This Geography quiz on Cities on River Banks and Industrial Towns puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
The city of Ahmedabad is situated on the bank of which river?
Ahmedabad was founded by Ahmad Shah in 1411 on the left bank of the Sabarmati, and the river gives its name to the Sabarmati Ashram from which Gandhi began the Dandi march in 1930.
Read the full explanation →Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana, stands on the bank of which river?
Hyderabad was founded in 1591 on the Musi, a tributary of the Krishna, and the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar reservoirs built on the Musi still help supply the city.
Read the full explanation →Jamshedpur, the first major steel town of India, is situated on the bank of which river?
The Tata Iron and Steel Company plant of 1907 was built at Sakchi, later renamed Jamshedpur, where the Subarnarekha and its tributary the Kharkai meet, close to the coal of Jharia and the iron ore of Odisha.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian city is known as the Manchester of India?
Its cotton textile mills, which began in the 1860s and multiplied in the early twentieth century, earned it the comparison with the English mill town of Manchester.
Read the full explanation →The city of Lucknow is located on the bank of which river?
Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh and the old seat of the Nawabs of Awadh, stands on the Gomti, a tributary of the Ganga that rises in the Pilibhit district.
Read the full explanation →Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade are all situated on the bank of which river?
The Danube rises in the Black Forest of Germany, flows east through central Europe and reaches the Black Sea, and it passes the capitals of Austria, Hungary and Serbia, which is why it is said to water more capital cities than any other river in the world.
Read the full explanation →The Rourkela steel plant in Odisha was set up with the technical collaboration of which country?
Rourkela, built in the Second Five Year Plan, was set up with West German collaboration, close to the iron ore of Odisha and the coal of the Chhotanagpur plateau.
Read the full explanation →The town of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh is famous for which industry?
Firozabad has made glass for generations and supplies most of the glass bangles sold in India, along with chandeliers and laboratory glassware.
Read the full explanation →Nashik, famous for its grape belt, is situated on the bank of which river?
The Godavari rises at Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, and Nashik stands on its upper course, which is also why the city hosts one of the four Kumbh Melas.
Read the full explanation →Digboi in Assam is known for which of the following?
Oil was struck at Digboi in upper Assam at the end of the nineteenth century and the refinery there, set up in 1901, is the oldest still in operation in the country.
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