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Questions : Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I List II
(Doab) (Rivers)
A. Bist Doab 1. Between Ravi and Chenab
B. Bari Doab 2. Between Ravi and Beas
C. Rachna Doab 3. Between Beas and Satluj
D. Chaj Doab 4. Between Chenab and Jhelum
Codes: A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 1 4 2 3

(d) 3 2 1 4

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

(a) Bist Doab     - 3. Between Beas and Satluj

(b) Bari Doab     - 2. Between Ravi and Beas

(c) Rachna Doab - 1. Between Ravi and Chenab

(d) Chaj Doab     - 4 Between Chenab and Jhelum

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Question : 1

The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river

a) Krishna

b) Periyar

c) Tungabhadra

d) Godavari

Answer: (b)

The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on the river Periyar in Kerala.

Question : 2

Which of the following rivers originates from Trans Himalayas ?

a) Sindu

b) Saraswathi

c) Ganga

d) Yamuna

Answer: (a)

The Trans-Himalayan Rivers originate beyond the Great Himalayas. These are the Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra rivers. The Trans Himalayan Indus River rises near the Mansarovar Lake on the Tibetan plateau.

It enters the Himalayas in southeastern Ladakh near its confluence with the River Gurtang at an elevation of 4,200 m.

Question : 3

Harike Barrage (the source of water for Indira Gandhi Canal) is at the confluence of the rivers

a) Jhelum and Chenab

b) Chenab and Satluj

c) Beas and Satluj

d) Ravi and Beas

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

Kalpong Hydroelectric Power Project is located in

a) Arunachal Pradesh

b) Meghalaya

c) Sikkim

d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to

a) Orissa and West Bengal

b) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

c) Kerala and Karnataka

d) Gujarat and Maharashtra

Answer: (b)

Rihand dam is the largest multi-purpose project of Uttar Pradesh. The water collected in the Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar reservoir is diverted to the Son canal which irrigates about 2.5 lakh hectares of the agricultural land in Champaran, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar.

Question : 6

Hundru falls is formed on

a) Cauvery

b) Suvarnarekha

c) None of the above

d) Indravati

Answer: (b)

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