) Athirappilly Falls
Answer: Option B - Kunchikal Falls, Karnataka
Q2: Sivasamudram waterfall is situated on which river?
- (A) Krishna
- (B) Godavari
- (C) Kaveri
- (D) Narmada
Answer: Option C - Kaveri (Cauvery) River
Q3: Which large freshwater lake is situated between the deltas of Krishna and Godavari?
- (A) Chilika Lake
- (B) Pulicat Lake
- (C) Vembanad Lake
- (D) Kolleru Lake
Answer: Option D - Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh
Q4: Dhua Kund falls (Smoke Kund Falls) of Bihar are built on which river?
- (A) Son River
- (B) Punpun River
- (C) Kao River
- (D) Falgu River
Answer: Option C - Kao River
Q5: The Dhuandhar falls of Madhya Pradesh are on which river?
- (A) Tapti
- (B) Mahanadi
- (C) Narmada
- (D) Godavari
Answer: Option C - Narmada
Q6: In which state are Jog Falls located?
- (A) Kerala
- (B) Maharashtra
- (C) Karnataka
- (D) Goa
Answer: Option C - Karnataka
Q7: In which state is India's highest waterfall (Kunchikal Falls) found?
- (A) Karnataka
- (B) Tamil Nadu
- (C) Andhra Pradesh
- (D) Kerala
Answer: Option A - Karnataka (in Shimoga District)
Q8: Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world?
- (A) Lake Superior
- (B) Lake Victoria
- (C) Lake Baikal
- (D) Caspian Sea
Answer: Option C - Lake Baikal, Russia
Q9: Where are Hogenakkal falls found?
- (A) Kerala
- (B) Karnataka
- (C) Andhra Pradesh
- (D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Option D - Tamil Nadu
Q10: River Sharavathi plunges as which waterfall?
- (A) Kunchikal
- (B) Dudhsagar
- (C) Gersoppa
- (D) Shivanasamudra
Answer: Option C - Gersoppa (also known as Jog Falls)
Q11: Which of the following rivers originates in India and ends in India?
- (A) Brahmaputra
- (B) Indus
- (C) Kosi
- (D) Chambal
Answer: Option D - Chambal
Q12: Which river is called Dakshin Ganga (or Vridha Ganga/Budi Ganga)?
- (A) Krishna
- (B) Kaveri
- (C) Mahanadi
- (D) Godavari
Answer: Option D - Godavari
Q13: Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh is situated on which river?
- (A) Tapti
- (B) Mahi
- (C) Narmada
- (D) Chambal
Answer: Option C - Narmada
Q14: Krishna Raja Sagara Dam in Karnataka is on which river?
- (A) Kaveri
- (B) Krishna
- (C) Tungabhadra
- (D) Godavari
Answer: Option A - Kaveri
Q15: Which river is the home of freshwater dolphins?
- (A) Yamuna
- (B) Brahmaputra
- (C) Ganga
- (D) Godavari
Answer: Option C - Ganga
Q16: On which river is Ajmer situated?
- (A) Banas
- (B) Sabarmati
- (C) Luni
- (D) Mahi
Answer: Option C - Luni
Q17: Aizawl is situated on the bank of which river?
- (A) Barak River
- (B) Tlawng River
- (C) Tuirial River
- (D) Gomati River
Answer: Option B - Tlawng River
Q18: At which place do Alaknanda and Bhagirathi meet to form the Ganga?
- (A) Rudraprayag
- (B) Karnaprayag
- (C) Nandprayag
- (D) Devprayag
Answer: Option D - Devprayag
Q19: Which dam is situated on the Ganga river?
- (A) Bhakra Nangal Dam
- (B) Hirakud Dam
- (C) Tehri Dam
- (D) Sardar Sarovar Dam
Answer: Option C - Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand
Q20: Which is the longest river in the world?
- (A) Amazon
- (B) Yangtze
- (C) Mississippi
- (D) Nile
Answer: Option D - Nile
Q21: Which river is known as the "Ganga of the South"?
- (A) Kaveri
- (B) Krishna
- (C) Godavari
- (D) Penna
Answer: Option C - Godavari
Q22: The river Indus flows through which of the following states/UTs in India?
- (A) Punjab
- (B) Himachal Pradesh
- (C) Jammu & Kashmir
- (D) Uttarakhand
Answer: Option C - Jammu & Kashmir
Q23: Kaveri river originates from where?
- (A) Kerala
- (B) Tamil Nadu
- (C) Karnataka
- (D) Maharashtra
Answer: Option C - Karnataka
Q24: Which river is called the Sorrow of Bihar?
- (A) Gandak
- (B) Son
- (C) Kosi
- (D) Bagmati
Answer: Option C - Kosi
Q25: Harike Barrage is situated at the confluence of which rivers?
- (A) Ravi and Chenab
- (B) Jhelum and Ravi
- (C) Beas and Sutlej
- (D) Chenab and Sutlej
Answer: Option C - Beas and Sutlej
