Description : On which River, Tungabhadra Dam is built? a) Godavari River b) Kaveri River c) Mahanadi River d) Krishna River
Last Answer : d) Krishna River
Description : On which of the following rivers is Koyena dam built? (a) Krishna (b) Kaveri (c) Ganga (d) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (a) Krishna
Description : On which river, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built? a) Godavari River b) Satluj River c) Krishna River d) Mahanadi River
Last Answer : c) Krishna River
Description : Hirakud Dam has been constructed across the river – (1) Ganga (2) Mahanadi (3) Kaveri (4) Brahmaputra
Last Answer : (2) Mahanadi Explanation: Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Built in 1957, the dam is one of the world's longest earthen dam.
Description : The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is constructed on the river – (1) Kaveri (2) Krishna (3) Godavari (4) Indus
Last Answer : (2) Krishna Explanation: The Nagarjunasagar Dam is the world's largest masonry dam at the time of its construction, which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjunasagar in Guntur and Nalgonda ... ; it also is one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India.
Description : The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is constructed on the river (1) Kaveri (2) Krishna (3) Godavari (4) Indus
Last Answer : Krishna
Description : On which of the following sets of rivers are Nagarjunasagar, Ukai, Hirakud, and Thein Dam located respectively? (a) Krishna, Mahanadi, Godavari, Tapi (b) Cauvery, Krishna, Narmada, Beas (c) Krishna, Tapi, Mahanadi, Ravi (d) Godavari, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Yamuna
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : The "Alamatti Dam" is constructed on the river – (1) Kaveri (2) Seeleru (3) Krishna (4) Tungabhadra
Last Answer : (3) Krishna Explanation: The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna. River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The dam is located on the edge of Bijapur and Bagalkot ... . The height of Almatti dam was originally restricted to 52.26 meters by the Supreme Court of India.
Description : The “Alamatti Dam” is constructed on the river (1) Kaveri (2) Seeleru (3) Krishna (4) Tungabhadra
Description : Tungabhadra reservoir is across the river – (a) Kaveri (b) Krishna (c) Tungabhadra (d) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (c) Tungabhadra
Description : The largest Masonry dam has been constructed on the river- (1) Krishna (2) Rihand (3) Sutlej (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (1) Krishna Explanation: Masonry dams are dams made out of masonry; mainly stone and brick. They are either the gravity or the arch type. The largest masonry dam in the world is ... in India which is built across Krishna River at Nagarjunasagar in Guntur and Nalgonda districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Description : The largest Masonry dam has been constructed on the river (1) Krishna (2) Rihand (3) Sutlej (4) Mahanadi
Description : Which one of the following rivers forms an estuary? (1) Narmada (2) Kaveri (3) Krishna (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (1) Narmada Explanation: Narmada forms an estuary in the Gulf of Khambat. There are several islands in the estuary of the Narmada of which Aliabet is the largest.
Description : Sardar Sarovar Dam is situated on the river named (a) Ganga (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
Last Answer : (d) Narmada
Description : Salal Dam is built on which river? (a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi (c) Krishna (d) Satluj
Last Answer : (a) Chenab
Description : Hirakud dam is built on which river? (a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi(c) Krishna (d) Satluj
Last Answer : (b) Mahanadi
Description : Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river? (a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi (c) Krishna (d) Satluj
Last Answer : (c) Krishna
Description : The only perennial river in Peninsular India is _______. (1) Godavari (2) Kaveri (3) Krishna (4) Bhima
Last Answer : (2) Kaveri Explanation: Kaveri is the only perennial river in peninsular India. Though not snow fed like the rivers of north India, Kaveri receives rain water almost all through the year, ... , in which monsoon brings significant amount of rains even during its retreat from the Indian subcontinent.
Description : The longest river of peninsular India is (1) Krishna (2) Kaveri (3) Narmada (4) Godavari
Last Answer : (4) Godavari Explanation: The Godavari (1450 km) is the longest river of peninsular India, followed by Krishna (about 1300 km). It has the second largest river basin in India after the Ganges. It is often referred to as the Vridha (Old) Ganga or the Dakshina (South) Ganga.
Description : Which river of India is called Vridha Ganga? (1) Krishna (2) Godavari (3) Kaveri (4) Narmada
Last Answer : (2) Godavari Explanation: The Godavari (Vridha Ganga or Dakshina Ganga) is the largest river system of the peninsular India and rises near Nasik in Maharashtra. Godavari is considered the Dhakshin (Southern) Ganga and Draksharama Dhakshin Kasi.
Description : Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river? (1) Kaveri (2) Godavari (3) Saraswati (4) Krishna
Last Answer : (3) Saraswati Explanation: Jog Falls is created by the Sharavathi River drop-ping 253 m (830 ft), making it the second-highest plunge waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1100 ft) in Meghalaya. It is located near Sagara taluk, Shimoga district, Karnataka.
