Q.141. The range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan is
(a) Zaskar
(b) Kailash
(c) Karakoram
(d) Ladakh
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Great Karakoram range, also known as Krishnagiri, forms India’s frontiers with Afghanistan and China and acts as watershed between India and Turkestan. It extends eastwards from the Pamir for about 800 km. It is the northern most range of the Trans Himalayan ranges in India.
Q.142. The northern part of the west coast in India is known as
(a) Konkan coast
(b) Coromandel coast
(c) Malabar coast
(d) Godavari Coast
Ans: (A)
Notes: Konkan, also known as the Konkan Coast or Kokan, is the northern section of the western coast of India. It is a 720-km long coastline. It consists of the coastal districts of western Indian states of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra. The Southern part of the western coast from Goa to Kanyakumari is called Malabar Coast.
Q.143. The mountain range which divides the North and the South India is
(a) Himalayas
(b) Western ghats
(c) Vindhyas
(d) Satpura
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Vindhya Range is considered as the traditional boundary between North India and South India. It is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, and plateau escarpments in westcentral India. It runs north of and roughly parallel to the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh and extends up to Gujarat in the west, and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the east.
Q.144. Mount Abu is a hill station located in _____ ranges.
(c) Vindhya
(b) Satpuda
(c) Aravalli
(d) Sahyadri
Ans: (C)
Notes: Mount Abu is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of Rajasthan near the border with Gujarat. The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1,722 m above sea level. It is referred to as ‘an oasis in the desert’ as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests.
Part–II :Drainage, Irrigation and Rivers & River Projects of India
145. The largest irrigation canal in India is called the :
(a) Yamuna canal
(b) Sirhand canal
(c) Indira Gandhi canal
(d) Upper Bari Doab canal
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Indira Gandhi Canal is the largest canal project in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. it provides 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 western part of district Sirsa it enters into Rajasthan near Kharakhera village.
Q.146. Which of the following rivers makes an estuary?
(a) Krishna
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Godavari
(d) Narmada
Ans: (D)
Notes: An estuary is a body of water formed where freshwater from rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the seawater. Estuaries and the lands surrounding them are places of transition from land to sea, and from freshwater to saltwater. Although influenced by the tides, estuaries are protected from the full force of ocean waves, winds, and storms by the reefs, barrier islands, or fingers of land, mud, or sand that surround them. Most of the west flowing rivers of India do not form delta, they form estuary. The Narmada makes an estuary with Gulf of Khambat near Bharuch.
Q.147. Asia’s first underground Hydel Project is located in which of the following States in India?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (B)
Notes: The 1,500-MW Nathpa-Jhakri hydel project, one of Asia’s first mega project having an underground power station commissioned in 2003, is an hydel project in Himachal Pradesh. It supplies power to nine states, including Rajasthan, UP, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. Bulit on Sutlej River, the project is being executed by Sutlej Jal Nigam (formerly Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation). The 1500 MW hydro electric power project is situated in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
Q.148. Which of the following is a river flowing from Central India and joining Yamuna/ Ganga?
(a) Ghagra
(b) Gomti
(c) Kosi
(d) Betwa
Ans: (D)
Notes: The Betwa is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. Also known as the Vetravati, the Betwa rises in the Vindhya Range just north of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh and flows northeast through Madhya Pradesh and flow through Orchha to Uttar Pradesh. Nearly one-half of its course, which is not navigable, runs over the Malwa Plateau before it breaks into the upland. A tributary of the Yamuna River, the confluence of the Betwa and the Yamuna Rivers takes place in the Hamirpur town in Uttar Pradesh, in the vicinity of Orchha.
Q.149. Girna Project is situated in
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Orissa
(d) Chhattisgarh
Ans: (B)
Notes: 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 another is Nagyasakya under medium project.
Q.150. Arrange the following rivers from South to North.
(c) Cauvery
(b) Krishna
(c) Godavari
(d) Mahanadi
(a) (a), (c),(b), (d)
(b) (c), (d), (a),(b)
(c) (b),(d), (c), (a)
(d) (a),(b), (c),(d)
Ans: (D)
Notes: In the Deccan region, most of the major river systems flowing generally in east direction fall into Bay of Bengal. The major east flowing rivers are Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Mahanadi, etc. Narmada and Tapti are major West flowing rivers. The Godavari in the southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin covering 10 per cent of the area of India. Next to it is the Krishna basin in the region, while the Mahanadi has the third largest basin. The basin of the Narmada in the uplands of the Deccan, flowing to the Arabian Sea, and of the Kaveri in the south, falling into the Bay of Bengal are about the same size, though with different character and shape.