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Grade-IX, Sub- Geography
Ch3- Drainage

Sub Topic1- Introduction, Drainage System in India

Sl. Objective
No.
1. The term drainage refers to
(a) The mountain system of an area
(b) The Climatic zone the area belongs to
(c) The river system of an area
(d) The types of forest of an area.

2. Which of the following is not true?
The main river collects its water from the:
(a) small streams flowing from all the directions
(b) catchment area or the catchment basin
(c) snow melts in the high mountains.
(d) Oceans and the seas
3. What is the area drained by a single river system called?
(a) Drainage basin (c) Drainage
(b) Water divide (d) Doab
4. The area drained by a single river system is called:
(a) a river system (c) a water divide
(b) a river basin (d) the river course
5. Any elevated area such as a mountain or an upland separating two adjoining drainage
basins is known as:
(a)a river system (c) a water divide
(b) a river basin (d) the river course
6. Which river has the largest river basin in the world? (Do You Know -pg. no-18)
(a) River Nile (c) River Missouri and Mississippi
(b) River Zambezi (d) River Amazon
7. Which river has the largest basin in India? (Find out -pg. no-18), (NCERT Exercise-
Q.N2,ii -pg. no-24)

(a)River Brahmaputra (c) River Ganga
(b)River Godavari (d) River Krishna
8. The drainage system of India is mainly controlled by the
(a) relief features of the subcontinent
(b) temperature condition
(c) forest Types
(d) human activities