multi purpose river projects and integrated water resources management general knowledge question
Water Resources & Multi-purpose Projects
Water Resources & Multi-purpose Projects
Water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen, 50 to 75 percent in plants and about 57 to 65 percent of the human body is water, about 71 percent of the earth's area is spread over about 71 percent of the earth's area, thus water is a major natural resource, human being. It is a basic necessity and a valuable national asset, therefore optimum development and efficient use of water resources are of utmost importance.
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1. Which of the following is a joint project of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh?
(a) Mahi Bajaj Sagar
(b) Chambal Project
(c) Bisalpur Project
(D) Gurgaon Canal Project (B)
2. Indira Gandhi Canal originates from –
(a) Bhakra Dam
(b) Harike Dam
(D) Ukai Dam (B)
3. The hydro-electric project built on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir is among the following –
(A) Chamera
(b) Tanakpur
(c) Salal
(d) Chukki (c)
4. Which one of the following dams of the Himalayas is located in Pakistan?
(a) Bhakra Dam
(b) Kalagarh Dam
(C) Mangla Dam
(D) Salal Dam (C)
5. Telugu-Ganga project has been started on which of the following river –
(a) Mahanadi
(B) Cauvery
(c) Krishna
(d) Godavari (c)
6. Tehri Dam is built on the confluence of two of the following rivers?
(a) Yamuna and Ganga
(b) Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
(c) Bhagirathi and Bhilangana
(d) Alaknanda and Bhilangana (c)
7. The name of the reservoir constructed from the Tehri Dam project is –
(a) Govind Sagar
(b) Umaid Sagar
(c) Swami Ramtirtha Sagar
(d) Govinda Vallabh Sagar (c)
8. Which of the following state group receives water from the Bhakra-Nangal project?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir-Haryana-Punjab
(b) Punjab-Haryana-Rajasthan
(c) Haryana-Punjab-Himachal
(D) Uttar Pradesh-Haryana-Rajasthan (B)
9. What percentage of the world's renewable water resources have been estimated in India in the National Water Policy, 2012?
(a) 4 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 6 percent
(d) 7 percent (a)
10. Maximum irrigation is done by tube wells in the country –
(a) Punjab
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh (D)
11. The first multi-purpose project in India was started by –
(a) Sutlej river
(b) Damodar river
(c) On the river Ganga
(d) Kaveri river (b)
12. By which means is irrigation done on the largest part of the irrigated land in the country?
(a) well
(b) tube well
(c) canal
(d) Pond (b)
13. Which of the following is a joint multi-purpose project of Rajasthan-Gujarat –
(a) Chambal
(b) Mahi Bajaj Sagar
(c) Narmada Sagar
(d) Bisalpur (b)
14. On which river is the Sardar Sarovar Dam built?
(a) Narmada
(b) Heating
(c) Damodar
(D) Koelna (A)
15. Where was India's first hydro-electric project established in the year 1902 –
(A) Koyna
(b) Papanasam
(c) Skull
(D) Shiva Samudram (D)
16. Jawahar Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar, and Gandhi Sagar reservoirs have been constructed on which river?
(a) Ghaghra
(b) Kosi
(c) Chambal
(d) Yamuna (c)
17. Where in India is irrigated from ponds?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) all of these (d)
18. In which state is the Rihand Dam located?
(a) Bihar
(b) Punjab
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra (c)
19. On which river is the Bhakra-Nangal project built?
(a) Kosi
(b) Jhelum
(c) diameter
(d) Sutlej (d)
20. In which state Hirakud project has been built on Mahanadi?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Odisha
(c) Bihar
(D) none of these (B)