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Geography - Rivers in India
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Q141
The hydro-electric tracking infrastructure called 'Srisailam Dam' is a prominent storage facility constructed along the path of which east-flowing peninsular river?
Godavari
Krishna
Cauvery
Pennar
Explanation
The Srisailam Dam is constructed across a deep gorge of the Krishna River in the Nallamala hills on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Q142
The institutional water dispute tracking dynamic called 'Ravi and Beas Waters Tribunal' coordinates statutory resource allocations primarily among which group of states?
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal
Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Delhi
Explanation
The Eradi Tribunal (Ravi & Beas Waters Tribunal) was constituted in 1986 to verify water sharing parameters among the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan.
Q143
Which left-bank tributary of the Ganga system features the specialized 'Anuradhapura-Bagmati channel split' loop, historically tracing erratic paths across north Bihar plain sectors?
Gomti Track
Bagmati River
Ramganga Corridor
Ghaghara Matrix
Explanation
The Bagmati River originates in the Shivapuri hills of Nepal, enters Bihar in Sitamarhi district, and shows high channel instability and avulsion paths before linking with the Kosi-Burhi Gandak network parameters.
Q144
The unique structural landscape called the 'Betwa gorge block' represents a prominent tectonic quartzite bedrock line where the river enters which plain basin?
The Punjab Alluvial Shelf
The Southern Bundelkhand and Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Assam Valley Trench
The Bengal Delta Platform
Explanation
The Betwa River carves through hard Vindhyan quartzites to form a rocky gorge near Orchha before it flows out smoothly onto the southern alluvial plains of the Bundelkhand/Indo-Gangetic system.
Q145
The historic 'Dul Hasti' hydro-electric project, which utilizes the high velocity of a mountain stream via a deep cavern system, is engineered across which major river channel?
Jhelum
Chenab
Ravi
Indus Mainstream
Explanation
The Dul Hasti power station is a run-of-the-river power project constructed across the Chenab River in the Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir.
Q146
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers features the prominent 'Koinar' and 'Raro' rivers as its significant localized upper headwaters?
Brahmani
Subarnarekha
Mahanadi
Baitarani
Explanation
The Subarnarekha River system receives multiple localized hill tributaries like the Koinar and Raro as it drains the structural margins of the Chota Nagpur Plateau.
Q147
The 'Par-Tapi-Narmada' interlinking scheme is technically structured to divert surplus water from the Western Ghats to address irrigation deficits in which specific geographical region?
The Rayalaseema Plain
The Saurashtra and Kachchh Regions of Gujarat
The Bundelkhand Uplands
The Malabar Coastal Strip
Explanation
The Par-Tapi-Narmada link project proposes to divert surplus water from west-flowing rivers northwards to water-deficit regions of Saurashtra and Kachchh in North Gujarat.
Q148
Which of the following tributaries of the Indus system originates near the famous Vyas Kund at the Rohtang Pass and carves the scenic Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh?
Ravi
Beas
Sutlej
Chenab
Explanation
The Beas River originates at Beas Kund near Rohtang Pass, carves through the Shivalik range, and flows through the Kullu and Kangra valleys before entering the plains of Punjab.
Q149
The prominent hydro-electric infrastructure called 'Nagarjunasagar Dam' anchors a massive storage reservoir along the boundary path of which two southern states?
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra and Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Explanation
The Nagarjunasagar Dam is a massive masonry dam built across the Krishna River, structurally situated along the state border between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Q150
The inter-state institutional body tracking allocations under the 'Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal' (MWDT) manages resource friction primarily among which states?
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry
Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra
Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh
Explanation
The MWDT was constituted to adjudicate the sharing of the Mahadayi (Mandovi) river water among the riparian states of Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra.