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Questions : Name the longest lake in India?

(a) Pulicat Lake

(b) Kolleru Lake

(c) Vembanad Lake

(d) Pangong lake

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Vembanad is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala. Spanning several districts in the state of Kerala, it is known as Punnamada Lake in Kuttanad, Kochi Lake in Kochi.

The Vembanad wetland system covers an area of over 2033.02 km² thereby making it the largest wetland system in India.

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Question : 1

Rajarappa is situated on the confluence of which rivers?

a) Damodar — Sherbukhi

b) Damodar — Barakar

c) Damodar — Konar

d) Damodar — Behera

Answer: (d)

Rajrappa is a waterfall and a pilgrimage Centre in Ramgarh, Jharkhand . It is situated on the confluence of Damodar – Behera rivers.

Question : 2

Examine the following statements and select the correct answer by using code given below.

  1. Devprayag is located at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers.
  2. Rudraprayag is located at the confluence of the Mandakini and Alaknanda rivers.
  3. Alaknanda flows from Badrinath.
  4. Kedarnath is considered as biggest seat established by Adi Shankaracharya.
Code

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) 1, 2 and 4

c) 1, 2, 3 and 4

d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (d)

Question : 3

The Lower Ganga Canal is taken out of the Ganga at

a) Narora

b) Bareilly

c) Kanpur

d) Haridwar

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Which of the following pairs is mismatched in relation to the location of Lakes in India?

a) Kukkarahalli Lake — Karnataka

b) Umiam Lake — Assam

c) Tsomoriri Lake — Jammu & Kashmir

d) Chilka Lake — Odisha

Answer: (b)

Umiam Lake is in Meghalaya.

Question : 5

The largest irrigation canal in India is called the :

a) Sirhand canal

b) Indira Gandhi canal

c) Upper Bari Doab canal

d) Yamuna canal

Answer: (b)

The Indira Gandhi Canal is the largest canal project in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometres below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. it provides irrigation facilities to the north-western region of Rajasthan, a part of the Thar Desert.

It consists of the Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 167 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and 445 km of the Rajasthan main canal which is entirely within Rajasthan.

This canal enters into Haryana from Punjab near Lohgarh village of Haryana, then running in the western part of district Sirsa it enters into Rajasthan near Kharakhera village.

Question : 6

Ujjain is located

a) On the bank of River Kshipra

b) On the bank of River Godavari

c) On the bank of River Narmada

d) On the bank of River Chambal

Answer: (a)

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