Rivers and Miscellaneous - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Pong Dam
B)
Thein Dam
C)
Ukai Dam
D)
Koyna Dam

Correct Answer :   Pong Dam

Maharana Pratap Sagar, in India, otherwise called Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was made in 1975, by building the most elevated earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra region of the province of Himachal Pradesh.

A)
Chambal
B)
Betwa
C)
Sutlej
D)
Nanmada

Correct Answer :   Betwa

Betwa River : The Rajghat Dam is an inter-state dam project of the governments of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh under construction on the Betwa River about 14 km from Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh and 22 km from Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh].

A)
Krishna
B)
Mahanadi
C)
Godavari
D)
Kaveri

Correct Answer :   Godavari

The Godavari is the largest Peninsular river. It rises from the slopes of the Western Ghats in the Nasik district of Maharashtra. Its length is about 1500 km. It drains into the Bay of Bengal.

A)
Krishna
B)
Kaveri
C)
Narmada
D)
Tapi

Correct Answer :   Kaveri

The Kaveri river has the unique locational advantage in the sense that its upper catchment area receives rainfall during summer by the south-west monsoon and the lower catchment area during winter season by the retreating north-east monsoon.

A)
Luni
B)
Sone
C)
Chambal
D)
Narmada

Correct Answer :   Narmada

There are three rivers in India which flow through a rift valley. The two other rivers which flow through a rift valley are Damodar and Narmada.

A)
Mediterranean Sea
B)
Gulf of Oman
C)
Gulf of Aden
D)
Red Sea

Correct Answer :   Mediterranean Sea

The River Nile is in the beautiful continent of Africa. It originates inside Burundi, south of the equator, and flows northward to northeastern Africa, eventually flowing through Egypt and then draining into the Mediterranean Sea.

A)
Turkey
B)
Saudi Arabia
C)
Iran
D)
Iraq

Correct Answer :   Saudi Arabia

A)
Bindusara
B)
Wardha River
C)
Bhima
D)
Manjira

Correct Answer :   Bhima

The Godavari originates in the Western Ghats near Nasik in Maharashtra. Major tributaries of the river include the Purna (South), Pravara, Indravati, Manjira River, Bindusara River, Sabari River, Wainganga, and Wardha River.

A)
Devaprayag
B)
Rudraprayag
C)
Haridwar
D)
Kedarnath

Correct Answer :   Devaprayag

​In Sanskrit, prayag means 'confluence' and Devprayag stands for 'holy confluence'. Devprayag is the confluence of two holy rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi to form Ganga.

A)
Mahanadi
B)
Damodar
C)
Tapti
D)
Narmada

Correct Answer :   Narmada

Son river is largest of southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source of Narmada River.