indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 6 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Devprayag is located in Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand. At this place, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

• Damodar River is a river flowing across the Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand. Rich in mineral resources, the valley is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity.
• The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha state of Eastern India. The Brahmani is formed by the confluence of the Sankh and South Koel rivers and flows through the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack and Jajapur.
• The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around 141,600 square kilometres and has a total course of 858 kilometres.
• The Tungabhadra River is a river in India that starts and flows through the state of Karnataka during most of its course, before flowing along the border between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

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.