Last Answer : Godavari
Description : Which of the following south Indian rivers has the largest basin? (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the penisular India from north to south is (a) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vaigai (b) Subarnarekha, ... Cauvery, Pennar and Vaigai (d) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vaigai and Pennar
Description : Among the following rivers, which one is the longest? [Asstt Comm 2008] (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
Description : Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers? [NDA 2008] (a) Mahanadi (b) Godavari (c) Cauvery (d) Krishna
Description : Arrange the following rivers from South to North: [CPO SI 2002] 1. Cauvery 2. Krishna 3. Godavari 4. Mahanadi (a) 1, 3, 2, 4 (b) 3, 4, 1, 2 (c) 2, 4, 3, 1 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from north to south is : [IAS 2002] (a) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai (b) ... , Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai (d) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar
Description : Which of the following gives the correct descending order by length of the rivers of India? (a) Brahmaputra, Ganga, Godavari, Kosi (b) Ganga, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Godavari (c) Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna (d) Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Mahanadi
Description : Which of the following rivers is known as 'Vridha Ganga'? (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery
Description : Which of the following rivers makes an estuary? (1) Krishna (2) Mahanadi (3) Godavari (4) Narmada
Last Answer : (4) Narmada Explanation: An estuary is a body of water formed where fresh-water from rivers and streams flows into the ocean, mixing with the seawater. Estuaries and the lands surrounding them are ... not form delta, they form estuary. The Narmada makes an estuary with Gulf of Khambat near Bharuch.
Description : Arrange the following rivers from South to North. (a) Cauvery (b) Krishna (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi (1) (a), (c), (b), (d) (2) (c), (d), (a), (b) (3) (b), (d), (c), (a) (4) (a), (b), (c), (d)
Last Answer : (a), (b), (c), (d)
Description : On which river is Mettur dam constructed? -Geography
Last Answer : The Mettur dam is one of the largest dams in India situated in Salem district in Tamil Nadu. The dam was constructed across the Cauvery River in 1934.
Description : On which river, Salal Dam is built? a) Krishna River b) Indus River c) Godavari d) Chenab
Last Answer : d) Chenab
Description : Name the river on which Bhakra Nangal Dam is constructed. a) Krishna River b) Ravi River c) Satluj River d) Beas River
Last Answer : c) Satluj River
Description : The Nagarjunasagar Project is an important multipurpose project on the river ______ in the ______ district of Andhra Pradesh. (a) Godavari, West Godavari (b) Mahanadi, Krishna (c) Krishna, Nalgonda (d) Tungabhadra, East Godavari
Description : The Alamatti is on the river (a) Godavari (b) Cauvery (c) Krishna (d) Mahanadi
Description : The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called "The River of Sorrow" is (a) Mahanadi (b) Damodar (c) Krishna (d) Godavari
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Sivasamudram waterfalls is on the river (a) Krishna (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery
Description : The second largest east-flowing Peninsular river is (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi
Description : Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river – (1) Krishna (2) Godavari (3) Cauvery (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (3) Cauvery Explanation: Shivanasamudra Falls is on the Kaveri River after the river has wound its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls. ... divides the river into twin waterfalls. This creates the fourth largest island in the rivers course.
Description : Which one of the following river flows through a rift valley? (1) Godavari (2) Narmada (3) Krishna (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (2) Narmada Explanation: Narmada is the only river in India that flows in a rift valley, flowing west between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. The Tapti River and Mahi River also flow through ... valley through which the Narmada River and Tapti River flow in their present journey to the Arabian Sea.
Description : Which is largest peninsular river in India? (1) Krishna (2) Godavari (3) Cauvery (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (2) Godavari Explanation: In terms of length, catchment area and discharge, the Godavari river is the largest in peninsular India. It has a total length of 1465 km. IL is also the second ... basins in the Indian subcontinent, with only the Ganges and Indus rivers having larger drain-age basins.
Description : Which river in the Southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin in India? (1) Godavari (2) Krishna (3) Cauvery (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (1) Godavari Explanation: After the Ganga river basin, the Godavari River Basin has the second largest river basin with a drain-age area of 312,812 km2. In terms of length, catchment area and ... the largest in peninsular India and had been dubbed as the Dakshina Ganga' - the South Ganges river.
Description : The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is – (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Krishna (4) Narmada
Last Answer : (3) Krishna Explanation: The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats Trimbakcshwar, in the Nashik Subdivision or District of Maharashtra at a height of 920 m. The Krishna River rises in the Western Ghats, ... hill (1,057 m), in the Anuppur District zone of the Shandol of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
Description : Nasik is situated on the bank of the river – (1) Mahanadi (2) Tapti (3) Krishna (4) Godavari
Last Answer : (4) Godavari Explanation: Nasik, also known as the Wine Capital of India, or as India's Napa Valley, is located in Maharashtra in the Western Ghats, on the western edge of the Deccan peninsula on the banks of the Godavari.
Description : The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Krishna (4) Narmada
Description : Nasik is situated on the bank of the river : (1) Mahanadi (2) Tapti (3) Krishna (4) Godavari
Description : Which one of the following river flows through a rift valley ? (1) Godavari (2) Narmada (3) Krishna (4) Mahanadi
Last Answer : Narmada
Description : On which river has the Hirakud Dam been built? (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Cauvery (4) Periyar
Last Answer : (1) Mahanadi Explanation: Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sarnbalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Built in 1957, the dam is one of the world's longest ... . The name of the dam is mostly mis-pronounced in North India as Hirakund which is actually Hirakud.