indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

Talcher, located in the Angul district of Odisha, is famous for its Heavy Water Plant. This plant is a Government of India organisation under the aegis of the Ministry of Atomic Power & Energy.

It is involved in the production of organic solvents like TBP, D2EFHA, TAPO & TOPO etc. and other allied chemicals required as a part of the nuclear power programme of the country.

Answer: (a)

The Godavari is a river in south-central India. It starts in the western state of Maharashtra and flows through the modern state of Andhra Pradesh before reaching the Bay of Bengal. It forms one of the largest river basins in India.

With a length of 1465 km, it is the second-longest river in India, second to The Ganges, and the longest in southern India. It originates near Trimbak in Nashik District of Maharashtra state and flows east across the Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal near Yanam and Antarvedi in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: (b)

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.