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

Answer: (b)

Answer: (c)

The Farakka Barrage was created by India in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges River to the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system. It was designed to check water flow to Bangladesh by diverting water from the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin.

Besides, it aimed to serve the need for preservation and maintenance of the Kolkata Port by improving the regime and navigability of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system.

It aimed to flush out the sediment deposition from the Kolkata harbour and thus prevent erosion of Kolkata port.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The Brahmaputra river (also called as "BurlungButhur" by the Bodo people of Assam), called the Yarlung Tsangpo in the Tibetan language, originates on the Angsi Glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet and not Chema-Yungdung glacier, which was previously identified by geographer Swami Pranavananda in the 1930s.

The Angsi Glacier is a glacier located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

This glacier is the origin of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet which is the Upper stream of the Brahmaputra River that flows into India and Bangladesh.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

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 hydropower plant, a 130-kilowatt plant, started functioning in 1897 at Darjeeling.