indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Gujarat has the largest proportion of its net irrigated area under well irrigation. Uttar Pradesh has the largest area under irrigation in terms of total acreage.

Answer: (d)

The Indira Gandhi Canal starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. The reservoir for the canal is built on the Sutlej River.

Answer: (b)

The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats Trimbakeshwar, in the Nashik Subdivision or District of Maharashtra at a height of 920 m. The Krishna River rises in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of about 1337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar.

The headwaters of the Mahanadi River are situated at an elevation of 442 meters over the sea surface. The source of the Narmada is located at Amarkantak on the Amarkantak hill (1,057 m), in the Anuppur District zone of the Shahdol of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

Answer: (c)

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.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)