Description : The world's longest masonry dam is (a) Hirakud (b) Bhakra Nangal (c) Nagarjuna Sagar (d) Aswan
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The longest dam in India is – (1) Bhakra Dam (2) Nagaluna Sagar Dam (3) Hirakud Dam (4) Kosi Dam
Last Answer : (3) Hirakud Dam Explanation: The Indira Gandhi Canal starts from the Harike Barrage at Sultanpur, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Sutlej and Beas rivers in Punjab state. The reservoir for the canal is built on the Sutlej.
Description : The highest multipurpose dam built on the river Ravi is– (1) Bhakra Nagal (2) Kahalgaon (3) Ranjit Sagar dam (4) Rihand dam
Last Answer : Ranjit Sagar dam
Description : The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is constructed on the river (1) Kaveri (2) Krishna (3) Godavari (4) Indus
Last Answer : Krishna
Description : The first multi-purpose project of independent India is (1) Bhakra-Nangal (2) Damodar (3) Hirakud (4) Nagarjunasagar
Last Answer : Damodar
Description : Which dam in India has the distinction of being the longest main stream dam in the world? (a) Bhakra Nangal Dam (b) Rihand Dam (c) Tehri Dam (d) Kosi Project
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : The first river valley project started in India is (a) Bhakra Nangal Project (b) Damodar Valley Project (c) Kosi Project (d) Hirakud Project
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : The highest dam in India, Bhakra is built on (1) Vyas river (2) Jhelum river (3) Sutlej river (4) Ghaghara river
Last Answer : Sutlej river
Description : Which dam of India is the highest? (1) Mettur (2) Rihand (3) Thein (4) Bhakra
Last Answer : Bhakra
Description : The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river ? (1) Krishna (2) Chambal (3) Kosi (4) Sutlej
Description : On which river has the Hirakud Dam been built ? (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Cauvery (4) Periyar
Last Answer : Mahanadi
Description : Where is the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam built ? (1) On river Sutlej (2) On river Chambal (3) On river Narmada (4) On river Gandak
Last Answer : On river Chambal
Description : Which is the longest irrigation canal in India ? (1) Sirhind Canal (2) Yamuna Canal (3) Indira Gandhi Canal (4) East Kosi Canal
Last Answer : Indira Gandhi Canal
Description : Which of the following projects supplies electricity to the Rourkela Steel Plant? (1) Damodar Valley Project (2) Hirakud Dam Project (3) Tungabhadra Project (4) Nagarjuna Project
Last Answer : (2) Hirakud Dam Project Explanation: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. The Hirakud Project supplies the bulk quantity of power to the ... supply from the River Brahmani led to the selection of Rourkela as the site for the steel plant.
Description : Name the river on which the Nagarjuna Sagar dam is located. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Nagarjuna Sagar dam is located on the Tungabhadra .
Description : The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river? -SST 10th
Last Answer : Krishna River.
Description : Match the following: [SSC Graduate 2003] Dam River A. Gandhi Sagar 1. Bhagirathi B. Jayakawadi 2. Krishna C. Nagarjuna 3. Godavari D. Tehri 4. Chambal A B C D (a) 4 3 2 1 (b) 3 1 4 2 (c) 2 4 3 1 (d) 4 2 1 3
Description : Nagarjuna Sagar dam is constructed on which river
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 : Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river? (a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi (c) Krishna (d) Satluj
Last Answer : (c) Krishna
Description : The highest dam in India is the dam. (a) Maithan (b) Bhakra (c) Hirakud (d) Machkund
Description : Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam in the world? (1) Beas Dam (2) Nangal Dam (3) Bhakra Dam (4) Hirakud Dam
Last Answer : (3) Bhakra Dam Explanation: Currently, the tallest dam in the world is the Nurek Dam, an embankment dam in Tajikistan at 300 m high. The tallest arch dam is the recently completed 292 ... under construction in China. Natural landslide dams are also quite competitive in height but not listed here.
