River Linking Projects
River Linking Projects
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quiz Questions
Q31
The interlining track configuration known as the 'Mahanadi-Godavari' link requires its alignment mapping to skirt entirely below which major structural plateau block edge?
The Western Malwa Ridge
The Eastern Ghats and Chota Nagpur Plateau eastern margins
The Bundelkhand Granitic Core block
The Kathiawar Tectonic Horst
Explanation
To maintain a gravity-fed flow configuration without scaling heavy relief, the Mahanadi-Godavari link canal tracks along the coastal margins skirting below the Eastern Ghats and the eastern margin of the Chota Nagpur extension hills.
Q32
The 'Inchampalli-Pulichintala' link scheme is technically structured to operate by transferring water directly across which two major peninsular basins?
Mahanadi and Godavari Basins
Godavari and Krishna Basins
Krishna and Pennar Basins
Pennar and Cauvery Basins
Explanation
The Inchampalli-Pulichintala link is a critical route under the Peninsular component of the NRLP designed to transfer surplus water from the Godavari River basin southward to the Krishna River basin.
Q33
The institutional tracking dynamic called 'Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal' (MWDT) coordinates allocations primarily between which two riparian states?
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
Chhattisgarh and Odisha
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand
Explanation
The MWDT was established to resolve long-standing water allocation friction between Chhattisgarh (the upper catchment state) and Odisha (the lower delta state) regarding the Mahanadi river basin.
Q34
The 'Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga' (MSTG) link system encounters its primary structural engineering challenge when handling the seasonal discharge variance of which high-energy donor basin?
The Indus Catchment Axis
The Brahmaputra Sub-basin Network
The Tapi Structural Graben
The Pennar Littoral Track
Explanation
The MSTG canal project is designed to route heavy floods and seasonal surpluses from the Brahmaputra system westward. Managing the massive, flash-prone summer monsoon discharges of these fast-flowing Himalayan channels is highly complex.
Q35
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.
Q36
The proposed 'Mahanadi-Godavari' link canal system intends to transfer surplus water from the Manibhadra reservoir. What is the baseline technological challenge encountered during its high-discharge alignment mapping?
Crossing the high altitudinal structural fault lines of the Satpura block
Traversing through heavily dissected, dense coastal river deltas and deltaic plains
Scaling the hard crystalline granitic formations of the Bundelkhand ridge
Navigating through hyper-arid shifting barchan sand dune fields
Explanation
The primary engineering hurdle involves routing a massive volume canal across multiple deltaic channels and coastal delta plains of Odisha, requiring extensive siphons, aqueducts, and balancing barrages.
Q37
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.
Q38
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.
Q39
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.
Q40
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.