indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16 [SSC CPO 2007]

Which dam of India is the highest?

a) Rihand

b) Thein

c) Bhakra

d) Mettur

Answer: (c)

Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam across the Sutlej River and is near the border between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in northern India.

The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is India’s second tallest at 225.55 m high next to the 261m Tehri Dam.

In terms of storage of water, it withholds the second-largest reservoir in India, the first being Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh with a capacity of 12.22 billion cu. m.

Question : 17 [UPPCS (Pre) 1999]

Indira Gandhi Canal has its source at

a) Bhakra Dam

b) Harike Barrage

c) Govind Ballabh Sagar Dam

d) Gandhi Sagar Dam

Answer: (b)

Question : 18 [SSC CGL Pre 2011]

Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?

a) Godavari

b) Mahanadi

c) Tapti

d) Ganges

Answer: (c)

Most of the west-flowing rivers do not form the delta. They form an estuary. Examples are Narmada and Tapti.

Question : 19 [UDA/LDA (Pre) 2003]

Hariyali is a new scheme for

a) Development of wasteland

b) Forestation of desert land

c) Development of grassland

d) Second green revolution

Answer: (a)

Question : 20 [SSC LDEO 2012]

Which place is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems ?

a) Caya

b) Ambala

c) Allahabad

d) Varanasi

Answer: (b)

Ambala is located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganges river systems.

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