Rivers of the World General Knowledge MCQs 1

1. Blue Nile originates from Lake Tana of Ethiopia white Nile originates from lake victoria. Blue and white Nile meet at ———- and make longest river of the world.
(a) Cairo
(b) Khartoum ✓
(c) Wad Medani
(d) Atbara

2. The river Volga pours its water into the
(a) Black Sea
(b) Caspian Sea ✓
(c) Baltic Sea
(d) Arabian Sea

3. A broad channel where the waters of a river and a sea mingle is called:
(a) An estuary ✓
(b) Comets
(c) A. strait
(d) A delta

4. Which is the longest river in the world?
(a) Nile ✓
(b) Amazon
(c) Volga
(d) Mississippi

5. The rivers Jheium, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej are tributaries of which river?
(a) Ganga
(b) Indus ✓
(c) Yamuna
(d) Brahmaputra

6. Which of the following rivers do not flow in Afirca
(a) Nile
(b) Congo
(c) Zambert
(d) Tigris ✓

7. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of landscape features from source to mouth of rivers?
(a) Waterfalls, alluvival fan, flood plain ✓
(b) Waterfalls, flood plain, alluvival fan
(c) alluvival fan, flood plain, water falls
(d) none of the above

8. The river Jheium has its source from:
(a) Mount Kailash
(b) Rohtang
(c) Verinag ✓
(d) Tibet

9. World's largest river in terms of the volume of its flow is ———.
(a) Nile
(b) Mississippi
(c) Amazon ✓
(d) Tiber

10. 'Which set of two rivers form the world's largest delta before their waters flow into the respective sea?
(a) Rhine-Seine
(b) Nile-Euphrates
(c) Ganges-Brahmaputra ✓
(d) Danube-Thames

Which of the following rivers crosses the Equator twice? (RMS 2006)
(a) Amazon
(b) Congo ✓
(c) Nile
(d) Tigris

Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has source of origin in that country itself?
(a) Chenab
(b) Jhelum
(c) Ravi
(d) None of the above ✓

Which river is called father of waters?
(a) Indus ✓
(b) Amazon
(c) Congo
(d) Hudson

On the bank of which river is New York situated?
(a) River Colorado
(b) River Hudson ✓
(c) River Mississippi
(d) River Amazon

Nice is the name of a______
(a) River ✓
(b) Country
(c) Lake
(d) None of these

River skeena flows through — ,
(a) Asia
(b) Australia
(c) North America ✓
(d) South America

Rome, the capital of Italy is located beside the river — —.
(a) Danube
(b) Rhine
(c) Tiber ✓
(d) Po

River Darling flows through ——.
(a) Africa
(b) Australia ✓
(c) South America
(d) Asia

Red river is present in ~~—-——.
(a) USA ✓
(b) Canada
(c) UK Mexico

Which is the second longest river of Europe continent?
(a) Danube ✓
(b) Volga
(c) Seine
(d) Thames
Which is the second longest river of America?
(a) Missouri ✓
(b) Mississippi
(c) Red
(d) Colorado

Don is a river of ——.
(a) Turkey
(b) Russia ✓
(c) UK
(d) USA

Budapest is the capital of Hungary situated on the bank of ———.
(a) River spree
(b) River volga
(c) River danube ✓
(d) River ob

Paris is the capital of France situated on the bank of ——
(a) Seine ✓
(b) Po
(c) Thane
(d) Spree

Agra is very famous city of India due to Taj Mahal, it is situated on bank of river
(a) Brabmputra
(b) Ganges
(c) Jumna ✓
(d) None of these

Oxus River is flowing between —
(a) Afghanistan and Russia
(b) Russia and Iran
(c) Russia and China
(d) Afghanistan and Tajikistan ✓

Which of the following rivers is called “Father of Rivers'?
(a) Indus ✓
(b) Nile
(c) Amazon
(d) Cango

