Static Quiz 30 December 2023 (Geography)

Solution: B
Justification: The Godavari is the largest peninsular river. Because of its length and the area it covers, it is also known as the ‘Dakshin Ganga’. The Godavari is joined by a number of tributaries such as the Purna, the Wardha, the Pranhita, the Manjra, the Wainganga and the Penganga. The last three tributaries are very large. Godavari rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra. Its length is about 1500 km. It drains into the Bay of Bengal. Its drainage basin is also the largest among the peninsular rivers. The basin covers parts of Maharashtra (about 50 per cent of the basin area lies in Maharashtra), Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.

Solution: D
Justification:
Statement 1: Backwater is any stretch of water that has become bypassed by the main flow of a stream, although still joined to it. If a river has developed one or more alternative courses in its evolution, one channel is usually designated the main course, and secondary channels may be termed backwaters. The main river course will usually have the fastest stream and will likely be the main navigation route; backwaters may be shallower and flow more slowly, if at all. It has little or no current.
Statement 2: It is not necessary. It can be formed anywhere en route the river.

Solution: D
Justification: Son, Ghaghara, Gomti, Yamuna and Gandak are some of the most important tributaries of Ganga. Brahmani is a tributary of Mahanadi. Others are Ib, Jonk, Tel, HAsdep, Kuakhai etc. The important tributaries of the Yamuna River are Tons, Chambal, Hindon, Betwa and Ken. Other small tributaries of the Yamuna River include the Giri, Sind, Uttangan, Sengar and the Rind.

Solution: A
Justification:
Statement 1: Mahanadi is a combination of many mountain streams and thus its precise source is impossible to pinpoint. However its farthest headwaters lie 6 kilometres from Pharsiya village in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh.
Statement 2: The Godavari is India’s second longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra.
Statement 3: Originating in the foothills of Western Ghats at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka Cauvery flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
Statement 4: The Tapti River between the Godavari and Narmada rivers starts from Betul, Madhya Pradesh, and then flows westwards before draining through the Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea

Solution: D
Justification: A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Such a fault is a fracture in the terrestrial surface in which the rock material on the upper side of the fault plane has been displaced downward relative to the rock below the fault. Narmada flows in a rift valley flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The other rivers which flow through rift valley include Damodar River in Chota Nagpur Plateau and Tapti. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through rift valleys, but between different ranges.