Himalayan Rivers of India
Himalayan Rivers of India: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Indus River System, Ganga River System & Brahmaputra River System etc.
Important Questions on Himalayan Rivers of India
River Brahmaputra in Tibet (China) is called

Match the items of column A with the corresponding items of column B and select the correct choice:
Column A Column B
1. Himalayan rivers i Seasonal rivers
2. Peninsular rivers ii Indus and Brahmaputra
3. Narmada and Tapi iii Godavari
4. Dakshin Ganga iv Perennial rivers

What is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta?

The river Brahmaputra enters India from Arunachal Pradesh by taking U-turn from this hill. Name it.

Name the largest mangrove forest in India situated on the confluence of river Brahmaputra and Ganga.

Ganga has five tributaries including the sorrow of Bihar. Name the tributary.

Name the treaty between India and Pakistan according to which India can use only 20 percent water of river Indus.

Name the place where Ganga is known as Meghna.

The river Brahmaputra enters the Indian lands from Arunachal Pradesh and forms islands on its way. What are these islands called?

Devprayag can be described as which one of the following?

Which tributary of Indus joins it just before draining into the Arabian sea in Pakistan?

The river Mahanadi does NOT share its basin with which of the following states?

Most of the rivers in India drain into the Bay of Bengal except for two. What is the reason for the same?

Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.
Statement 1: Perennial rivers have water throughout the year.
Statement 2: The world's largest drainage basin is of the Amazon river.
Statement 3: As per the Indus Water Treaty India can use only of the total water carried by the Indus river system.

Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.
Statement 1: The Ganga river develops large meanders.
Statement 2: The Brahmaputra takes a 'U' turn and enters India in Sikkim.
Statement 3: The Narmada and the Tapi flow west and make estuaries.

The river Yamuna rises from the __ () __ Glacier in the Himalayas. It flows parallel to the Ganga and it meets the Ganga at _() __ . What do () and () respectively denote in the statement above?

Brahmaputra is known as ___ in Tibet and ___ in Bangladesh respectively.

The largest river basin formed by the Himalayan rivers in India is _____.

Which of the following delta is the world’s largest and fastest growing delta?

In which country river Indus rises near Lake Manasarovar?
