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Question 51. The Amarkantak Hills is the source of which of the following rivers?

  1. Narmada

  2. Mahanadi

  3. Tapti

  4. Son


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    2 only
  2.    1, 3 and 4 only
  3.    1,f 2 and 4 only
  4.    1 and 2 only
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 52. A memorandum of understanding for India’s first river linking project has been signed between two States linking two rivers. The States and the rivers concerned are States Rivers
  1.    Uttar Pradesh and - Ken and Madhya Pradesh Betwa
  2.    Karnataka and - Krishna Tamil Nadu and Cauvery
  3.    Uttar Pradesh and - Gomti and Bihar Sharda
  4.    Punjab and - Beas and Rajasthan Banas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Uttar Pradesh and - Ken and Madhya Pradesh Betwa
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
  1.    1 2 3 4
  2.    4 3 2 1
  3.    1 4 2 3
  4.    3 2 1 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3 2 1 4
Answer: (d)
Question 54. Rivers Kishanganga is in—
  1.    Telangana
  2.    Jammu & Kashmir
  3.    Himachal Pradesh
  4.    Uttar Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: (b)River Kishanganga is in Jammu & Kashmir
Question 55. Life saving or Protective irrigation refers to
  1.    Irrigation at critical growth stage
  2.    P.W.P. Irrigation
  3.    Alternate wetting and drying
  4.    Constant flow of water
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> P.W.P. Irrigation
Answer: (b)
Question 56. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to
  1.    link North and South Bengal
  2.    supply drinking water to Kolkata
  3.    divert water to Bangla-desh
  4.    save Kolkata port
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 57. The longest dam in India is
  1.    Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
  2.    Hirakud Dam
  3.    Kosi Dam
  4.    Bhakra Dam
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 58. Hirakud Dam has been constructed across the river
  1.    Mahanadi
  2.    Kaveri
  3.    Brahmaputra
  4.    Ganga
 Discuss Question
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.
Question 59. Which of the following rivers of India cuts across all the ranges of the Himalayas?
  1.    Satluj
  2.    Beas
  3.    Chenab
  4.    Ravi
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Satluj
Answer: (a)
Question 60. Tehri Dam is being constructed on river
  1.    Brahmaputra
  2.    Bhagirathi
  3.    Yamuna
  4.    Ganga
 Discuss Question
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.

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