River Ganges/Major Rivers of India/River Ganga

River Ganges/Major Rivers of India/River Ganga

THE GANGES

The largest river basin in India
Ans : Ganges

The longest river in India
Ans : Ganges

The length of the Ganges
Ans : 2525 Km

The river Ganges starts off as the Bhagirathi River from
Ans : Gangotri Glacier

The Bhagirathi and the Alakananda meet to form the Ganga at
Ans : Dev Prayag

The name of Ganges until it reaches to Dev Prayag
Ans : Mandakini

MAJOR TRIBUTARIES OF GANGES

Yamuna          Alakananda
Damodar        Ramaganga
Kosi                 Son
Gandak

National river of India
Ans : The Ganges

The Ganges enters the great plain of India at
Ans : Haridwar

The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet and form the world's largest Delta The river having maximum number of tributaries
Ans : The Ganges

Longest tributary of Ganges
Ans : The Yamuna (1376 km)

Origin of Yamuna
Ans : Yamunotri Glacier 

The Yamuna joins to the Ganges at
Ans : Prayag (Allahabad)

The Ganges enters into Bay of Bengal at
Ans : Sundarben delta

The State which accounts the major share of the Ganges
Ans : Uttar Pradesh

Major tributaries of Yamuna
Ans : Chambal, Betwa, Ken, Tons 

The Taj Mahal is located on the banks of the river
Ans : Yamuna

The largest tributary of the Ganges from the south
Ans : Son River

The river Chambal originates from
Ans : Malwa Plateau

The river known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar'
Ans : Kosi

The river known as the 'Sorrow of Bengal
Ans : Damodar

The river known as the 'Sorrow of Odisha'
Ans : Mahanadi

The river known as the 'Sorrow of Assam
Ans : Brahmaputra

The most dangerous river in India
Ans : Kosi

In Bangladesh, Ganges is known by the name
Ans : Padma river

The river known as Keerthinasini in Bangladesh
Ans : The Ganges

The river that flows through the Jim Corbett National Park
Ans : Ram Ganga

The largest bridge in India, the Mahatma Gandhi Sethu is built across the river
Ans : Ganges (Bihar)

The Damodar is the major tributary of
Ans : Hooghly

Damodar valley is a multipurpose river valley project built across the river
Ans : Damodar

Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river
Ans : Hooghly

Howra bridge and Vivekananda sethu bridge is built across the river
Ans : Hooghly

Ganga Action plan started in the year
Ans : 1986

Ganges River Agreement
Ans : 1996

Ganges River Agreement was signed between
Ans : India & Bangladesh

Mahakali River Treaty was in
Ans : 1996

Mahakali River Treaty was signed between
Ans : India & Nepal

The confluence of the three rivers namely Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswathi is known as
Ans : Triveni Sangamam

The confluence point of three rivers are at
Ans : Allahabad

One of the rivers mentioned in Rig Veda
Ans : Saraswathi

The river considered the sacred river by the Vedic Aryans
Ans : Saraswathi River

Farakka Dam is constructed across the river
Ans : Ganges

Farakka Dam is situated in the State of
Ans : West Bengal 

National water Way 1 is on
Ans : The Ganges,Bhagirathi and Hooghly

Longest river in India
Ans : Ganges

Largest river in the Indian Sub Continent
Ans : Indus

Largest Peninsular river in India
Ans : Godavari

Second longest river in India
Ans : Godavari

The Indian river which occupies maximum volume of water
Ans : Brahmaputra