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Geography - Rivers in India
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Q191
Which left-bank tributary of the Ganga system contains the specialized 'Farakka Barrage framework', constructed to divert water into the Hooghly branch to flush out silt at Kolkata Port?
Kosi Conduit
Ganga Mainstream (at Bhagirathi-Hooghly apex)
Mahananda Corridor
Gandak Network
Explanation
The Farakka Barrage is constructed across the Ganga mainstream in West Bengal, right before it enters Bangladesh, to divert water into the Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary channel.
Q192
The unique structural landscape component called the 'Narmada-Son Lineament' marks a prominent tectonic line where rivers flow along which structural configuration?
The Aravalli fault boundary
A ancient geofracture rift zone across Central India
The Western Ghats deltaic complex
The Shivalik alluvial fans apron
Explanation
The Narmada-Son Lineament is a major geofracture zone cutting across central India, running parallel to the Vindhyan and Satpura mountains, heavily guiding the linear fault courses of the Narmada and Son rivers.
Q193
The famous multi-purpose project called 'Chamera Dam', which stands as a key infrastructural asset in Himachal Pradesh, is structurally engineered across which major river channel?
Beas
Ravi
Chenab
Sutlej
Explanation
The Chamera Dam is a major hydroelectric storage project constructed across the Ravi River in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
Q194
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers features the prominent 'Hemavati' and 'Shimsha' streams as its major left-bank tributaries?
Krishna
Cauvery
Godavari
Pennar
Explanation
The Hemavati, Shimsha, and Arkavati rivers originate in Karnataka and flow into the Cauvery River system as its essential northern left-bank tributaries.
Q195
The proposed 'Par-Tapi-Narmada' interlinking scheme relies on a series of link canals to move water across basins. Which state's tribal belt in the Western Ghats foothills is a key stakeholders node for this layout?
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Odisha
Chhattisgarh
Explanation
The Par-Tapi-Narmada link spans the southern Western Ghats margins, requiring coordination across the forest and tribal districts of South Gujarat and North Maharashtra.
Q196
Which of the following right-bank tributaries of the Indus system carves through the rugged terrain of eastern Afghanistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province before its historic confluence near Attock?
Shyok
Kabul
Gilgit
Gomal
Explanation
The Kabul River rises in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, flows past Kabul and Jalalabad, enters Pakistan, and joins the Indus mainstream near Attock.
Q197
The massive structural engineering priority layout called 'Hirakud Dam' creates the longest earthen dam reservoir in Asia on the path of which major peninsular river?
Godavari
Mahanadi
Krishna
Narmada
Explanation
The Hirakud Dam is engineered across the Mahanadi River in Sambalpur, Odisha, forming a vital storage baseline for flood control and irrigation parameters.
Q198
The inter-state institutional council known as the 'Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal' (GWDT) historically resolved water resource friction among which specific groupings?
Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal
Explanation
The GWDT managed sharing agreements regarding the massive Godavari basin among the riparian states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha.
Q199
Which left-bank tributary of the Ganga system contains the specialized 'Teesta Barrage project at Gajoldoba', constructed to regulate canal distributions inside northern West Bengal tracks?
Manas Corridor
Teesta River
Kosi Conduit
Mahananda Matrix
Explanation
The Gajoldoba Barrage is built across the Teesta River in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, redirecting water for massive agricultural canal parameters across the sub-Himalayan plains before the river crosses into Bangladesh.
Q200
The unique structural landscape component called the 'Singrauli Basin fault line' structurally checks and guides the tectonic trajectory of which major right-bank tributary before it merges into the Son River?
The Ken Axis
The Rihand River
The Betwa Channel
The Chambal Loop
Explanation
The Rihand River cuts through the tectonic rift alignments of the Singrauli boundary matrix before its confluence with the Son, anchoring India's largest structural reservoir by volume, Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar.