Solution: (c)
The Brahmaputra River is known by several names in the four countries (China, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh) that it flows through. With its origin in the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet, the upper stream of Brahmaputra in Tibet is called Yarlung Tsangpo.
What is Damodar Valley Corporation?
(a) Statutory body
(b) Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
(c) A private enterprise located in Bihar
(d) A non-government organization
Solution: (a)
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), having its headquarters at Kolkata, is a statutory body created under the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948. It operates several power stations in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The corporation operates both thermal power stations and hydel power stations under the Union Ministry of Power.
If Hwang Ho is the sorrow of China which river is the sorrow of Bihar?
(a) Damodar river
(b) Koshi River
(c) Yamuna river
(d) Ravi river
Solution: (b)
Koshi River is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”. It leads to annual floods that affect about 21,000 km2of fertile agricultural lands and impact heavily upon the state’s rural economy. During floods, the average discharge of Koshi increases to 18 times the average, inundating large areas in its spate.
Which of the following are alternative names for the river “Brahmaputra”?
(a) Yamuna, Yarlung Zangbo and Tsangpo
(b) Yamuna, Megna and Tsangpo Yamuna
(c) Jamuna, Siang, Yarlung Zangbo and Tsangpo
(d) Jamuna, Siang, Yarlung Zangbo, Megna and Tsangpo
Solution: (d)
The Brahmaputra goes by a number of names during its journey from the Angsi glacier in the Himalayas to the sea (Bay of Bengal). It begins as the Yarlung Tsangpo in southwestern Tibet and becomes the Dihang or Siangin China and Arunachal Pradesh.It flow southwest through the Assam Valley as Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna. In the vast Ganges Delta, it merges with the Padma (name of the river Ganges in Bangladesh) and finally the Meghna. From here, it is known as Meghna before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
The Siachin Glacier’s melting waters are the main source of which of the following rivers:
(a) Beas
(b) Sutlej
(c) Shylok
(d) Nubra
Solution: (d)
The Nubra River is a tributary of the River Shyok that originates from the Rimo Glacier, one of the tongues of Siachen Glacier. It flows through the Nubra valley in the northern part of Ladakh and then joins the Indus River in Skardu, Pakistan.
On which river is the Tehri dam built?
(a) Alakananda
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Ganga
(d) Hooghly
Solution: (b)
The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earthfill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. It is the tallest dam in India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.
Which of the following states is known as the traditional region for Tank Irrigation?
(a) Assam
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Orrisa
Solution: (c)
Given the seasonal and erratic nature of rainfall throughout the year, South India is known to known to use tank irrigation as time-tested technology for storing rainfall and runoff for a number of uses: crop irrigation, groundwater recharge, domestic use, cattle watering, etc. Tank irrigation currently accounts for more than 30 percent of all irrigated cropland in the state of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. There exist approximately 39,000 irrigation tanks of various sizes in Tamil Nadu alone.
Where do Bhagirathi and Alakananda join Ganga?
(a) Gangotri
(b) Karanprayag
(c) Devprayag
(d) Rudraprayag
Solution: (c)
Alaknanda joins Bhagirathi at Devprayag to form the Ganges. Devprayag is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand. It is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River. Traditionally, it is considered to be the place where sage Devasharma led his ascetic life, giving birth its present name, Devprayag.
Who among the following are involved with Cauvery River dispute?
(a) The Central Government and Karnataka
(b) The Central Government and Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puduchery
Solution: (c)
The sharing of waters of the Kaveri river has been the source of a serious conflict between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The genesis of this conflict rests in two agreements in 1892 and 1924 between the erst while Madras Presidency and Princely State of Mysore. Karnataka contends that it does not receive its due share of water from the river.
Which was the first hydel power project in India?
(a) Pallivasal in Kerala
(b) Paikara in Tamil Nadu
(c) Siva Samudram in Karnataka
(d) Nizamnagar in Andhra Pradesh
Solution: (c)
The 4.5 megawatt hydroelectric power station near Sivasamudram falls of the Cauvery in Karnataka was the first major power station in India. Owned by a few British companies, it was set up by General Electric of the US. It was commissioned in 1902. The first small hydro power plant, a 130 kilowatt plant, started functioning in 1897 at Darjeeling.
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