What is the source of Yellow River?
(a) ML of China Kunlan ✓
(b) Mi Everest
(c) Victoria Lake
(d) None of these

What is the total length of Amazon River?
(a) 6400 km
(b) 6448 km ✓
(c) 6349 km
(d) 6218 km

Yangtze Kiang River is located in
(a) China ✓
(b) Thailand
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan
What is the source of Volga River?
(a) Altai Mountain
(b) Valdai Plateau ✓
(c) Himalayas range
(d) None of these

The outflow of Indus River is -———.
(a) Black Sea
(b) Indus Sea
(c) Arabian Sea ✓
(d) None of these

Which is the largest river of Asia? (2005)
(a) Yangtze Kiang ✓
(b) Indus
(c) Hawang Ho
(d) Ob

Which is the largest river of Africa?
(a) Lena
(b) Niger
(c) Congo
(d) Nile river ✓

Which is the longest river of North America?
(a) Mississippi ✓
(b) Amazon
(c) Niger
(d) Lena

Which is the longest river of Europe?
(a) Volga ✓
(b) Danube
(c) Amur
(d) None of these

Which is the longest river of South America?
(a) Massuri
(b) Peru
(c) Congo
(d) Amazon ✓

Which of the following rivers is also called yellow river?
(a) Hawang Ho River ✓
(b) Nile River
(c) Amazon River
(d) None of these

Colorado is a river which flows in .
(a) USA ✓
(b) UK
(c) Peru
(d) Brazil

Congo river is located in ——
(a) Asia
(b) Africa ✓
(c) Europe
(d) America
Missouri is a river located in -———.
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) USA ✓
(d) UK

Parana river is located in ,
(a) Paraguay ✓
(b) France
(c) India
(d) None of these

Seine river is located in ——.
(a) France ✓
(b) Spain
(c) Germany
(d) None of these

Thames is a famous river of — 
(a) UK ✓
(b) USA
(c) Russia
(d) Japan

Ganga is a famous river of ——
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) India ✓

Mackenzie is a name of river located in
(a) Britain
(b) Brazil
(c) Canada ✓
(d) China

Murray is the name of river of ——-—.
(a) Australia ✓
(b) Canada
(c) South Africa
(d) China

Orange is the name of river of
(a) Congo
(b) Egypt
(c) Syria
(d) South Africa ✓

Which of the following rivers belongs to Russia?
(a) Ob
(b) Lona
(c) Amur
(d) All of above ✓

Latani-River is located in ——.(RMS 2006)
(a) Syria
(b) Lebanon ✓
(c) Turkey
(d) Iran
1. Which is the shortest river of the world?
(a) Mekong
(b) Lena
(c) Congo
(d) Roe River ✓

2. Which is the shortest river in the world with a total length of 98 km.
(a) Amur (Siberia)
(b) Reo (Montana) ✓
(c) Danube (Slovakia)
(d) Congo (Zaire)

3. River Nile originates from
(a) Lake Nyasa
(b) Cherangany mountains
(c) Lake Victoria ✓
(d) Springs in Kenya

4. Which river originates from Tibet near Mansorawar lake?
(a) Sutluj
(b) Indus ✓
(c) Ravi
(d) Jhelum

5. Which is the only river that flows both north and south of equator?
(a) Amazon
(b) Congo ✓
(c) Colorado
(d) Tigris

6. In which country the largest river by volume rises?
(a) Panama
(b) North America
(c) Eequator
(d) Peru ✓

7. On which lake Lake Victoria is located?
(a) Zambazi ✓
(b) Amazon
(c) Congo
(d) Hudson

8. Indus river pours into
(a) Aral Sea
(b) Mediterrean Sea
(c) Arabian Sea ✓
(d) Baltic Sea

9. Which river is mentioned most in bible?
(a) Tigris
(b) Euraphetes
(c) Jordan ✓
(d) Nile

10. Zambia is a famous river located in:
A. Zambia ✓
B. France
C. Brazil
D. Italy

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