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Question 61. On which river is Dulhasti Power station situated?
  1.    Chenab
  2.    Ravi
  3.    Satluj
  4.    Vyas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Chenab
Answer: (a)
Question 62. Which river forms its delta in Odisha?
  1.    Mahanadi
  2.    Narmada
  3.    Tapti
  4.    Godavari
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Mahanadi
Answer: (a)
Question 63. Eastern Dhauliganga (Poorvi Dhauliganga) is a tributary of
  1.    Kali river
  2.    Gomti river
  3.    Sharda river
  4.    Alaknanda
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Kali river
Answer: (a)
Question 64. Which of the following is/are the advantage/advantages of practising drip irrigation?
  1. Reduction in weed
  2. Reduction in soil salinity
  3. Reduction in soil erosion
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  1.    Only 3
  2.    Only 1 and 3
  3.    None of the above
  4.    Only 1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Only 1 and 3
Answer: (b)
Question 65. The Cogentrix Power Project is located in
  1.    Kerala
  2.    Gujarat
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Karnataka
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Karnataka
Answer: (d)
This multinational power generation company from the United States was involved in one of the eight "fast-track" power projects that were chosen as examples of the benefits of "reform" in the power sector.
Cogentrix and Hong Kong's China Light and Power International were to set up a $1.3 billion, 1000 MW project in Karnataka.
Question 66. The channel separating the Andaman Island from the Nicobar Islands is known as
  1.    10° channel
  2.    Duncan passage
  3.    somboraro channel
  4.    Coco channel
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 10° channel
Answer: (a)The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the South Andaman and Car Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal.
Question 67. Indira Gandhi Canal receives its water supply from
  1. Beas
  2. Chenab
  3. Ravi
  4. Satluj
Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code
  1.    2 and 3
  2.    1, 2 and 3
  3.    1, 3 and 4
  4.    1 and 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 3 and 4
Answer: (c)
Question 68. Of which major river system is the Sutlej a part ?
  1.    Ganga
  2.    Brahmaputra
  3.    Yamuna
  4.    Indus
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Indus
Answer: (d)
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej is sometimes known as the Red River. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River.
Its source is from Lowangko Co, Tibet near Lake Rakshastal in Tibet, China, near Mount Kailas, and it flows generally west and southwest entering India through the Shipki La pass in Himachal Pradesh.
In Pakistan, it waters the ancient and historical former Bahawalpur state. The region to its south and east is arid and is known as Cholistan a part of Bahawalpur Division.
Question 69. Nagarjuna Sagar dam is situated in which state of India?
  1.    Madhya Pradesh
  2.    Uttar Pradesh
  3.    Tamil Nadu
  4.    Andhra Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (d)
Question 70. The Brahmaputra originates from which of the following glaciers?
  1.    Gangotri
  2.    Yamu notri
  3.    Angsi
  4.    Siachen
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Angsi
Answer: (c)
The Brahmaputra river (also called as "BurlungButhur" by the Bodo people of Assam), called the Yarlung Tsangpo in the Tibetan language, originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet and not Chema-Yungdung glacier, which was previously identified by geographer Swami Pranavananda in the 1930s.
The Angsi Glacier is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
This glacier is the origin of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet which is the Upper stream of the Brahmaputra River that flows into India and Bangladesh.

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