TextBook Solutions for Punjab School Education Board Class 9 Social Science Contemporary India I Chapter 3 Drainage

Which one of the following describes the drainage patterns resembling the branches of a tree?

• Radial

• Dendritic

• Centrifugal

• Trellis

In which of the following states is the Wular lake located?

• Rajasthan

• Uttar Pradesh

• Punjab

• Jammu and Kashmir

The river Narmada has its source at

• Satpura

• Brahamgiri

• Amarkantak

• Slopes of the Western Ghats

Which one of the following lakes is a salt water lake?

• Sambhar

• Dal

• Wular

• Gobind Sagar

Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India?

• Narmada

• Amravati

• Godavari

• Mahanadi

Which among the following rivers flow through a rift valley?

• Damodar

• Tungabhadra

• Krishna

• Tapti

What is meant by water divide? Give an example.

Why does the Brahmaputra in its Tibetan part has less silt, despite a longer course?

State some economic benefits of rivers and lakes.

Below are given names of a few lakes of India. Group them under two categories natural and created by human beings.

(a) Wular (b) Dal (c) Nainital (d) Bhimtal (e) Gobind Sagar (f) Loktak (g) Barapani (h) Chilka (i) Sambhar (j) Rana Partap Sagar (k) Nizam Sagar (l) Pulicat (m) Nagarjuna Sagar (n) HiraKund.