Q1. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it
(a) gets flooded often causing havoc
(b) causes maximum soil erosion
(c) forms number of dangerous waterfalls
(d) is not a perennial river
Q2. On which river has the Hirakud Dam been built?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Cauvery
(d) Periyar
Q3. The highest multipurpose dam built on the river Ravi is-
(a) Bhakra Nagal
(b) Kahalgaon
(c) Ranjit Sagar dam
(d) Rihand dam
Q4. The longest river of Peninsular India is:
(a) Narmada
(b) Godavari
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Cauvery
Q5. Which from the following rivers does NOT originate in Indian territory?
(a) Godavari
(b) Jhelum
(c) Ravi
(d) Brahmaputra River
Q6. The largest irrigation canal India is called the:
(a) Yamuna Canal
(b) Sirhind Canal
(c) Indira Gandhi Canal
(d) Upper Bari Doab Canal
Q7. Which of the following canals is located in West Bengal?
(a) Lower Ganga Canal
(b) Sarada Canal
(c) Eden Canal
(d) Sirhind Canal
Q8. Where is Tala Hydroelectric project which is expected to generate 1020 MW power, located?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Q9. Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched?
(a) Koyana Project - Maharashtra
(b) Sharavathy Project - Karnataka
(c) Balimela Project - Orissa
(d) Sabarigiri Project - Gujarat
Q10. Sardar Sarovar dam is being built on the river
(a) Tapti
(b) Mahi
(c) Chambal
(d) Narmada
Solutions
1.A
2.A
3.C
4.B
5.D
6.C
7.C
8.B
9.D
10.D
