Solution: (d)
West-flowing rivers in India such as Narmada and Tapti do not form deltas. They flow through fault region created by the mountains Vindhya and Satpura which is rocky and devoid of any alluvial material. Thus they don’t carry much sediments to form deltas.
Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across which river?
(a) Ganga
(b) Sutlej
(c) Cauvery
(d) Brahmaputra
Solution: (b)
Bhakra Nangal Projectis a concrete gravity dam the Satluj River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. It is a joint venture of the Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan states designed to harness the precious water of the Satluj for the benefit of the concerned states.
Ahmedabad is situated along the bank of
(a) Sabarmati river
(b) Narmada river
(c) Banas river
(d) Luni river
Solution: (a)
Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River in north-central Gujarat. The river flows through the middle of the city and divides it into two physically distinct eastern and western regions. The river originates in the Aravalli Range of Udaipur District of Rajasthan.
The only perennial river in Peninsular India is _____.
(a) Godavari
(b) Kaveri
(c) Krishna
(d) Bhima
Solution: (b)
Kaveri is the only perennial river in peninsular India. Though not snow fed like the rivers of north India, Kaveri receives rain water almost all through the year, mainly due to occurrence of reverse Monsoon in Tamil Nadu, in which monsoon brings significant amount of rains even during its retreat from the Indian subcontinent.
Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India?
(a) Indus
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Ganges
(d) Damodar
Solution: (c)
The Ganga is the largest and the most important river of India. The 2,525 kilometres long river carries off the drainage of a vast basin area 861,404 kilometres covering 26.2 percent area of India’s total geographical area. The watershed of the river Ganga is spread over ten States of India, namely Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.
Name the longest lake in India?
(a) Pangong lake
(b) Pulicat Lake
(c) Kolleru Lake
(d) Vembanad Lake
Solution: (d)
Vembanad is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala. Spanning several districts in the state of Kerala, it is known as Punnamada Lake in Kuttanad, Kochi Lake in Kochi. The Vembanad wetland system covers an area of over 2033.02 km² thereby making it the largest wetland system in India.
Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage?
(a) Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
(b) Checking silting of Kolkata Port
(c) Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
(d) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
Solution: (d)
The Farakka Barrage was created by India in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges River to the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system. It was designed to check water flow to Bangladesh by diverting water from Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin. Besides, it aimed to serve the need of preservation and maintenance of the Kolkata Port by improving the regime and navigability of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system. It aimed to flush out the sediment deposition from the Kolkata harbour and thus prevent erosion of Kolkata port.
What is Dakshin Gangotri?
(a) River valley in Andhra Pradesh
(b) Unmanned station located in Antarctica
(c) Second source of River Ganga
(d) Island in the Indian Ocean
Solution: (b)
Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Program. Established during the third Indian expedition to Antarctica in 1983–84, it was an unmanned station, set up using indigenous Indian equipment, powered by Solar energy. The station was entirely computerized to record all data that was researched.
Which of the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet?
(a) Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej
(b) Ganga, Sutlej & Yamuna
(c) Brahmaputra, Ganga & Sutlej
(d) Chenab, Ravi & Sutlej
Solution: (a)
Brahmaputra, Indus & Sutlej have their source of origins in Tibet. The Brahmaputra originates in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Indus originates in the western part of Tibet in the vicinity of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The source of the Sutlej is near Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.
Which of the following is the largest irrigation plant in India?
(a) Buckingham Canal
(b) Indira Gandhi Canal
(c) Upper Ganges Canal
(d) Tajewala Canal
Solution: (b)
The Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India and the largest irrigation project in the world. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Firozpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the north west of Rajasthan. It was previously known as the Rajasthan Canal.
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