A Few Famous Dams

Q. On which river was the Hirakud dam built?

1. Ganga
2. Yamuna
3. Godavari
4. Mahanadi

Q. Hirakud dam is built on the river.

1. Godavari
2. Mahanadi
3. Hooghly

Q. To which of the following regions does the Bhakra-Nangal river project provide electricity?

1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Rajasthan

Q.

Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake?

1. Sambhar

2. Wular

3. Dal

4. Gobind Sagar

Q. Which project feeds water into the Indira Gandhi Canal?

1. Koyna-Dudhganga
2. Bhima-Dindi
3. Bhakra-Nangal
4. Sutluj-Beas

Q. Hirakud dam is situated on the river _________.

1. Narmada
2. Mahanadi
3. Sutlej
4. Ganga

Q. Name the rivers with which the following dams are associated :
(a) Tehri Dam
(b) Sardar Sarovar Dam
(c) Bhakra Dam

Q. Choose the correct pairs of dams to the water bodies they are built on.

1. Sutluj
2. Hirakud
3. Bhakra
4. Sardar Sarovar
5. Narmada
6. Mahanadi

Q. The Bhakra-Nangal dam is built on which river?

1. Kaveri
2. Yamuna
3. Indus
4. Sutluj

Q. _____, built around first century, is still in use and considered to be the oldest water-regulatory structure in the world.

1. Kalingarayan
2. Thadapalli
3. Kallanai
4. None of these

Q. In which river the Hirakud project has been established?

1. Krishna
2. Narmada
3. Mahanadi
4. Kosi

Q. Pop the bubbles containing regions that are supplied with water from the Bhakra-Nangal project.

1. Karnataka
2. Rajasthan
3. Delhi
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Kashmir
6. Haryana
7. Punjab
8. Himachal Pradesh

Q. The Bhakara-Nangal Project was taken up during the ______________.

1. Fourth Plan
2. Third Plan
3. First Plan
4. Second Plan