indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (b)

Answer: (d)

This multinational power generation company from the United States was involved in one of the eight "fast-track" power projects that were chosen as examples of the benefits of "reform" in the power sector.

Cogentrix and Hong Kong's China Light and Power International were to set up a $1.3 billion, 1000 MW project in Karnataka.

Answer: (a)

The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the South Andaman and Car Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal.

Answer: (d)

The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej is sometimes known as the Red River. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River.

Its source is from Lowangko Co, Tibet near Lake Rakshastal in Tibet, China, near Mount Kailas, and it flows generally west and southwest entering India through the Shipki La pass in Himachal Pradesh.

In Pakistan, it waters the ancient and historical former Bahawalpur state. The region to its south and east is arid and is known as Cholistan a part of Bahawalpur Division.

Answer: (c)