MCQs
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Answer: Option C. -> 1,f 2 and 4 only
Answer: (c)
River Narmada emerges from Amarkantak Hill of Maikal Range. The mighty Narmada river as well the Son, the Mahanadi, and Arnadoh which is a major tributary of the Godavari all arise in the Amarkantak plateau.
Son river is the largest of the southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source of Narmada River.
Answer: (c)
River Narmada emerges from Amarkantak Hill of Maikal Range. The mighty Narmada river as well the Son, the Mahanadi, and Arnadoh which is a major tributary of the Godavari all arise in the Amarkantak plateau.
Son river is the largest of the southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source of Narmada River.
Answer: Option A. -> Uttar Pradesh and - Ken and Madhya Pradesh Betwa
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Question 53. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Doab)
(Rivers)
A. Bist Doab
1. Between Ravi and Chenab
B. Bari Doab
2. Between Ravi and Beas
C. Rachna Doab
3. Between Beas and Satluj
D. Chaj Doab
4. Between Chenab and Jhelum
Codes: A B C D
List I
List II
(Doab)
(Rivers)
A. Bist Doab
1. Between Ravi and Chenab
B. Bari Doab
2. Between Ravi and Beas
C. Rachna Doab
3. Between Beas and Satluj
D. Chaj Doab
4. Between Chenab and Jhelum
Codes: A B C D
Answer: Option D. -> 3 2 1 4
Answer: (d)
Answer: (d)
Answer: Option B. -> Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: (b)River Kishanganga is in Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: (b)River Kishanganga is in Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: Option B. -> P.W.P. Irrigation
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option D. -> save Kolkata port
Answer: (d)
Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 16.5 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj District. Construction was started in 1961 and completed in 1975.
The barrage was built to divert up to 44,000 cu ft/s (1,200 m3/s) of water from the Ganges River into the Hooghly River during the dry season, from January to June, in order to flush out the accumulating silt which in the 1950s and 1960s was a problem at the Port of Kolkata (Calcutta) on the Hooghly River.
Answer: (d)
Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 16.5 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj District. Construction was started in 1961 and completed in 1975.
The barrage was built to divert up to 44,000 cu ft/s (1,200 m3/s) of water from the Ganges River into the Hooghly River during the dry season, from January to June, in order to flush out the accumulating silt which in the 1950s and 1960s was a problem at the Port of Kolkata (Calcutta) on the Hooghly River.
Answer: Option B. -> Hirakud Dam
Answer: (b)
Hirakud Dam is not only India's but one of the world's largest & longest dams. This dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India.
Built-in 1956, the dam is the world's largest earthen dam.
Answer: (b)
Hirakud Dam is not only India's but one of the world's largest & longest dams. This dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India.
Built-in 1956, the dam is the world's largest earthen dam.
Answer: Option A. -> Mahanadi
Answer: (a)Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Built in 1957, the dam is one of the world's longest earthen dam.
Answer: (a)Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Built in 1957, the dam is one of the world's longest earthen dam.
Answer: Option A. -> Satluj
Answer: (a)
Answer: (a)
Answer: Option B. -> Bhagirathi
Answer: (b)
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.
Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity. The Tehri Dam has been the object of protests by environmental organizations and the local people of the region.
Answer: (b)
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.
Tehri Dam withholds a reservoir for irrigation, municipal water supply and the generation of 1,000 MW of hydroelectricity. The Tehri Dam has been the object of protests by environmental organizations and the local people of the region.