indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 6 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

The Kaveri, also spelt Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river.

The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths.

Answer: (a)

The Tehri Dam is a multi-purpose rock and earthfill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand. It is the tallest dam in India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

The correct answer should be: a-4; b-1; c-2; and d-3.

• Hirakud Dam: built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in Odisha;
• Pong Dam: also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh;
• Tehri Dam: a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand; and
• Thein Dam: part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River.