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(a) Sharavathi
(b) Mahi
(c) Tapti
(d) Narmada
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
The Tapti River ancient original name Tapi River is a river in central India. It is one of the major rivers of peninsular India with a length of around 724 kilometres. It is one of only three rivers in peninsular India that run from east to west - the others being the Narmada River and the Mahi River.
The river rises in the eastern Satpura Range of southern Madhya Pradesh state, and flows westward, draining Madhya Pradesh’s Nimar region, Maharashtra’s Kadesh and east Vidarbha regions in the northwest corner of the Deccan Plateau and south Gujarat, before emptying into the Gulf of Cambay of the Arabian Sea, in the Surat District of Gujarat.
The river, along with the northern parallel Narmada river, forms the boundaries between North and South India.
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Question : 1
The correct sequence of the Eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from North to South is
a) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
b) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
c) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
d) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 2
In which of the following states, the percentage of total cropped area under irrigation (2011) is the highest?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 3
The largest estuary in India is at the mouth of river
a) Bhagirathi
b) Godavari
c) Krishna
d) Hooghly
Answer »Answer: (d)
An estuary is an area where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean. One of the major estuaries of the Ganges, the largest as well as the longest river of the Indian subcontinent, is the Hooghly estuary.
It has a width of 3 to 12 km and is a live estuary supporting biodiversity and better known for its Hilsa fishery and the famous Sunderban mangroves.
Question : 4
Rajarappa is situated on the confluence of which rivers?
a) Damodar - Sherbukhi
b) Damodar - Barakar
c) Damodar – Konar
d) Damodar - Bhera
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 5
Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river
a) Godavari
b) Cauvery
c) Mahanadi
d) Krishna
Answer »Answer: (b)
Shivanasamudra Falls is on the Kaveri River after the river has wound its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls. The island town of Shivanasamudra divides the river into twin waterfalls.
This creates the fourth largest island in the course of the river. Asia’s second hydro-electric power station after Sidrapong is located at the waterfall and is still functional.
This station was commissioned by the Diwan of Mysore, Sir K. Seshadri Iyer.
Question : 6
Baglihar hydropower project, the issue of which was raised by Pakistan before the World Bank, is being constructed by India on
a) Indus
b) Chenab
c) Satluj
d) Jhelum
Answer »Answer: (b)
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