Bangladesh Geography: Rivers, Hills & Islands: questions and answers
Study every question with its correct answer and explanation.
1. Which became the eighth administrative division of Bangladesh in 2015?
- A. Rangpur
- B. Mymensingh
- C. Faridpur
- D. Cumilla
Answer: Mymensingh
Mymensingh Division was created in September 2015 from four districts of Dhaka Division — Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Netrokona — becoming the country's eighth division. Before that, Rangpur had become the seventh division in 2010, carved out of Rajshahi Division.
2. Which of these districts is NOT part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts?
- A. Rangamati
- B. Khagrachhari
- C. Cox's Bazar
- D. Bandarban
Answer: Cox's Bazar
The Chittagong Hill Tracts are made up of three districts: Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban. Rangamati is the largest district of Bangladesh by area, while Cox's Bazar is a coastal district of Chattogram Division.
3. Which Indian state does NOT share a border with Bangladesh?
- A. Meghalaya
- B. Mizoram
- C. Tripura
- D. Manipur
Answer: Manipur
Bangladesh borders five Indian states: West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, with West Bengal sharing the longest stretch. In the southeast, Bangladesh also shares a land border with Myanmar.
4. Near which town does the Padma join the Meghna?
- A. Chandpur
- B. Goalundo
- C. Bhairab
- D. Aricha
Answer: Chandpur
The Padma meets the Meghna near Chandpur, and the combined flow continues south as the Meghna into the Bay of Bengal. Further upstream, the Jamuna joins the Padma near Goalundo in Rajbari district.
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5. In Bangladesh, the main channel of the Brahmaputra is known by which name?
- A. Meghna
- B. Jamuna
- C. Teesta
- D. Surma
Answer: Jamuna
After entering Bangladesh through Kurigram district, the Brahmaputra's main flow is called the Jamuna, a course it took after major floods and an earthquake in the late 18th century. Its older channel, the Old Brahmaputra, still flows past Mymensingh town.
6. Which is the largest island of Bangladesh?
- A. Hatiya
- B. Sandwip
- C. Maheshkhali
- D. Bhola
Answer: Bhola
Bhola, lying in the estuary of the Meghna, is the largest island of Bangladesh and is also a district of Barishal Division. Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar is known as the country's only hilly island.
7. Which line of latitude passes through the middle of Bangladesh?
- A. Tropic of Cancer
- B. Equator
- C. Tropic of Capricorn
- D. Arctic Circle
Answer: Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Cancer (about 23.5° N) crosses the middle of Bangladesh from west to east. The country has a tropical monsoon climate, and most of its rain falls during the monsoon season, roughly from June to October.
8. The Barind Tract, one of the oldest land surfaces in Bangladesh, lies mainly in which part of the country?
- A. Southwest
- B. Northeast
- C. Northwest
- D. Southeast
Answer: Northwest
The Barind Tract is a raised Pleistocene terrace with reddish soil, spread mainly over the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions in the northwest. The country's other Pleistocene terraces are the Madhupur Tract and the Lalmai Hills near Cumilla.
9. Tanguar Haor, a Ramsar-listed wetland famous for migratory birds, is in which district?
- A. Sylhet
- B. Sunamganj
- C. Moulvibazar
- D. Netrokona
Answer: Sunamganj
Tanguar Haor in Sunamganj was declared a Ramsar Site, a wetland of international importance, in 2000. Bangladesh's first Ramsar Site was the Sundarbans, listed in 1992.
10. Kaptai Lake in Rangamati was created by damming which river?
- A. Sangu
- B. Matamuhuri
- C. Feni
- D. Karnaphuli
Answer: Karnaphuli
Kaptai Lake formed when the Karnaphuli was dammed at Kaptai in the early 1960s for the Karnaphuli Hydroelectric Project. It is the largest artificial lake in Bangladesh, and the project is the country's only major hydroelectric power station.