The town which is situated at the confluence of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda is
(a) Rudra Prayag
(b) Deo Prayag
(c) Vishnu Prayag
(d) Karna Prayag
Solution: (b)
The Alaknanda rises at the confluence and feet of the Satopanth and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in Uttarakhand near the border with Tibet. The headwaters of the Bhagirathi are formed at Gaumukh, at the foot of the Gangotri glacier and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya. These two sacred rivers join to form the Ganges (Ganga) in Devprayag.
The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river?
(a) Krishna
(b) Chambal
(c) Kosi
(d) Sutlej
Solution: (a)
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. It was the earliest in the series of large infrastructure projects initiated for the Green Revolution in India; it also is one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India.
Sivasamudra is an island formed by the river
(a) Ganga
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Cauvery
Solution: (d)
Shivanasamudra is a small town in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka, India. It is situated on the banks of the river Kaveri, which forms here the boundary to the Chamarajanagar District, and is the location of one of the first Hydro-electric Power stations in Asia, which was set up in the year 1902.
Srinagar is located on the bank of the river
(a) Indus
(b) Jhelum
(c) Chenab
(d) Ravi
Solution: (a)
Srinagar is situated in the Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats.
The longest dam in India is
(a) Bhakra Dam
(b) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
(c) Hirakud Dam
(d) Kosi Dam
Solution: (c)
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.
Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Caya
(c) Ambala
(d) Allahabad
Solution: (c)
Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems.
Which one of the following rivers in India has been declared as the National River?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Ganga
(d) Narmada
Solution: (c)
The Ganges is the longest river of India and is the second greatest river in the world by water discharge. In November 2008, it was declared a “National River”
Which river flows between the Satpuras and the Vindhyas?
(a) Godavari
(b) Gandak
(c) Tapti
(d) Narmada
Solution: (d)
Narmada river rises near Amarkantak plateau. Its length is about 1,312 km.
The River in India known as the open sewer is
(a) the Ganga
(b) the Yamuna
(c) the Narmada
(d) the Godavari
Solution: (b)
The rivers Ganga and Yamuna are known as the open sewer.
Salal is the hydropower project in:
(a) Haryana
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Punjab
Solution: (b)
Salal Hydroelectric Power Station is constructed on river Chenab in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The project was conceived in 1920. The project is located near Reasi about 100 km from Jammu.
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