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Answer: Option A. -> Tawa Project - Krishna River
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option B. -> Ganges
Answer: (b)
The Ganga is the largest and the most important river of India. The 2,525 kilometres long river carries off the drainage of a vast basin area of 861,404 kilometres covering 26.2 per cent area of India’s total geographical area.
The watershed of the river Ganga is spread over ten states of India, namely,
Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar,
Jharkhand,
West Bengal,
Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan,
Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh and
Delhi.
Answer: (b)
The Ganga is the largest and the most important river of India. The 2,525 kilometres long river carries off the drainage of a vast basin area of 861,404 kilometres covering 26.2 per cent area of India’s total geographical area.
The watershed of the river Ganga is spread over ten states of India, namely,
Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar,
Jharkhand,
West Bengal,
Himachal Pradesh,
Rajasthan,
Haryana,
Madhya Pradesh and
Delhi.
Answer: Option D. -> 4 3 2 1
Answer: (d)
1. The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four dams built on India’s Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur district of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
2. The Jaikawadi project is one of the largest irrigation projects in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a multipurpose project.
3. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world’s largest masonry dam at the time of its construction, which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district & Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
4. The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.
Answer: (d)
1. The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four dams built on India’s Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur district of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
2. The Jaikawadi project is one of the largest irrigation projects in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a multipurpose project.
3. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the world’s largest masonry dam at the time of its construction, which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district & Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
4. The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.
Answer: Option A. -> Cauvery
Answer: (a)
The Kaveri, also spelt Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river.
The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths. Rising in southwestern Karnataka, it flows southeast some 800 km to enter the Bay of Bengal.
Answer: (a)
The Kaveri, also spelt Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river.
The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths. Rising in southwestern Karnataka, it flows southeast some 800 km to enter the Bay of Bengal.
Answer: Option A. -> Maharashtra
Answer: (a)Nandgaon is a city and a municipal council in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.There are two important dams in Nandgaon taluka. One is Girana Dam under major project and a nother is Nagyasakya under medium project.
Answer: (a)Nandgaon is a city and a municipal council in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.There are two important dams in Nandgaon taluka. One is Girana Dam under major project and a nother is Nagyasakya under medium project.
Answer: Option D. -> Only 1
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> Indira Gandhi Canal
Answer: (b)
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the biggest canal projects in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometres below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. Irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert.
It consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and 445 km of the Rajasthan main canal which is entirely within Rajasthan.
This canal enters into Haryana from Punjab near Lohgarh village of Haryana, then running in the western part of district Sirsa it enters into Rajasthan near Kharakhera village (Tehsil: Tibbi, district:-Hanumangarh) of Rajasthan.
The IGNP traverses seven districts of Rajasthan:
Barmer,
Bikaner,
Churu,
Hanumangarh,
Jaisalmer,
Jodhpur, and
Sriganganagar.
Answer: (b)
The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the biggest canal projects in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometres below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. Irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert.
It consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and 445 km of the Rajasthan main canal which is entirely within Rajasthan.
This canal enters into Haryana from Punjab near Lohgarh village of Haryana, then running in the western part of district Sirsa it enters into Rajasthan near Kharakhera village (Tehsil: Tibbi, district:-Hanumangarh) of Rajasthan.
The IGNP traverses seven districts of Rajasthan:
Barmer,
Bikaner,
Churu,
Hanumangarh,
Jaisalmer,
Jodhpur, and
Sriganganagar.
Answer: Option B. -> Luni
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option D. -> 2 4 1 3
Answer: (d)
Lake & Its Type;
Ashtamudai Kayal - Lagoon
Himayat Sagar - Artificial (Sweet water)
Dal Lake - Residual (Sweet water)
Tsomgo Lake – Glacial
Answer: (d)
Lake & Its Type;
Ashtamudai Kayal - Lagoon
Himayat Sagar - Artificial (Sweet water)
Dal Lake - Residual (Sweet water)
Tsomgo Lake – Glacial
Answer: Option A. -> Barakar
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)