indian drainage irrigation rivers & projects section 8 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

Immediately after independence, policy planners sought a solution to the recurring flood menace faced by the people of North Bihar from the Kosi and other rivers flowing from Nepal to India. The Kosi project was thus conceptualized (based on investigations between 1946 to 1955), in three continuous interlinked stages.

The third part envisaged a high multipurpose dam within Nepal at Barakshetra to provide a substantial flood cushion along with large irrigation and power benefits to both countries.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Godavari is the longest river in the Peninsular India.

Answer: (c)

The Betwa is a river in Northern India and a tributary of the Yamuna. Also known as the Vetravati, the Betwa rises in the Vindhya Range just north of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh and flows northeast through Madhya Pradesh and flow through Orchha to Uttar Pradesh.

Nearly one-half of its course, which is not navigable, runs over the Malwa Plateau before it breaks into the upland. A tributary of the Yamuna River, the confluence of the Betwa and the Yamuna Rivers takes place in the Hamirpur town in Uttar Pradesh, in the vicinity of Orchha.

Answer: (b)