Description : Identify the dam constructed across the Bhagirathi River. a) Hirakud Dam b) Bhakra Nangal Dam c) Tehri Dam d) Salal Dam
Last Answer : c) Tehri Dam
Description : Which dam integrates conservation of water with flood control? (a) Sutluj-Beas river basin(b) Bhakra – Nangal project (c) Hirakud project (d) Tehri Dam
Last Answer : (c) Hirakud project
Description : Name a multi-purpose projects which are used for hydel power production and irrigation (a) Jalaput project (b) Bhakra – Nangal project (c) Hirakud project (d) Tehri Dam
Last Answer : (b) Bhakra – Nangal project
Description : Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam in the world ? (1) Beas Dam (2) Nangal Dam (3) Bhakra Dam (4) Hirakud Dam
Last Answer : Bhakra Dam
Description : Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar which has the distinction of being the largest man-made lake in Asia, forms part of (a) Damodar Valley Project (b) Chambal Project (c) Tehri Dam (d) Kosi Project
Description : Which dam is built across the Mahanadi River? a) Tungabhadra Dam b) Hirakud Dam c) Tehri Dam d) Gandhi Sagar Dam
Last Answer : b) Hirakud Dam
Description : The Narmada BachaoAndolan is associated with (a) Sardar Sarovar Dam (b) Tehri Dam (c) Hirakud Dam (d) Gandhi Sagar Dam
Last Answer : (a) Sardar Sarovar Dam
Description : The Gobindsagar Reservoir is in (a) Mettur Dam (b) Bhakra Dam (c) Ranjit Sagar Dam (d) Rajasthan Canal
Description : The highest multipurpose dam built on the river Ravi is – (1) Bhakra Nagai (2) Kahalgaon (3) Ranjit Sagar dam (4) Rihand dam
Last Answer : (3) Ranjit Sagar dam Explanation: The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Them, Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River in the ... largest diameter penstock pipes in the country. It is located upstream of the Madhopur Barrage at Madhopur.
Description : A concrete gravity dam built on Satluj river. a) Bhakra Dam b) Salal Dam c) Rana Pratap Sagar Dam d) Dantiwada Dam
Last Answer : a) Bhakra Dam
Description : The joint river valley venture of India and Nepal is (1) Gomati (2) Chambal (3) Damodar (4) Kosi
Last Answer : Kosi
Description : Which of the following is a river flowing from Central India and joining Yamuna/ Ganga? (1) Ghagra (2) Gomti (3) Kosi (4) Betwa
Last Answer : Betwa
Description : The first Hydroelectric Power Plant in India was set up at (1) Nizam Sagar (2) Shivasamudram (3) Ramagundam (4) Mettur
Last Answer : Shivasamudram
Description : Which Himalayan Peak is also called ‘Sagar Matha’ ? (1) Nanga Parbat (2) Dhaulagiri (3) Mt. Everest (4) Kanchenjunga
Last Answer : Mt. Everest
Description : Name the longest earthen dam of the World. a) Hirakud Dam b) Singur Dam c) Indravati Dam d) Mettur Dam
Last Answer : a) Hirakud 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 : On which River, Nagarjuna Sagar project is built across
Last Answer : Narmada
Description : The multipurpose project irrigating maximum area in India is (a) Beas (b) Bhakra Nangal (c) Damodar Valley (d) Hirakud
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : The first multi-purpose project of independent India is – (1) Bhakra-Nangal (2) Damodar (3) Hirakud (4) Nagarjunasagar
Last Answer : (2) Damodar Explanation: Damodar Valley Corporation came into existence on 7 July, 1948 as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. It emerged as a culmination of attempts made over a ... over an area of 25,000 km2 covering the states of Bihar (now Jharkhand) & West Bengal.
Description : Which of the following projects is administered by more than one State? (a) Nagarjunasagar (b) Kosi (c) Hirakud (d) Tungabhadra
Description : The ‘Pong Dam’ is constructed on the river (1) Ravi (2) Tapti (3) Beas (4) Don
Last Answer : Beas
Description : The “Alamatti Dam” is constructed on the river (1) Kaveri (2) Seeleru (3) Krishna (4) Tungabhadra
Description : The dispute about the “Mullaperiyar dam” concerns which states? (1) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (2) Tamil Nadu ana Kerala (3) Kerala and Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Last Answer : Tamil Nadu ana Kerala
Description : The largest Masonry dam has been constructed on the river (1) Krishna (2) Rihand (3) Sutlej (4) Mahanadi
Description : Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to (1) Gujarat and Maharashtra (2) Orissa and West Bengal (3) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (4) Kerala and Karnataka
Last Answer : Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
Description : Tehri Dam receives water from which of the following rivers ? (1) Alaknanda (2) Bhagirathi (3) Gandak (4) Ghaghra
Last Answer : Bhagirathi
Description : Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river (1) Tapti (2) Mahi (3) Chambal (4) Narmada
Description : Which multipurpose project was taken up first of all after independence? (a) Bhakra Nangal Project (b) Damodar Valley Project (c) Kosi Project (d) None of these