Geography - Rivers in India Topics
Geography - Rivers in India
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Q211
The 'Par-Tapi-Narmada' interlinking master plan proposes to cross multiple minor seasonal basins. What is the fundamental technological solution implemented to ensure gravity-fed canal tracking over these variable channel configurations?
Subterranean pressure tunnel boring matrices
High-level cross-drainage aqueducts and inverted siphons
Induced thermodynamic current acceleration pumping
Continuous mechanical dredging of canal floorways
Explanation
To move surplus water across the undulating coastal foothills of the Western Ghats without high-energy lift installations, the design builds extensive high-level aqueducts and inverted siphons across the intervening river channels.
Q212
Which of the following highly specialized left-bank tributaries of the Ganga river system marks its international exit tracking out of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve foothills?
Kosi Core
Gandak River
Ghaghara Matrix
Bagmati Branch
Explanation
The Gandak River flows through a dramatic mountain gorge in the Himalayas, forms the western structural boundary layout of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, and steps cleanly onto the alluvial plains.
Q213
The historic engineering storage infrastructure known as the 'Jayakwadi Dam' creates a massive water reservoir facility along the upper path of which west-to-east flowing peninsular river?
Krishna
Godavari
Cauvery
Mahanadi
Explanation
The Jayakwadi Dam is constructed across the Godavari River at Paithan in Aurangabad/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra, establishing a vital irrigation baseline for the drought-prone Marathwada region.
Q214
The Shigar River, which carves a high-velocity structural trench across the rugged Karakoram terrains, is a key right-bank alpine tributary of which major mountain river system?
Ganga Headwaters
Indus River System
Brahmaputra Upper Core
Jhelum Network
Explanation
The Shigar River is fed by glacial meltwater from the massive Baltoro and Biafo glaciers and flows down a deep rocky canyon before its strategic mountain confluence with the Indus River at Skardu.
Q215
The proposed ' Mahanadi-Godavari' link canal system must track along a calculated baseline slope to ensure optimal flow velocities. What is the primary geomorphic hazard managed during its long track alignment over the coastal plain matrix?
Subterranean limestone karst collapse fields
Severe deltaic siltation and flash flood waterlogging from intersecting streams
Hyper-arid shifting sand dune migration blocks
Cryogenic freezing of canal alignment conduits
Explanation
The East Coastal Plain of India is highly prone to severe deltaic sedimentation, waterlogging, and coastal storm surge inundations. The canal layout mapping requires robust structural design parameters to counter siltation and seasonal flash floods from intersecting coastal streams.
Q216
Which of the following left-bank tributaries of the Krishna river system incorporates the specialized 'Paleru River', draining major agrarian sectors of Jaggayyapeta and Khammam?
Bhima River
Paleru River
Dindi Channel
Munneru Loop
Explanation
The Paleru River is an important left-bank tributary of the Krishna River in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, heavily utilized for rural canal networks before it empties into the main channel loop.