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 : Which of the following is false? (a) Krishna serves Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh (b) Godavari serves Madhya Pradesh (c) Mahanadi serves Bihar and Orissa (d) Narmada serves Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
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 : The second largest east-flowing Peninsular river is (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi
Description : Nagarjunasagar Dam was built on (a) Mahanadi river (b) Damodar river (c) Krishna river (d) Cauvery river
Description : Which one of the following statements in not correct? [IAS 2006] (a) Mahanadi River rises in Chattisgarh (b) Godavari River rises in Maharashtra (c) Cauvery River rises in Andhra Pradesh (d) Tapti River rises in Madhya Pradesh
Description : Match the following: List-I List-II A. Beas Project 1. Krishna B. Nagarjunasagar Dam 2. Godavari C. Ukai Project 3. Bhagirathi D. Pochampad Project 4. Tapi E. Tehri Project 5. Pong Dam Codes: A B C D E (a) 4 1 5 2 3 (b) 5 1 4 2 3 (c) 5 1 2 4 3 (d) 1 4 3 2 5
Description : The Idukki hydroelectric plant la on the river (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Periyar (d) Tungabhadra
Description : The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river – (1) Godavari (2) Krishna (3) Periyar (4) Tungabhadra
Last Answer : (3) Periyar Explanation: Thd Idukki hydroelectric plant is on the river Periyar in Kerala
Description : Which is India’s largest multipurpose river valley project? (a) Bhakra Nangal (b) Damodar Valley (c) Nagarjunasagar (d) Thungabhadra
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
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
Description : Sivasamudram waterfalls is on the river (a) Krishna (b) Godavari (c) Mahanadi (d) Cauvery
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
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 : Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapatanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam? (a) Cauvery (b) Tungabhadra (c) Krishna (d) Godavari
Description : Tungabhadra reservoir is across the river – (a) Kaveri (b) Krishna (c) Tungabhadra (d) Mahanadi
Last Answer : (c) Tungabhadra
Description : The Idukki hydroelectric plant is on river (1) Godavari (2) Krishna (3) Periyar (4) Tungabhadra
Last Answer : Periyar
Description : Match the following: [CDS 2009] Multipurpose River Project Hydel Power Station A. Rihand 1. Hirakud B. Gandak 2. Balmikinagar C. Chambal 3. Pipri D. Mahanadi 4. Kota A B C D (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 1 2 4 3 (c) 3 2 4 1 (d) 1 4 2 3
Description : Which of the following rivers flows from East to West and makes an estuary? (1) Yamuna (2) Krishna (3) Narmada (4) Godavari
Last Answer : (3) Narmada Explanation: The Narmada is the largest of all west flowing peninsular rivers. It forms estuary in the Gulf of Khambat. There are several islands in the estuary of the Narmada of which Aliabet is the largest.
Description : Which of the following south Indian rivers has the largest basin? (a) Godavari (b) Krishna (c) Cauvery (d) Mahanadi
Description : Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna are extensive areas of (a) Inland fisheries (b) Estuarine fisheries (c) Coastal fisheries (d) Deep sea fisheries
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
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 : The 'Chilka lake region' lies in between the deltas of: [NDA 2003] (a) Ganga and Mahanadi (b) Godavari and Krishna (c) Mahanadi and Godavari (d) Krishna and 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 : According to a report in the science journal 'Nature Geoscience' twenty four out of thirty-three deltas, in the world are sinking and thus shrinking. The Indian delta in the 'Greater Peril' category is (1) Brahmani (2) Godavari (3) Mahanadi (4) Krishna
Last Answer : (4) Krishna Explanation: The study found that some of the Indian deltas -- Brahman' delta in Orissa, and Godavari and Mahanadi in Andhra Pradesh - are at a greater risk as the rate of sediment ... maximum relative sealevel rise of 13-150 mm per year is seen in the Chao Phraya delta in Thailand.
Description : Which of the following projects is administered by more than one State? (a) Nagarjunasagar (b) Kosi (c) Hirakud (d) Tungabhadra
Description : River Godavari flows through: [NDA 1994] (a) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (c) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
Description : ______ river is sometimes referred to as "Dakshin Ganga". (a) Panner (b) Godavari (c) Krishna (d) Cauvery
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 : On which one of the following rivers Mettur dam is constructed? (a) River Kaveri (b) River Krishna (c) River Godavari (d) River Mahanadi
Last Answer : (a) River Kaveri
Description : The highest drainage basin associated with the peninsular river in India is (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Krishna (4) Narmada
Last Answer : Krishna
Description : Nasik is situated on the bank of the river : (1) Mahanadi (2) Tapti (3) Krishna (4) Godavari
Last Answer : 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 : Through which of the following sets of states does Krishna river flow? (a) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra, Karnataka
Description : Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is on which river? [NDA 2008] (a) Godavari (b) Sharavati (c) Cauvery (d) Krishna
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 "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 : Which of the following statements is not true? (a) The intensity of monsoons is determined by tropical depressions (b) Tamil Nadu receives rainfall from north-east monsoon (c) Andhra Pradesh is not much affected by retreating south-west monsoon (d) All are correct
Description : Which of the following rivers is not having any multipurpose river project? (a) Satluj-Beas (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada (d) Brahmaputra
Last Answer : (d) Brahmaputra