Q.151. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to
(a) save Kolkata port
(b) link North and South Bengal
(c) supply drinking water to Kolkata
(d) divert water to Bangla-desh
Ans: (A)
Notes: 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.
Q.152. Match the dams and the rivers across which those have been constructed.
Dam River(d)
(a) Gandhi Sagar 1. Bhagirathi
(b) Jayakwadi 2. Krishna
(c) Nagarjuna 3. Godavari
(d) Tehri 4. Chambal
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 4 2 1 3
Ans: (A)
Notes: 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. The Jaikawadi project is one of the largest irrigation projects in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a multipurpose project. 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. 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.
Q.153. Match the dams and the rivers across which these have been constructed :
Dam River
a. Farakka 1. Krishna
b. Tehri 2. Ravi
c. Thein 3. Ganga
d. Nagarjuna 4. Bhagirathi a b c d
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (C)
Notes: 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. The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River in the state of Punjab. 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.
Q.154. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it
(a) gets flooded often causing havoc
(b) causes maximum soil erosion
(c) forms number of dangerous waterfalls
(d) is not a perennial river
Ans: (A)
Notes: Damodar River is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large scale mining and industrial activity. Earlier known as the “River of Sorrows” because of its ravaging floods in the plains of West Bengal, the Damodar and its tributaries have somewhat been tamed with the construction of several dams.
Q.155. On which river has the Hirakud Dam been built ?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Cauvery
(d) Periyar
Ans: (A)
Notes: 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. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. Hirakud Dam is the longest man-made dam in the world, about 26 km in length. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley project started after India’s independence. The name of the dam is mostly mis-pronounced in North India as Hirakund which is actually Hirakud.
Q.156. The highest multipurpose dam built on the river Ravi is–
(a) Bhakra Nagal
(b) Kahalgaon
(c) Ranjit Sagar dam
(d) Rihand dam
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River in the state of Punjab. The project is situated near Pathankot city in Pathankot District of the state of Punjab. The project is the largest hydroelectric dam in the state of Punjab. The dam is one of the highest earth-fill dams in India and has the largest diameter penstock pipes in the country. It is located upstream of the Madhopur Barrage at Madhopur.
Q.157. The longest river of Peninsular India is :
(a) Narmada
(b) Godavari
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Cauvery
Ans: (B)
Notes: The Godavari is a river in the south-central India. It starts in the western state of Maharashtra and flows through the modern state of Andhra Pradesh before reaching the Bay of Bengal. It forms one of the largest river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India, second to The Ganges, and the longest in southern India. It originates near Trimbak in Nashik District of Maharashtra state and flows east across the Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal near Yanam and Antarvedi in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
Q.159. Which from the following rivers does NOT originate in Indian territory?
(a) Godavari
(b) Jhelum
(c) Ravi
(d) Ghaghara
Ans: (D)
Notes: Karnali or Ghaghara River is a perennial transboundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Mansarovar. It cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sarda River at Brahmaghat in India. Together they form the Ghaghra River, a major left bank tributary of the Ganges. With a length of 507 kilometres (315 mi) it is the largest river in Nepal.
Q.160. Match the dams and the States in which they are situated :
Dam
A. Hirakud B. Mettur
C. Mahanadi D. Almatti State
1. Chhattisgarh 2. Orissa
3. Karnataka 4. Tamil Nadu
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (B)
Notes: 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. The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India built in 1934. It was constructed in a gorge, where the Kaveri River enters the plains. The dam is one of the oldest in India. It provides irrigation facilities to parts of Salem, the length of Erode, Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchirappali and Thanjavur district. Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005.