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(1). Hirakud Dam located in which state _____________

  • (a). Punjab
  • (b). Rajasthan
  • (c). Odisha
  • (d). Tamil Nadu
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Odisha

Explanation:
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. Hirakud is a small township located in Sambalpur in Odisha. It was a Notified Area which finally included along with Burla in Sambalpur city to obtain the Corporation tag. It was earlier a village which came to the industrial limelight in 1956 when Hirakud Damwas built and thereby clearing the path for industrial growth in this earlier known rustic small township. Presently, this town is known for being industrialized with a few of the largest companies, to cite as example is the HINDALCO. Hirakud Dam, with its potential for irrigation and production of hydroelectric power, has also been able to attract tourists for it being the largest manmade artificial lake in Asia and one of the longest and largest dams in the world. It has been constructed on the Mahanadi river between the Gandhi Minar in North and the Nehru Minar in the South which connects these two well known hills. The shoreline spans around 640 km. At the base of Hirakud Dam Burla power house present with generating capacity 290MW.It is 60.96m in height and 4800m in length.

(2). Jawahar Sagar Dam located in which state _____________

  • (a). Rajasthan
  • (b). Tamil Nadu
  • (c). Odisha
  • (d). Uttarakhand
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Rajasthan

Explanation:
Jawahar Sagar dam is the third dam in the series of Chambal Valley Projects, located 29 km upstream of Kota city and 26 km downstream of Rana Pratap Sagar dam, across the river Chambal. It is a concrete gravity dam, 45 meter high and 393 m long, generating 60 MW of power with an installed capacity of 3 units of 33 MW. The work was completed in 1972. The total catchment area of the dam is 27,195 Km2, of which only 1,496 km2 are in Rajasthan. The free catchment area below Rana Pratap Sagar dam is 2,331 km2. Rajasthan has a 50% share in the power generation of this station.

(3). Hirakud Dam located on the river_____________

  • (a). Krishna
  • (b). Ravi
  • (c). Mahanadi
  • (d). Yamuna
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Mahanadi

Explanation:
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km fromSambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. Hirakud is a small township located in Sambalpur in Odisha. It was a Notified Area which finally included along with Burla in Sambalpur city to obtain the Corporation tag. It was earlier a village which came to the industrial limelight in 1956 when Hirakud Damwas built and thereby clearing the path for industrial growth in this earlier known rustic small township. Presently, this town is known for being industrialized with a few of the largest companies, to cite as example is the HINDALCO. Hirakud Dam, with its potential for irrigation and production of hydroelectric power, has also been able to attract tourists for it being the largest manmade artificial lake in Asia and one of the longest and largest dams in the world. It has been constructed on the Mahanadi river between the Gandhi Minar in North and the Nehru Minar in the South which connects these two well known hills. The shoreline spans around 640 km. At the base of Hirakud Dam Burla power house present with generating capacity 290MW.It is 60.96m in height and 4800m in length.

(4). Tehri Dam is on which river _____________

  • (a). Bhagirathi
  • (b). Kaveri
  • (c). Tapi
  • (d). Mahanadi
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Bhagirathi

Explanation:
The Tehri Dam is built across the river Bhagirathi and is the tallest dam in India and one of the tallest in the world. The Tehri Dam which later expanded to include the Tehri Development Project is the state's chief hydroelectric project situated in the Tehri Town in the seismic gap of the central Himalayas. It was completed in 2005. The region is extremely earthquake prone but the dam has been built to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale according to the authorities. Tehri has a power generation capacity of 2400 MW and also meets the irrigation needs of an area encompassing 270,000 hectares. The dam also supplies around 270 million gallons of drinking water per day to the industrialized areas of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh apart from Uttarakhand. The dam is 575 meters in length and 260.5 meters in height. The full reservoir level of the Tehri Dam is 830 meters

(5). The Koldam Dam is built across the river

  • (a). Yamuna
  • (b). Sutlej
  • (c). Kaveri
  • (d). Krishna
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Sutlej

Explanation:
The Koldam Dam Hydropower Project commonly known as KolDam, is an embankment dam on the Sutlej River upstream of the Dehar Power House. It is 18 km from Bilaspur off the Chandigarh-Manali Highway (NH-21) near Barmana, Himachal Pradesh. The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it will support an 800 MW power station. The dam was constructed by National Thermal Power Corporation.

(6). The Pong Dam is located in the state

  • (a). Andhra Pradesh
  • (b). Himachal Pradesh
  • (c). Madhya Pradesh
  • (d). Kerala
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Himachal Pradesh

Explanation:
The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River just upstream of Talwara in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The purpose of the dam is water storage for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation.[4] As the second phase of the Beas Project, construction on the dam began in 1961 and was completed in 1974. At the time of its completion, the Pong Dam was the tallest of its type in India.[2] The lake created by the dam, Maharana Pratap Sagar, became a renowned bird sanctuary

(7). The Ramganga Dam is located in the state

  • (a). Andhra Pradesh
  • (b). Uttarkhand
  • (c). Madhya Pradesh
  • (d). Kerala
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Uttarkhand

Explanation:
The Ramganga Dam, also known as the Kalagarh Dam, is an embankment dam on theRamganga River 3 km (2 mi) upstream of Kalagarh in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand ,India. It is located within the Jim Corbett National Park. The dam is a 128 m (420 ft) tall and 715 m (2,346 ft) long earth and rock-fill embankment dam with 10,000,00 m3 of fill.

(8). Sardar Sarover Dam is on which river _____________

  • (a). Narmada
  • (b). Yamuna
  • (c). Krishna
  • (d). Sutlej
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Narmada

Explanation:

(9). Srisailam Dam is on which river ___________

  • (a). Mahanadi
  • (b). Sutlej
  • (c). Tapi
  • (d). Krishna
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Krishna

Explanation:

(10). Ranjit Sagar Dam is on which river __________

  • (a). Krishna
  • (b). Ravi
  • (c). Mahanadi
  • (d). Yamuna
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Ravi

Explanation: