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(1). Sardar Sarover Dam located in which state_____________

  • (a). Gujarat
  • (b). Punjab
  • (c). Uttar Pradesh
  • (d). Andhra Pradesh
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Gujarat

Explanation:
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada river near Navagam, Gujarat inIndia. It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley Project, a large hydraulic engineering project involving the construction of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectricmulti-purpose dams on the Narmada river. A concrete gravity dam, 1210 meters (3970 feet) in length and with a maximum height of 163 meters above the deepest foundation level, is under construction across river Narmada.The dam will be the third highest concrete dam (163 meters) in India, the first two being Bhakra (226 metres) in Himachal Pradesh and Lakhwar (192 meters) in Uttar Pradesh. In terms of the volume of concrete involved for gravity dams, this dam will be ranking as the second largest in the world with an aggregate volume of 6.82 million cu.m. The first is Grand Coule Dam in USA with a total volume of 8.0 million cu.m. This dam with its spillway discharging capacity of 87,000 cumecs (30.70 lac), will be the third in the world, Gazenba (1.13 lac cumecs) in China and Tucurri (1.0 lac cumecs) in Brazil being the first two.

(2). Sri sailam Dam located in which state___________

  • (a). Uttar Pradesh
  • (b). Odisha
  • (c). Telangna/AndhraPradesh
  • (d). TamilNadu
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Telangna/AndhraPradesh

Explanation:
The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River on the border of Mahabubnagar District, Telangana and Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh near Sri sailam temple town and is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country. A masonry concrete dam at Sunnipenta, (6 KM down stream from Srisailam Temple) to a height of 145 meters (470 ft) and length 512 meters (1680 ft.) was constructed. he Srisailam Prject (Hydro Electric Project) subsequently renamed as Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Sagar Project is one of the major reservoir project in Andhra Pradesh is situated at a point 869Km downstream of the origin of the River Krishna at Mahabaleswar in the western ghats. The dam site is about 0.8Km downstream of the Patalaganga bathing ghat near the famous shrine of Srisailam. The location of the dam is about 80 Km down stream of the point where the River Krishna enters the gorge after its confluence with the Thungabhadra.

(3). Ranjit Sagar Dam located in which state __________

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

Explanation:
The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Government of Punjab on the Ravi River in the state of Punjab. The project is situated near Pathankot city in Pathankot district of the state of Punjab. The project is the largest hydroelectric dam in the state of Punjab. The earliest recorded proposal of storage on the river Ravi was mooted in 1912 for a 200 ft . high Dam near village Thein. It was inspected by committee headed by Mr. Willey in 1926-27 who had recommended to carry out the survey of the area, but up till 1954 nothing substantial was done except inspections by Geologists. It was in 1957 that the proposal of storage Dam on Ravi River materialized into an Irrigation scheme. The power generation aspect was then postponed to a future date. The first multipurpose project report was submitted to Government of India in 1964. Finally the project was accorded approval by Government of India in April 1982. Ranjit Sagar Dam (Thein Dam) Project is one of the largest multipurpose river valley project on the river Ravi about 24 KMs up-stream of Madhopur Head Works. It houses four generating units of 150 MW each with total installed capacity of 600 MW. It has firm power of 162 MW at 100% load factor. 4.6% of energy generated is supplied free of cost to H.P. and 20% of energy generated is to be supplied to J&K at the generated cost at the Bus Bar. The Project has been conceived as a peaking station. The power generated is being fed into the existing 220 KV Grid substation at Sarna.

(4). Koteshwar Dam located in which state___________

  • (a). Uttarakhand
  • (b). Punjab
  • (c). Andhra Pradesh
  • (d). Gujarat
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Uttarakhand

Explanation:
The Koteshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Bhagirathi River, located 22 km (14 mi) downstream of the Tehri Dam in Tehri District, Uttarakhand, India. The dam is part of the Tehri Hydropower Complex and serves to regulate the Tehri Dam's tailrace for irrigation and create the lower reservoir of the Tehri Pumped Storage Power Station. The dam is 97.5 m (320 ft) tall and 300 m (984 ft) long. It has a structural volume of 560,000 m3 (732,452 cu yd) and its crest lies at an elevation of 618.5 m (2,029 ft) above sea level. The dam's spillway consists of four 18 m (59 ft) wide and 16 m (52 ft) tall radial gates. When the reservoir is at flood level, the spillway has a discharge capacity of 13,240 m3/s (467,566 cu ft/s). Receiving water from Tehri Dam and collecting it from an overall 7,691 km2 (2,970 sq mi) catchment area, the dam creates a reservoir with a 88,900,000 m3(72,072 acre•ft) capacity, of which 35,000,000 m3 (28,375 acre•ft) is active (or "useful")

(5). Gandhi Sagar Dam located in which state___________

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

Explanation:
The Gandhi Sagar Dam is one of the four major dams built on India's Chambal River. The dam is located in the Mandsaur district of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17 metres (204.0 ft) high, 514m in length with a gross storage capacity of 7.322 billion cubic metres from a catchment area of 22,584 km2 (8,720 sq mi).

(6). Omkareshwar Dam located in which state___________

  • (a). Punjab
  • (b). Gujarat
  • (c). Uttar Pradesh
  • (d). Madhya Pradesh
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:
The Omkareshwar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River just upstream of Mandhata in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is named after the Omkareshwar temple located just downstream. ) and Narmada Sagar Project (NSP) are the megadams. It is to form a complex which would ultimately cater to the needs of SSP

(7). Mullaperiyar Dam located in which state____________

  • (a). Tamilnadu
  • (b). Sikkim
  • (c). Uttar Pradesh
  • (d). Kerala
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Kerala

Explanation:
The Mullaperiyar Dam or Mullaiperiyar Dam[5][6][7] is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala[1][2][8] It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District ofKerala, South India. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by John Pennycuick and also reached in an agreement to donate water eastwards to the Madras Presidency area (present-day Tamil Nadu). It has a height of 53.6 m (176 ft) from the foundation, and a length of 365.7 m (1,200 ft). The Periyar National Park in Thekkady is located around the dam's reservoir. The dam is located in Kerala on the river Periyar,[1][9] but is owned, operated and maintained by Tamil Nadu state.

(8). Baglihar Dam located in which state____________

  • (a). Jammu & Kashmir
  • (b). Andhra Pradesh
  • (c). Odisha
  • (d). Gujarat
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Gujarat

Explanation:
Baglihar Dam also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the southern Doda district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. This project was conceived in 1992, approved in 1996 and construction began in 1999. The project is estimated to cost USD $1 billion. The first phase of the Baglihar Dam was completed in 2004. With the second phase completed on 10 October 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India dedicated the 900-MW Baglihar hydroelectric power project to the nation.

(9). NagarjunaSagar Dam located in which state____________

  • (a). Uttar Pradesh
  • (b). Gujarat
  • (c). Telangna/Andhra Pradesh
  • (d). Punjab
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Telangna/Andhra Pradesh

Explanation:
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is one of the largest dams built in Asia. The tallest masonry Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is certainly the pride of India, This colossal dam supplies water for irrigation purposes to the districts like Nalgonda, Prakasam, Khammam and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh catchment area of 215000 sq km (83012 mi) . And is one of the largest networks of canal systems.This mighty Nagarjuna dam, which was completed in 1969, owing to its confounding height of 124 meters, and 1 km long, and has 26 crest gates. Nagarjunasagar Dam can store up to 11, 472 million cubic meters in its reservoir. Built across the Krishna River, it boasts of one of the largest networks of canal systems in the world. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is located at a distance of 160 kms from Guntur and 150 km from Hyderabad. Considering the tourism prospects, a lake has been developed just behind the dam, which is acclaimed to be the third largest man-made lake in the world.

(10). Salal Dam located in which state_____________

  • (a). Punjab
  • (b). Jammu & Kashmir
  • (c). Odisha
  • (d). Uttar Pradesh
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Jammu & Kashmir

Explanation:
Salal hydroelectric project is the first major hydroelectric project constructed on river Chenab. The project is located near Reasi about 100 km from Jammu in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The project components includes a 118 m high rock fill dam on northern limb of Dhiangarh loop, a 113 m high concrete dam having spillway and power dam, 6 penstocks of 220 length, surface power house having six units of 115 MW capacity and 2 tail race tunnels of 2.5 km length. The state of Jammu and Kashmir forming part of the Western Himalaya is drained by four major snow fed and perennial river systems