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Delta

16 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. What is the triangular depositional feature located between different branches of a river called?

  1. AAlluvial fan
  2. Briver meander
  3. CNatural embankment
  4. DDelta
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Answer: D) Delta

Q2. Who is considered the namer of Delta?

  1. APolydonius
  2. BEratosthenes
  3. CHicataeus
  4. DHerodotus
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Answer: D) Herodotus

Q3. What type of shape does a delta generally have?

  1. Asquare
  2. BRectangular
  3. Ctriangular
  4. DIndeterminate shape
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Answer: C) triangular

Q4. Which of the following conditions are necessary for the formation of a delta?

  1. AExcessive amount of load in the river
  2. Btide-free estuary
  3. CDecreasing river velocity near the mouth
  4. Dall of the above
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Answer: D) all of the above

Q5. Which is the largest river delta in the world in terms of area?

  1. ANile Delta
  2. BSundarban Delta
  3. CAmazon River Delta
  4. DMississippi River Delta
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Answer: B) Sundarban Delta

Q6. The deltas of the Ganges and Mississippi rivers are considered to be which type of delta?

  1. AArc-shaped delta
  2. Bestuarine delta
  3. CBirdfoot Delta
  4. Dprogressive delta
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Answer: D) progressive delta

Q7. An example of an abandoned delta is provided by which of the following rivers?

  1. AHwangho
  2. BIndigo
  3. CGanges
  4. DAmazon
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Answer: A) Hwangho

Q8. Narmada and Tapi form which type of delta?

  1. AArc-shaped delta
  2. Bbirdfoot
  3. Cestuaries
  4. Dabandoned
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Answer: C) estuaries

Q9. Which river presents a beautiful example of a claw-shaped delta?

  1. AIndigo
  2. BGanges
  3. CMississippi
  4. DHongho
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Answer: C) Mississippi

Q10. The delta of which of the following rivers is like the wings of a bird?

  1. AIndigo
  2. BBrahmaputra
  3. CAmazon
  4. DMississippi River Delta
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Answer: D) Mississippi River Delta

Q11. What type of delta does the Ganga River have?

  1. AArc-shaped delta
  2. Bclaw-shaped
  3. Cattenuate
  4. Dyachtsman
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Answer: A) Arc-shaped delta

Q12. The Ganges River forms a delta at its mouth. Where does this delta begin?

  1. Afrom Kolkata
  2. Bcarefully
  3. Cfrom Budge Budge
  4. Dfrom the beautiful forest
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Answer: B) carefully

Q13. Which of the following rivers forms an estuary?

  1. AMenam
  2. BIndigo
  3. CYangtze River
  4. DNarmada
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Answer: D) Narmada

Q14. Which important landform is created by a river in its old age?

  1. Awaterfall
  2. BChadan Lake
  3. CAlluvial cone
  4. DDelta
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Answer: D) Delta

Q15. In which areas and how are dry deltas formed?

  1. AIn coastal areas, rivers leave behind old deltas.
  2. Bmountain foothills
  3. Cby the confluence of rivers at their confluence
  4. Dnone of the above
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Answer: B) mountain foothills

Q16. Which city is located in the delta region of the Red River?

  1. AVientiane
  2. BSeoul
  3. CHanoi
  4. DHankou
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Answer: C) Hanoi

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