Latest Rivers and Miscellaneous General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

Which is largest dam in India 2020?

A)

Hirakund dam

B)

Kadra dam

C)

Bhakra Nangal Dam

D)

None of the above

Correct Answer : Bhakra Nangal Dam

The Bhakra Nangal Dam is located in the state of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. It is the largest dam in India having a height of 225 metres and also in the second position in the largest dams in all over Asia. It is situated on the river Sutlej.

2 .

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river?

A)

Kaveri river

B)

Ravi river

C)

Sutlej river

D)

Krishna river

Correct Answer : Krishna river

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh and Nalgonda district in Telangana. Constructed between 1955 and 1967, the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres.

3 .

The Tributary of Indus river

A)

Kaveri River

B)

Sutlej River

C)

Mahi River

D)

Tapti River

Correct Answer : Sutlej River

The Indus is the western most River system in the subcontinent. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj are its main tributaries. The Indus originates from the Bokhar Chu (glacier) in northern slopes of Mt.

Sutlej river is the tributary of the Indus river and it flows 1450 Kms from Rakshatal, Tibet to the Arabian sea.

4 .

The Origin of Krishna River

A)

Himanchal Pradesh

B)

Karnataka

C)

Maharashtra

D)

Satpura

Correct Answer : Maharashtra

The Krishna River rises from the Western Ghats near Jor village of Satara district of Maharashtra at an altitude of 1,337 m just north of Mahabaleshwar. The total length of river from origin to its outfall into the Bay of Bengal is 1,400 km.

5 .

Origin of Indus river

A)

Tibetan

B)

Mahabaleswar

C)

Upper Himalaya

D)

Amarkantak

Correct Answer : Tibetan

The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and East Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Jammu and Kashmir, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through Pakistan, before it empties into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi.

6 .

Which is the longest river in India?

A)

Ganga

B)

Brahmaputra

C)

Nile

D)

Hwang Ho

Correct Answer : Brahmaputra

7 .

Which of the following river is the home for freshwater dolphins?

A)

Sabarmati

B)

Yamuna

C)

Brahmaputra

D)

Ganga

Correct Answer : Ganga

Ganges River dolphin, Platanista gangetica, is one of the three obligatory freshwater dolphins in the world and is distributed in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna and Sangu–Karnaphuli River systems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

8 .

Krishna Raja Sagara Dam, located in Karnataka is built on which of the following river?

A)

Kaveri

B)

Mahanadi

C)

Godavari

D)

Krishna

Correct Answer : Kaveri

Krishna Raja Sagar Dam is built across the Kaveri River, which is the main source of water in South Karnataka. The town where KRS Dam and Reservoir is built is also known as Krishnarajasagara.

9 .

On the banks of which are the capital cities of Austria, Serbia and Hungary located?

A)

Volga

B)

Seine

C)

Danube

D)

Euphrates

Correct Answer : Danube

The Danube River flows directly through many significant European cities, including four national capitals – Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary) and Belgrade (Serbia).

10 .

On which of the following rivers is the Aswan Dam located?

A)

Congo

B)

Nile

C)

Irrawady

D)

Hwang Ho

Correct Answer : Nile

Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968.