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Questions : Match the following:
List I List II
(Dams) (Rivers)
A. Hirakud 1. Beas
B. Pong Dam 2. Bhagirathi
C. Tehri Dam 3. Ravi
D. Thein Dam 4. Mahanadi
Codes: A B C D

(a) 4 1 2 3

(b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 1 2 4 3

(d) 4 3 1 2

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

The correct answer should be: a-4; b-1; c-2; and d-3.

  • Hirakud Dam: built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in Odisha;
  • Pong Dam: also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh;
  • Tehri Dam: a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand; and
  • Thein Dam: part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River.

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Question : 1

Sunderban Delta is formed by the rivers

a) Ganga and Jhelam

b) Sindhu and Jhelam

c) Ganga and Sindhu

d) Ganga and Brahmaputra

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Which of the following river originate in M.P. and drops its water into the Gulf of Khambhat?

a) Luni

b) Mahi

c) Javai

d) Parvati

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

a) Tilaiya Dam - Konar river

b) Gandhi Sagar - Chambal Dam river

c) Nagarjuna - Krishna river Sagar Dam

d) Sardar Sarovar - Narmada Dam river

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

a) Mahanadi

b) Narmada

c) Tapti

d) Damodar

Answer: (b)

Question : 5

On which river is the Tehri dam built?

a) Bhagirathi

b) Ganga

c) Hooghly

d) Alakananda

Answer: (a)

The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earthfill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. It is the tallest dam in India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.

Question : 6

The river which is not West-flowing towards the Arabian Sea is

a) Tapi

b) Periyar

c) Kaveri

d) Narmada

Answer: (c)

The Kaveri, also spelt Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river.

The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths.

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