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Grade-IX, Sub- Geography
Ch3- Drainage
Sub Topic 2- The Himalayan River Systems (The Indus and the Ganga)

Sl. Objective
No.
1. Where from the river Indus originate?
(a)Kailash Range in Tibet
(b) Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir
(c ) Ladakh Range
(d) Lake Mansarowar
2. Where do the tributaries, the Zaskar, the Nubra, the Shyok and the Hunza join the River
Indus?
(a)in the Kashmir Region (c) in Punjab
(b) in Pakistan (d) in Himachal Pradesh

3. Which of the following tributaries of the River Indus join it near Mithankot in Pakistan?
(a)The Satluj (c) The Nubra
(b) The Zaskar (d) The Shyok
4. Which of the following statement is not true for the River Indus:
(a)A little over a third of the Indus basin is located in India
(b) The total length of the River Indus is 2600 km.
(c) The Indus emerges from the mountains at Attock.
(d) Karachi lies at the appex of Indus Delta

5. According to the regulations of the Indus Water Treaty (1960), India can use only
________per cent of the total water carried by the Indus river system. (Do You Know -pg.
no-18)
(a)50 percent (c) 60 Percent
(b)20 percent (d) 10 Percent

6. Bhagirathi’ is joined by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag and becomes
(a) The River Yamuna (b) The River Indus
(c) The River Satluj (d) The River Ganga

7. Which among the following tributaries of Ganga is a right bank tributary came from the
peninsular uplands?
(a) The Kosi (c) The Betwa
(b) The Gandak (d) The Yamuna

8. Which of the following tributary of Ganga is perennial in nature?
(a)The Chambal (c) The Yamuna