Lakes

Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
a) Chilika Lake
b) Wular Lake
c) Vembanad Lake
d) Sambhar Lake
✅ b) Wular Lake
Explanation: Located in Jammu & Kashmir, it is the largest freshwater lake.
The largest brackish water lake in India is:
a) Pulicat Lake
b) Vembanad Lake
c) Wular Lake
d) Chilika Lake
✅ d) Chilika Lake
Explanation: Located in Odisha, it is Asia’s largest lagoon.
Which lake is a Ramsar Site and supports the Irrawaddy dolphins?
a) Vembanad
b) Sambhar
c) Chilika
d) Pulicat
✅ c) Chilika
Which lake lies between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu?
a) Chilika
b) Pulicat
c) Wular
d) Loktak
✅ b) Pulicat
Vembanad Lake is located in:
a) Kerala
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Goa
✅ a) Kerala
Which lake is famous for phumdis (floating biomass)?
a) Chilika
b) Pulicat
c) Loktak
d) Kolleru
✅ c) Loktak
Explanation: Located in Manipur.
Which of the following is a tectonic lake?
a) Chilika
b) Wular
c) Sambhar
d) Loktak
✅ b) Wular
Which lake is formed by river action?
a) Pulicat
b) Kolleru
c) Wular
d) Dal
✅ c) Wular
Which lake is man-made?
a) Rana Pratap Sagar
b) Dal
c) Sambhar
d) Vembanad
✅ a) Rana Pratap Sagar
Dal Lake is located in:
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Jammu & Kashmir
d) Sikkim
✅ c) Jammu & Kashmir
Sambhar Lake is known for:
a) Freshwater
b) Bird sanctuary
c) Salt production
d) Fisheries
✅ c) Salt production
Which state has the highest number of lakes in India?
a) Rajasthan
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Jammu & Kashmir
✅ a) Rajasthan
The deepest lake in India is:
a) Wular
b) Manasbal
c) Chilika
d) Lonar
✅ b) Manasbal
Explanation: Located in Kashmir.
Which lake is formed by a meteor impact?
a) Chilika
b) Lonar
c) Kolleru
d) Bhimtal
✅ b) Lonar
Explanation: Located in Maharashtra.
The lake famous for migratory birds near Hyderabad:
a) Dal
b) Hussain Sagar
c) Chilika
d) Loktak
✅ b) Hussain Sagar
The only floating national park is located on:
a) Wular
b) Loktak
c) Dal
d) Kolleru
✅ b) Loktak (Keibul Lamjao NP)
The lake that dries up in summer:
a) Kolleru
b) Sambhar
c) Pulicat
d) Lonar
✅ a) Kolleru
The lake formed by damming of river Chambal:
a) Rana Pratap Sagar
b) Rajsamand
c) Fateh Sagar
d) Ana Sagar
✅ a) Rana Pratap Sagar
Ana Sagar Lake is located in:
a) Ajmer
b) Udaipur
c) Kota
d) Alwar
✅ a) Ajmer
Fateh Sagar Lake is in:
a) Jaipur
b) Udaipur
c) Kota
d) Jodhpur
✅ b) Udaipur
Which city is called the “City of Lakes”?
a) Jaipur
b) Udaipur
c) Nainital
d) Bhopal
✅ b) Udaipur
Which lake is situated near Bhopal?
a) Dal
b) Upper Lake
c) Chilika
d) Sambhar
✅ b) Upper Lake
Lonar Lake is located in:
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Karnataka
✅ c) Maharashtra
Which lake is associated with Mahabharata legends?
a) Pushkar
b) Bhimtal
c) Surajkund
d) Mansarovar
✅ a) Pushkar
Which lake lies near Mount Abu?
a) Nakki Lake
b) Rajsamand
c) Ana Sagar
d) Sambhar
✅ a) Nakki Lake
Renuka Lake is in:
a) Uttarakhand
b) Sikkim
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
✅ c) Himachal Pradesh
Which is the largest lake in North East India?
a) Loktak
b) Kolleru
c) Umiam
d) Barapani
✅ a) Loktak
Lake Tsomgo is located in:
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Sikkim
d) Uttarakhand
✅ c) Sikkim
Tso Moriri Lake is found in:
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Ladakh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Sikkim
✅ b) Ladakh
Pangong Tso Lake extends into:
a) China
b) Bhutan
c) Nepal
d) Myanmar
✅ a) China
Pangong Tso is a:
a) Freshwater lake
b) Saltwater lake
c) Glacial lake
d) Tectonic lake
✅ b) Saltwater lake
Which lake is highest in altitude in India?
a) Tsomgo
b) Pangong Tso
c) Tso Moriri
d) Gurudongmar
✅ d) Gurudongmar (Sikkim, ~17,800 ft)
Which state has a crater lake?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Maharashtra
d) Tamil Nadu
✅ c) Maharashtra (Lonar Lake)
Sambar Lake is a:
a) Freshwater lake
b) Saltwater lake
c) Crater lake
d) Tectonic lake
✅ b) Saltwater lake
Which among these lakes is artificial?
a) Kolleru
b) Wular
c) Hussain Sagar
d) Pulicat
✅ c) Hussain Sagar
Lake with Buddhist relics found:
a) Pushkar
b) Lonar
c) Manasbal
d) Sambhar
✅ b) Lonar
Most sacred lake in India for Hindus:
a) Pushkar
b) Wular
c) Bhimtal
d) Chilika
✅ a) Pushkar
Which state has the maximum saline lakes?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Andhra Pradesh
✅ b) Rajasthan
Which lake is used for naval exercises in Ladakh?
a) Tso Moriri
b) Pangong Tso
c) Wular
d) Tsomgo
✅ b) Pangong Tso
The lake located on the border of India and Myanmar:
a) Rih Dil
b) Loktak
c) Umiam
d) Barapani
✅ a) Rih Dil
Which lake has a large wetland bird population?
a) Pulicat
b) Kolleru
c) Chilika
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above
Largest freshwater lake in North East:
a) Barapani
b) Umiam
c) Loktak
d) Rih Dil
✅ c) Loktak
A lagoon is:
a) Salt lake formed by sea water
b) Freshwater lake formed by rain
c) Crater lake
d) River-fed lake
✅ a) Salt lake formed by sea water
Which lake is home to the endangered Sangai deer?
a) Loktak
b) Wular
c) Chilika
d) Sambhar
✅ a) Loktak
Which lake is shrinking due to urbanisation?
a) Kolleru
b) Chilika
c) Vembanad
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above
Which lake in Bihar was declared a Ramsar site in 2020?
a) Ganga Sagar
b) Kanwar Lake
c) Baraila Lake
d) Telhar Lake
✅ b) Kanwar Lake
Kanwar Lake is located in which district?
a) Gaya
b) Muzaffarpur
c) Begusarai
d) Vaishali
✅ c) Begusarai
Which type of lake is common in Himalayan regions?
a) Volcanic
b) Glacial
c) Lagoon
d) Salt lake
✅ b) Glacial
What is the primary threat to Indian lakes?
a) Tourism
b) Industrialisation
c) Pollution and encroachment
d) Climate change only
✅ c) Pollution and encroachment
Lake ecosystem provides:
a) Drinking water
b) Biodiversity
c) Livelihood
d) All of the above
✅ d) All of the above