The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is constructed on the river
(a) Kaveri
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Indus
Solution: (b)
The Nagarjunasagar Dam is the world’s largest masonry dam at the time of its construction, which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjunasagar in Guntur and Nalgonda districts of Andhra Pradesh. It was the earliest in the series of large infrastructure projects initiated for the Green Revolution in India; it also is one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India.
The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is
(a) Gomati
(b) Chambal
(c) Damodar
(d) Kosi
Solution: (d)
Immediately after independence, policy planners sought a solution to the recurring flood menace faced by people of North Bihar from the Kosi and other rivers flowing from Nepal to India. The Kosi project was thus conceptualized (based on investigations between 1946 to 1955), in three continuous interlinked stages. The third part envisaged a high multipurpose dam within Nepal at Barakshetra to provide substantial flood cushion along with large irrigation and pow er benefits to both countries.
Where is the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam built?
(a) On river Sutlej
(b) On river Chambal
(c) On river Narmada
(d) On river Gandak
Solution: (b)
The Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is a gravity masonry dam of 53.8 metres height built on the Chambal River at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in India. It was officially declared open on 9 February 1970 by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.
Which of the following rivers flows from East to West and makes an estuary?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Krishna
(c) Narmada
(d) Godavari
Solution: (c)
The Narmada is the largest of all west flowing peninsular rivers. It forms estuary in the Gulf of Khambat. There are several islands in the estuary of the Narmada of which Aliabet is the largest.
The first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India was set up at
(a) Nizam Sagar
(b) Shivasamudram
(c) Ramagundam
(d) Mettur
Solution: (b)
Shivasamudram holds the distinction of being the site of India’s first hydro-electric power station built in 1902. It was set up mainly to supply power to the Kolar goldmines 147 km away, making the 78 kv transmission line the longest in the world at the time. In fact, when the Mettur dam in Tamil Nadu was being constructed in the 1930’s, the power was sup plied from Shivasamudram.
Which river is under dispute involving Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat?
(a) Krishna
(b) Narmada
(c) Koyna
(d) Tapti
Solution: (b)
Narmada River flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra, then along the border between Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and the border between Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and in Gujarat. These states have been at loggerhead over the sharing of waters of the river.
Which is the world’s longest entirely lined irrigation canal?
(a) Indira Gandhi Canal
(b) Nangal Hydel Channel
(c) Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal
(d) Sardar Sarovar Project
Solution: (d)
The Sardar Sarovar Irrigation Canal is the largest lined canal in the world. It covers four major states – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. With 40000 cusecs capacity at the head regulator, and 532 km. length, the Narmada Main Canal would be the largest irrigation canal in the world.
This delta is the largest in the world
(a) Ganga-Brahmaputra delta
(b) Kaveri delta
(c) Krishna delta
(d) Godavari delta
Solution: (a)
The Ganges Delta (also known as the Ganges– Brahmaputra Delta, or the Sunderbans Delta) is a river delta in the South Asia region of Bengal, consisting of Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal, India. It is the world’s largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is also one of the most fertile regions in the world, thus earning the nickname The Green Delta. The delta stretches from the Hooghly River on the west to the Meghna River on the east.
What name does Brahmaputra take as is discharges into the Bay of Bengal?
(a) Ganga
(b) Jamuna
(c) Padma
(d) Meghna
Solution: (d)
The Padma is the name used in Bangladesh for a major trans-boundary river, known in India as the main distributary of the Ganges, the river system that originated in the western Himalayas. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj. It meets the Jamuna near Aricha and retains its name, but finally meets with the Meghna near Chandpur and adopts the name ‘Meghna’ before flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
The highest dam in India, Bhakra is built on
(a) Vyas river
(b) Jhelum river
(c) Sutlej river
(d) Ghaghara river
Solution: (c)
Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River, and is near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It is India’s second tallest dam at 225.55 m high next to the 261m Tehri Dam. In terms of storage of water, it withholds the second largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh.
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