Geography - Rivers in India Topics
Geography - Rivers in India
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Q171
The proposed 'Chunachoti' dam framework is an engineering feature intended to act as a crucial storage structure under which river interlinking alignment path?
Mahanadi-Godavari Coastal Link
Ken-Betwa Interlinking Project
Damanganga-Pinjal Municipal Corridor
Par-Tapi-Narmada Western Loop
Explanation
The Chunachoti framework is planned as a structural check dam component under the larger Ken-Betwa river interlinking project to manage sub-basin transfer parameters.
Q172
The Jhelum River forms a highly unique meandering structural course across which physiographic tectonic feature before cutting a gorge through the Pir Panjal Range?
The Ladakh Cold Semi-Arid Desert
The lacustrine valley floor of Kashmir
The Shivalik Molasse foothill apron
The Potwar Silt Plateau margin
Explanation
The Jhelum River displays a textbook meandering profile across the flat lacustrine valley floor of the Vale of Kashmir, which is an unusual geomorphic trait for a river in its youthful mountain stage.
Q173
Which of the following left-bank tributaries of the Godavari River cuts through the dense forest tracks of Bastar and is associated with the majestic 'Chitrakote Falls'?
Pranhita
Indravati
Sabari
Manjira
Explanation
The Indravati River originates in Odisha, flows westward through the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, and creates the wide horse-shoe Chitrakote Falls (often called the Niagara of India) before joining the Godavari.
Q174
The long-standing structural tracking issue called the 'Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal' (SYL Canal) dispute primary centers on water allocation friction between which two northern agrarian states?
Punjab and Rajasthan
Punjab and Haryana
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh and Punjab
Explanation
The SYL Canal dispute is a critical water-sharing friction between Punjab and Haryana regarding the construction of a 214-kilometer-long canal to connect the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers.
Q175
Which of the following left-bank tributaries of the Ganga system contains the specialized 'Kosi-Mechi link axis', mapping the country's first inter-state link template inside Bihar plain sectors?
The Gandak Basin
The Kosi and Mahananda Systems
The Ghaghara Corridor
The Bagmati Matrix
Explanation
The Kosi-Mechi interlinking channel transfers surplus water from the highly volatile Kosi River eastward into the Mahananda River system's tributary, the Mechi River, inside north-eastern Bihar.
Q176
The unique structural landscape component called the 'Betwa-Dhasan interfluve block' describes a highly dissected crystalline terrain situated across which regional zone?
The Malwa Volcanic tableland
The Bundelkhand Granitic Plateau
The Baghelkhand Escarpment margin
The Rohtas limestone terrace block
Explanation
The interfluve region between the Betwa and its major tributary, the Dhasan River, forms a classic segment of the semi-arid, rocky, and heavily eroded Bundelkhand Plateau landscape setup.
Q177
The strategic 'Nimoo Bazgo' hydroelectric project is engineered across which major antecedent Himalayan river channel to leverage high-velocity mountain flows?
Jhelum
Indus
Chenab
Sutlej
Explanation
The Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river power priority layout built across the Indus River in the Leh district of Ladakh.
Q178
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers features the prominent 'Koyna River' as a critical structural tributary, famous for triggering induced seismicity near its dam infrastructure?
Godavari
Krishna
Cauvery
Mahanadi
Explanation
The Koyna River is a major right-bank tributary of the Krishna River system. The construction of the Koyna Dam historically triggered severe reservoir-induced seismicity (RIS) in Maharashtra.
Q179
The proposed ' Mahanadi-Godavari' link canal system intends to transfer surplus water primarily across which two sovereign state territorial limits?
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
Explanation
The Mahanadi-Godavari inter-basin water transfer layout connects the surplus yield lines of Odisha directly down to the receiving infrastructure grids inside Andhra Pradesh.
Q180
Which of the following left-bank tributaries of the Indus system is chemically designated as the longest river inside Punjab, merging into the Indus mainstream at Mithankot?
Jhelum
Sutlej
Ravi
Chenab
Explanation
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five major tributaries of the Indus river system flowing through the historical cross-border Punjab region.