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Questions Related to exogenic processes part-1

Kaveri is the source for an extensive irrigation system but is not used for hydroelectric power.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

What do you understand by the term 'Doab'?

  1. Where the delta of river begins

  2. Where two or more rivers meet

  3. Land between two separate river systems

  4. Land between two tributaries of a river


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Land between two tributaries of a river means 'Doab'. The place where two small streams join together and results in the formation of a big river is called a DOAB. The small streams might be the tributaries of a river also.


Doab. Doab is a term used in South Asia for the "tongue," or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers. McGregor defines it as "(Persian do-āb: a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers.

What floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes?

  1. Computer virus

  2. Worm

  3. Denial-of-service attack

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

From which river would the National River Project be started?

  1. Yamuna

  2. Gomati

  3. Ganga

  4. Krishna


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The National River Linking Project (NRLP) is designed to ease water shortages in western and southern India while mitigating the impacts of recurrent floods in the eastern part of the Ganga basin. 

The intensive erosion activity is performed by the river in _____course.

  1. Lower

  2. Middle

  3. Upper

  4. Coast

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C

The group of depositional features formed by the Himalayan rivers is _______.

  1. Dunes, corrosion, U-shaped valley.

  2. Bars, Lagoons, Atolls.

  3. Gorge, V-shaped valley, Cliff.

  4. Meanders, ox-bow lake and Delta


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The group of depositional features formed by the Himalayan rivers is Meanders, ox-bow lake and Delta.

Consider the following statements and select the  correct answer using the code given below:
1. In a trellis drainage pattern the tributaries of a river join approximately at right angles.
2. A rectangular drainage pattern develops on a strongly jointed rocky terrain.

  1. Only 1 is correct

  2. Only 2 is correct

  3. Both 1 and 2 are correct

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct


Correct Option: B

River system having the largest drainage system in the world is _______.

  1. Mississipi in America.

  2. Nile river in Egypt.

  3. Amazon river

  4. Yellow river in China.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

River system having the largest drainage system in the world is Amazon river

Factors affecting work of river are ____________.

  1. Velocity of water

  2. Volume of water

  3. Load

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Factors affecting work of river are Velocity of water, Volume of water and Load.
The flow velocity, or speed of flow, can influence the shape and rate of erosion of a river system. The cross-sectional shape of a river dictates how much friction will impact the flow of water within a river. Finally, the sediment load, or the amount of rocks and soil in the river, impacts its flow velocity and shape.

A river enters the sea or disappears before joining the sea is called its _________.

  1. mouth

  2. source

  3. course

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The last past of the river when it reaches the end of its journey, it is called an old river or the old stage. The end of the river is called the mouth. At the mouth, there is often a river delta, a large, silty area where the river splits into many different slow-flowing channels that have muddy banks. At this stage deposition is the only work of the river.