The Gangetic Valley

Q.

Answer the following questions briefly: What are the major cities located on the river Ganga?

Q. The place through which the Yamuna and Ganga rivers flow is called the _____ valley .

1. Yamuna
2. Brahmaputra
3. Sindhu
4. Gangetic

Q. The initial tribes who first settled down in the Indian subcontinent were called _____ in Sanskrit.

1. Purush
2. Nar
3. Dehin
4. Jana

Q.

Mathura has been an important settlement for how many years?

1. 2500 years

2. 10000 years

3. 5000 years

4. 1000 years

Q. How did the tribes clear the forests to make land for agriculture?

1. They burnt down forests.
2. They flooded it by redirecting the rivers to the forest areas.
3. They cut it down with iron tools.
4. All of the above.

Q. The Himalayan rivers bring silt from the ____ and flow throughout the year.

1. Western Ghats
2. Vindhya Range
3. Aravalli Range
4. Himalayas

Q. As the Gangetic plain receives a lot of ___ from the Himalayan rivers, it is very fertile.

1. organic matter
2. fish
3. silt
4. natural insecticides

Q. When did people start settling in the Gangetic plains?

1. Approximately 2, 700 years ago
2. Approximately 800 years ago
3. Approximately 1, 400 years ago
4. Approximately 3, 100 years ago

Q.

One of the worlds most critical watersheds is found in

1. Aravallis

2. Vindhyachal

3. Himalayas

4. Deccan Plateau

Q. How many months of the year do the Himlayan rivers flow?

1. From August - November
2. All through the year
3. From April to July
4. From July to October

Q. Initially people of different ____ settled down to practice agriculture in convinient parts of the Gangetic valley.

1. ethnicities
2. religion
3. race
4. tribes

Q. Initially, people of different tribes settled down to _______ in convenient parts of the valley.

1. trade
2. build monuments
3. perform agriculture
4. expand their territories

Q. As the Gangetic plain receives silt from the Himalayan rivers, it is very _____.

1. fertile
2. infertile
3. rocky
4. waterlogged

Q. How did the tribes clear the forests to make land for agriculture?

1. They burnt down forests.
2. They cut it down with iron tools.
3. They flooded it by redirecting the rivers to the forest areas.
4. All of the above.

Q. How many months of the year do the Himlayan rivers flow?

1. From July to October
2. From April to July
3. From August - November
4. All through the year

Q. The initial tribes who first settled down in the Indian subcontinent were called _____ in Sanskrit.

1. Purush
2. Nar
3. Dehin
4. Jana

Q. The Himalayan rivers bring silt from the ____ and flow throughout the year.

1. Western Ghats
2. Vindhya Range
3. Aravalli Range
4. Himalayas

Q. Initially, people of different tribes settled down to _______ in convenient parts of the valley.

1. trade
2. build monuments
3. perform agriculture
4. expand their territories

Q. Initially people of different ____ settled down to practice agriculture in convinient parts of the Gangetic valley.

1. ethnicities
2. religion
3. race
4. tribes

Q. When did people start settling in the Gangetic plains?

1. Approximately 800 years ago
2. Approximately 1, 400 years ago
3. Approximately 3, 100 years ago
4. Approximately 2, 700 years ago

Q. The place through which the Yamuna and Ganga rivers flow is called the _____ valley .

1. Yamuna
2. Sindhu
3. Brahmaputra
4. Gangetic