Drainage System of the Bay of Bengal

Q.

Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part have less silt, despite a longer course?

Q. Identify the river that does not drain into the Bay of Bengal.

1. Brahmani
2. Subarnarekha
3. Sabarmati
4. Mahanadi

Q. This river is a major river of Central and South Asia. Along its course, the river passes through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and Bangladesh. Throughout its upper course, the river is generally known as the 'Tsangpo' or 'Purifier' It is also known by its Chinese name 'Yarlung Zangbo' and by other local Tibetan names. In its lower course, the river is both a creator and a destroyer, depositing huge quantities of fertile alluvial soil but also causing disastrous and frequent floods. Which river are we talking about?

1. Indus
2. Yamuna
3. Brahmaputra
4. Ganga

Q. Pair the rivers with their origins.

1. Ganga
2. Coorg
3. Pennar
4. Brahmaputra
5. Kaveri
6. Subarnarekha
7. Chemayungdung glacier
8. Gangotri glacier
9. Tumkur
10. Chaibasa

Q. 'X' is a sacred river of southern India. It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka state, flows in a southeasterly direction through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and descends the Eastern Ghats in a series of great falls. Before emptying into the Bay of Bengal south of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, the river breaks into a large number of distributaries forming a wide delta called the “garden of southern India”. Identify 'X'.

1. Kaveri
2. Krishna
3. Tungabhadra
4. Pennar

Q. Among the given options, and rivers flow westward.

Note: The blanks are to be filled in alphabetical order.

1. Tapi
2. Krishna
3. Narmada
4. Godavari