MCQs on Multi-Purpose River Valley Projects in India

Question 1. Which one of the following rivers is associated with Sardar Sarovar Project?

(A) Cauvery (Kaveri)

(B) Godavari

(C) Tapti (Tapi)

(D) Narmada

Question 2. Maximum benefits occupying state by Sardar Sarovar Dam is ___________.

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Odisha

(D) Gujarat

Question 3. The beneficiary states of Sardar Sarovar Project are _________.

(A) Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra

(B) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra

(C) Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

Question 4. On which of the following rivers is the Sardar Sarovar Dam being constructed?

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Satluj

(C) Chambal

(D) Narmada

Question 5. Who among the following is against the Sardar Sarovar Project?

(A) Medha Patekar

(B) Chagan Bhujbal

(C) Kesubhai Patel

(D) Yogendra Makwana

Question 6. Which of the following dams is not related to the river Narmada?

(A) Ban Sagar

(B) Indira Sagar

(C) Omkareshwar

(D) Bargi

Question 7. Indira Sagar dam is situated on which river?

(A) Cauvery

(B) Krishna

(C) Narmada

(D) Tapti

Question 8. In which one of the following water reservoirs, Harsud town of Madhya Pradesh has been submerged?

(A) Mahi Dam

(B) Sardar Sarovar

(C) Rani Avanti Ba

(D) Indira Sagar

Question 9. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar project associated? 

(A) Bhima

(B) Tapti

(C) Narmada

(D) Chambal

Question 10. Raising the height of which dam is being opposed by Narmada Bachao Andolan? 

(A) Indira Sagar

(B) Gandhi Sagar

(C) Sardar Sarovar

(D) None of the above

Question 11. On which river is the BhakhraNangal dam built?

(A) Satluj

(B) Chenab

(C) Indus

(D) Ravi

Question 12. Bhakra Nangal is a joint project of __________.

(A) Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan

(B) Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab

(C) Haryana, Punjab and Delhi

(D) Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan

Question 13. Which group of States receives water from the Bhakhra Nangal Project?

(A) Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan

(B) Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan

(C) Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana

(D) Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab

Question 14. Cauvery River Water Dispute (CRWD) is related to which of the following states?

(A) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry

(B) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Gujarat

(C) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

Question 15. Water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is related to __________.

(A) Mahanadi

(B) Godavari

(C) Cauvery

(D) Krishna

Question 16. Which of the following is the oldest hydropower station in India?

(A) Shiva Samudram

(B) Pallivasar

(C) Machkund

(D) Mayurakshi

Question 17. Shiva Samudram Hydropower project is located in ___________.

(A) Karnataka

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Kerala

(D) Tamil Nadu

Question 18. Nagarjuna Sagar Project is located on the river ___________.

(A) Krishna

(B) Godavari

(C) Bhima

(D) Bhadra

Question 19. Nagarjuna Sagar lies on the ___________.

(A) Tungabhadra River

(B) Penganga River

(C) Krishna River

(D) Godavari River

Question 20. Nagarjuna Sagar dam is situated in which state of India?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Andhra Pradesh

Question 21. The name of dam build on Mahanadi River is __________.

(A) Tungabhadra

(B) Hirakud

(C) Gandhi Sagar

(D) Bhakra Nangal

Question 22. Which of the following water reservoirs is built on Chambal River? 

(A) Rihand

(B) Vindhya Sagar

(C) Rana Pratap Sagar

(D) Nagarjuna Sagar

Question 23. On which river is the Hirakud Dam constructed? 

(A) Son

(B) Mahanadi

(C) Narmada

(D) Shivnath

Question 24. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?

(A) Bhakra Nangal Project

(B) Damodar Valley Project

(C) Kosi Project

(D) Chambal Project

Question 25. The benefits of which one of the following river valley projects are not shared by more than one state?

(A) Hirakud Project

(B) Nagarjun Sagar Project

(C) Mayurakshi Project

(D) Chambal Valley Project

Question 26. Which dam has been constructed on the Chambal river?

(A) Bhakra Dam

(B) Gandhi Sagar

(C) Sardar Sarovar

(D) Indira Sagar

Question 27. On which one of the following rivers is the Tehri Hydro Power Complex located? 

(A) Mandakini

(B) Dhauliganga

(C) Bhagirathi

(D) Alaknanda

Question 28. Tehri dam is constructed on __________.

(A) Ganga river

(B) Alaknanda river

(C) Yamuna river

(D) Tehri river

Question 29. Tehri Dam is being constructed in ___________.

(A) on Bhilangana river

(B) on Alaknanda river

(C) on Ramganga river

(D) on Bhagirathi river

Question 30. In the given figure, the site of the Tehri dam has been labelled as ____________.

(A) IV

(B) III

(C) II

(D) I