Peninsular Rivers
Peninsular Rivers
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Q51
The hydro-electric project called 'Almatti Dam' is a major structural storage facility constructed on the path of which east-flowing peninsular river?
Godavari
Krishna
Cauvery
Mahanadi
Explanation
The Almatti Dam is a major dam project constructed across the Krishna River in northern Karnataka, functioning as the main reservoir for the Upper Krishna Project irrigation grid.
Q52
The 'Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal' (NWDT) was structurally mandated to orchestrate water resource allocations among which group of peninsular states?
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Odisha
Explanation
The NWDT was constituted to adjudicate the sharing of Narmada waters among the riparian and beneficiary states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra.
Q53
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers features the specialized 'Hasdeo' and 'Mand' streams as its major left-bank tributaries?
Godavari
Mahanadi
Krishna
Cauvery
Explanation
The Hasdeo and Mand rivers originate in Chhattisgarh and flow southwards to merge as critical left-bank tributaries into the Mahanadi River basin.
Q54
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.
Q55
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.
Q56
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.
Q57
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.
Q58
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.
Q59
Which of the following east-flowing peninsular rivers features the prominent 'Baitarani River' as its structural twin system, often forming a combined deltaic front near Gara?
Mahanadi
Brahmani
Subarnarekha
Godavari
Explanation
The Brahmani and Baitarani rivers flow parallel to each other across the structural layout of Odisha and share a complex, combined deltaic depositional plane before discharging into the Bay of Bengal.
Q60
The 'Par-Tapi-Narmada' interlinking project involves the construction of seven proposed storage reservoirs. Which of the following dams represents a primary engineering storage structure on this link pathway?
Hirakud Dam Complex
Jheri Dam Structure
Nizamsagar Barrage
Prakasam Intake Gate
Explanation
The Jheri Dam is one of the key storage reservoirs proposed under the Par-Tapi-Narmada link program to hold seasonal surplus discharges before routing them northwards.