Practice Drainage irrigation rivers projects - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) In the given figure, the site of the Tehri dam has been labelled as
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Q-2) Which one of the following rivers flows between Vindhya-Satpura ranges ?
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The Vindhya Range constitutes the main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Peninsula. This range lies north of the Narmada River which flows through a narrow gorge between Vindhya in the north and Satpuras in the south.
Q-3) Which of the following rivers is not the tributary of Ganga ?
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Indravati is a tributary of the Godavari River, located in central India.
Q-4) ‘Pong Dam’ is constructed over which of the following rivers?
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Q-5) Which one of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna river?
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Q-6) Damodar is a tributary of river
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Q-7) The river known as Padma in Bangladesh is
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The Padma is the name used in Bangladesh for a major transboundary river, known in India as the main distributary of the Ganges, the river system that originated in the western Himalayas.
The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj.
Q-8) Which one of the following is not located along Mandakini river?
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Q-9) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Place)
(Confluence of Rivers)
A. Rudraprayag
1. Bhagirathi - Alaknanda
B. Karnaprayag
2. Mandakini - Alaknanda
C. Devprayag
3. Alaknanda - Pindar
Codes: A B C
| List I | List II |
| (Place) | (Confluence of Rivers) |
| A. Rudraprayag | 1. Bhagirathi - Alaknanda |
| B. Karnaprayag | 2. Mandakini - Alaknanda |
| C. Devprayag | 3. Alaknanda - Pindar |
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Q-10) On which river is the Hirakud Dam constructed?
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Q-11) The depth of Gangetic alluvial soil below the land surface is about
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Q-12) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Town)
(River nearby)
A. Betul
1. Indravati
B. Jagdalpur
2. Narmada
C. Jabalpur
3. Shipra
D. Ujjain
4. Tapti
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Town) | (River nearby) |
| A. Betul | 1. Indravati |
| B. Jagdalpur | 2. Narmada |
| C. Jabalpur | 3. Shipra |
| D. Ujjain | 4. Tapti |
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Q-13) Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below.
List I
List II
(Lakes)
(States)
A. Loktak
1. Maharashtra
B. Pulicat
2. Jammu-Kashmir
C. Lonar
3. Tamil Nadu
D. Wular
4. Manipur
Codes: A B C D
| List I | List II |
| (Lakes) | (States) |
| A. Loktak | 1. Maharashtra |
| B. Pulicat | 2. Jammu-Kashmir |
| C. Lonar | 3. Tamil Nadu |
| D. Wular | 4. Manipur |
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1. Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India and is famous for the phumdis floating over it. Keibul Lamjao is the only floating national park in the world. It is located near Moirang in Manipur state, India.
2. Pulicat Lake formerly Pralaya Kaveri is the second largest brackish water lake or lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake. It straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states with over 97% of it in Andhra Pradesh and 3% in Tamil Nadu situated on the Coromandal Coast in South India
3. Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India, which was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch and it is the only known hyper velocity impact crater in basaltic rock anywhere on Earth.
4. Wular Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. It is sited in Bandipora district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River.
Q-14) At which one of the following places do two important rivers of India originate while one of them flows towards North and merges with a nother important river flowing towards Bay of Bengal, the other one flows towards Arabian Sea?
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Q-15) The river which is used for inland waterways in India is ___.
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India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways, which consists of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari - Krishna rivers.
National Waterway-1: Allahabad–Haldia stretch of the Ganges–Bhagirathi–Hooghly river of total length 1620 km was declared as National Waterway1 (NW-1) in the year 1986.
Q-16) The first hydropower station in India was commissioned at
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Q-17) Name the longest lake in India?
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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.
Q-18) Which of the following projects is the joint venture of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karanataka?
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Q-19) The highest dam in India, Bhakra is built on
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Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River and is near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It is India's second tallest dam at 225.55 m high next to the 261m Tehri Dam.
In terms of storage of water, it withholds the second-largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh.
Q-20) Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from
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Punjab has a large number of Sutlej inundation canals, which are taken out from the rivers without any regulating system like weirs etc. at their head.
Such canals provide irrigation mainly in the rainy season when the river is in flood and there is excess water. Some of such inundation canals are Sirhind, Bhakra, etc.