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Erosion and transportation are both maximum when ________ is high.

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Velocity

  2. Volume

  3. Density

  4. Temperature

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Correct Option: A

The place of origin of a river is called ____________

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. source.

  2. mouth.

  3. both a and b

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The place of origin of a river is called Source of the river. The beginning of a river, when it flows quickly with lots of energy, is called the young stage or the source. This age is also called as upper age. The river here is smaller and usually has a rapid, tumbling flow that cuts a narrow channel through rocky hills or mountains.

Farakka issue was related to _________________.

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Boundary problem

  2. Infiltration ofBangladeshi people

  3. Smuggling of Narcolic drug

  4. Distribution of river water

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Correct Option: D

A river depends on the degree of _________.

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Inclination

  2. Gradient of its course

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C

A narrow valley that has a profile of the English alphabet 'V' is ____________.

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. V-shaped valleys

  2. U-shaped valleys

  3. hanging valley

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The V-shaped valley is formed in the youthful stage of the fluvial cycle of erosion and in the initial stage of valley development. It is deep and steep-sided river valley, both the valley sides meet together at the valley floor and thus water always touches the valley sides. The V-shaped valley is the result of the accelerated rate of downcutting.

_______ is a term used in India for a tract of land lying between two confluent rivers. 

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Satvik

  2. Convergence

  3. Doab

  4. Dimtar

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Correct Option: C

Which river is known as Jamuna in Bangladesh?

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Ganga

  2. Brahmaputra

  3. Meghna

  4. Teesta

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Brahmaputra river is known as Jamua in Bangladesh.

The Jamuna River is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. It is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo, before flowing into India and then southwest into Bangladesh.

Sundarban delta is in which river basin?

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Godavari basin

  2. Krishna Basin

  3. Narmada Basin

  4. Ganga-Brahmaputra basin

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ganga-Brahmaputra basin,
The Sundarban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Ganges, Hooghly, Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh. The seasonally flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe.

What is the name of the Brahmaputra river in Tibet?

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. Tsangpo

  2. Dihang

  3. Jamuna

  4. Huwang ho

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Brahmaputra River, also called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan language. The river originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet.

The Ganga and Brahmaputra basin has _____________.

geography rivers rivers and their work exogenic forces exogenic processes part-1

  1. plains

  2. plains and mountains

  3. plains and plateaus

  4. plateaus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Ganga and Brahmaputra basin has plans and mountains.
The basin comprises semi-arid valleys in the rain shadow north of the Himalaya, densely forested mountains south of the highest ranges, the scrubby Shiwalik foothills and the fertile Gangetic Plains.