PYQs ON DAMS IN INDIA

Q. In which state is the Mettur Dam located? 3. Bhakra Nangal dam - Tamil Nadu
a) Andhra Pradesh 4. Nagarjuna dam – Rajasthan
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka Q. In which state of India is Tawa dam located?
d) Maharashtra 1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Haryana
Q. The Mettur Dam is on which of the following 3. Rajasthan
rivers? 4. Madhya Pradesh
1. Cauvery
2. Krishna Q. The Indira Sagar Dam is built over river Narmada in
3. Vaigai which of the following states of India?
4. Periyar 1. Karnataka
2. Gujarat
Q. The Walayar Dam is in which district of Kerala? 3. Madhya Pradesh
1. Kasaragod 4. Kerala
2. Palakkad
3. Thrissur Q. The largest dam in India, the Hirakud Dam, is built
4. Idukki on which of the following rivers?
1. Tapi
Q. Indira Sagar Dam which is a concrete gravity dam is 2. Godavari
located in which of the following states of India? 3. Kaveri
1. Uttar Pradesh 4. Mahanadi
2. Maharashtra
3. Chattisgarh Q. Which of the following statement is correct
4. Madhya Pradesh regarding large dams?
I. They have social problems because they displace
Q. The Hirakud Dam is built across the river: large number of peasants and
1. Damodar tribals without adequate compensation or
2. Tungabhadra rehabilitation.
3. Mahanadi II. They have Environmental problems because they
4. Koyna contribute enormously to
deforestation and the loss of biological diversity.
Q. 'Sardar Sarovar Dam' is on which of the following 1. Only I
rivers? 2. Both I and II
1. Krishna 3. Only II
2. Godavari 4. Neither I nor II
3. Narmada
4. Mahanadi Q. Kadana Dam of Gujarat is built over which of the
following rivers?
Q. Which of the following is the highest gravity dam in 1. Mahi
India? 2. Manjira
1. Hirakund Dam 3. Tapti
2. Bhakra Dam 4. Sabarmati
3. Sardar Sarovar Dam
4. Mettur Dam Q. On which of the following rivers is the Dantiwada
Dam built?
Q. Which of the following dams is correctly paired a) Sabarmati river
with the state in which it is located? b) Banas river
1. Tehri dam - Uttar Pradesh c) Tapti river
2. Hirakud dam - Odisha d) Mahi river
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Q. Which of the following dams has been constructed Q. On which river and in which state is the Jayakwadi
across the river Narmada? dam situated?
a) Nagarjuna Sagar 1. Periyar River - Kerala
b) Sardar Sarovar 2. Banas River - Rajasthan
c) Bhakra Nangal 3. Ravi River - Punjab
d) Hirakud 4. Godavari River – Maharashtra

Q. Where is the Baglihar Dam located? Q._______dam was constructed across the Barakar
1. Gujarat River in Jharkhand.
2. Himachal Pradesh 1. Sardar Sarovar
3. Jammu & Kashmir 2. Konar
4. Telangana 3. Mettur
4. Tilaiya
Q. Baglihar Dam is constructed on which river?
1. Chenab Q. __dam is located over the Kaveri River in Tamil
2. Ravi Nadu.
3. Sutlej 1. GB Pant Sagar
4. Indus 2. Sardar Sarovar
3. Tilaiya
Q. In which of the following states is the Somasila dam 4. Mettur
situated?
1. Kerala Q. Tehri Dam is built on the river _.
2. Telangana 1. Koyana
3. Maharashtra 2. Bansagar
4. Andhra Pradesh 3. Chambal
4. Bhagirathi
Q. Which of the following barrages/dams is closest to
the India-Bangladesh border? Q. Hirakud dam is in which state?
1. Durgapur 1. Maharashtra
2. Massanjore 2. Karnataka
3. Farakka 3. Odisha
4. Tilaiya 4. Rajasthan

Q. Which of the following dams is constructed across Q. In which of the following states is the Nizam Sagar
the river Krishna? Dam situated?
1. Tehri 1. Karnataka
2. Nagarjuna Sagar 2. Telangana
3. Hirakud 3. West Bengal
4. Bhakra Nanga 4. Andhra Pradesh

Sardar Sarovar Dam is situated in the state of _______ Q. The Almatti dam project on the Krishna River was
and on the river _______ an issue between which states?
1. Maharashtra, Krishna 1. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
2. Uttar Pradesh, Ganga 2. Karnataka and Goa
3. Gujarat, Narmada 3. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
4. Rajasthan, Chambal 4. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Q. Which of the following is Uttarakhand's first gravity Q. Bhavanisagar Dam or Lower Bhavani Dam, is
dam? located in which state?
1. Song dam a) Tripura
2. Tehri dam b) Bihar
3. Dhora dam c) Tamil Nadu
4. Baigul dam d) Telangana

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