indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6 [BPSC (Pre) 2000]

The Sivasamudram falls is located on the river

a) Krishna

b) Godavari

c) Mahanadi

d) Cauvery

Answer: (d)

Question : 7 [UPPCS (Pre) 2003]

Match the following.

List I List II
(Dams) (States)
A. Farakka 1. West Bengal
B. Ghatprabha 2. Odisha
C. Hirakud 3. Gujarat
D. Kakrapar 4. Karnataka
Select the correct answer from the code given below. Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

a) 2 4 3 1

b) 4 3 2 1

c) 1 2 3 4

d) 1 4 2 3

Answer: (d)

Question : 8 [PSC (Pre) 2016]

In the map shown in the given figure, rivers labelled as 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively are

a) Kosi, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara

b) Gandak, Ganga, Gomati and Ghaghara

c) Teesta, Gomati, Ghaghara and Kosi

d) Kosi, Gomati, Ghaghara and Gandak

Answer: (b)

Question : 9 [SSC CML 2008]

The ‘sorrow of Bihar’ is

a) Kosi

b) Son

c) Gandak

d) Damodar

Answer: (a)

Kosi is known as the "sorrow of Bihar", as it has caused widespread human suffering in the past due to flooding and very frequent changes in the course when it flows from Nepal to Bihar. Over the last 250 years, the Kosi River has shifted its course over 120 km from east to west.

Its unstable nature has been attributed to the heavy silt it carries during the monsoon season and flooding in India has extreme effects.

Question : 10 [SSC CGL Pre 2010]

Which one of the following states does not form part of Narmada River basin?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Maharashtra

d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (a)

The Narmada basin, hemmed between Vindhya and Satpura ranges, extends over an area of 98,796 km2 and lies between east longitudes 72 degrees 32' to 81 degrees 45' and north latitudes 21 degrees 20' to 23 degrees 45' lying on the northern extremity of the Deccan Plateau.

The basin covers large areas in the states of Madhya Pradesh (86%), Gujarat (14%) and a comparatively smaller area (2%) in Maharashtra.

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