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Indian River Systems and Major Dams

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  1. At which Prayag in Uttarakhand do the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet to flow on as the Ganga?
  2. Which river is 1,465 km long, flows east from near Trimbakeshwar and is called Dakshina Ganga?
  3. Which dam on the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand, 260.5 m high, is the tallest dam in India?
  4. Which river originates at the Amarkantak Plateau and flows west through a rift valley bordered by the Satpura and Vindhya ranges?
  5. Which river island in Assam, formed by the Brahmaputra, became the first island in India to be designated a district, in 2016?
  6. Which tributary of the Ganga is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar' because its annual floods affect roughly 21,000 sq km of farmland?
  7. Which dam near Sambalpur, a composite earthen dam about 25.8 km long including dykes, is the longest earthen dam in the world?
  8. Which three eastern rivers went to India under the Indus Waters Treaty signed in 1960?
  9. Which river, a tributary of the Yamuna, originates in the Janapav Hills near Mhow and has a basin characterised by gullies and ravines?
  10. Which river forms the Shivanasamudra Falls in Karnataka, where a hydroelectric power station opened in 1902?
  11. Which river is formed by the confluence of the Chandra and Bhaga rivers at Tandi?
  12. Which west-flowing Indian river rises near Minda village in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, crosses the Tropic of Cancer twice, and flows through Rajasthan and Gujarat?
  13. Which river rises in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range near Ajmer and flows about 495 km to end in the Rann of Kutch?
  14. Which river rises at Gomat Taal near Madhotanda in Pilibhit district and is about 960 km long?
  15. Which river, formed from the combined waters of the Penganga, Wardha and Wainganga rivers, is the largest tributary of the Godavari?
  16. On which river is Jog Falls, a series of segmented waterfalls plunging about 253 metres in Karnataka?
  17. Which river originates in the Ananthagiri Hills near Vikarabad, flows through Hyderabad and joins the Krishna at Vadapally?
  18. Which river, once called the 'Sorrow of Bengal', has a valley corporation modelled on the Tennessee Valley Authority that was created on 7 July 1948?
  19. On which river is the Bhakra Dam, 226 m high, built in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh?
  20. On which river is the Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadia, the second-largest concrete gravity dam by volume after Grand Coulee?
  21. Which river is the longest in Kerala, about 244 km long, with the largest discharge potential in the state?
  22. On which river in Kerala is the Idukki Dam, a double-curvature thin arch dam, built between the Kuravan and Kurathi hills?
  23. Which river forms the 30-metre Dhuandhar Falls at Bhedaghat in Jabalpur district?
  24. Which reservoir, formed by the Rihand Dam at Pipri in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, is India's largest manmade lake?
  25. By what name does the Brahmaputra enter India near the village of Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh?
  26. Near which town do the Siang (Dihang), Dibang and Lohit meet, so that the river is called the Brahmaputra downstream?
  27. What is the main distributary of the Ganges called in Bangladesh, flowing about 356 km to its confluence with the Meghna?
  28. What name does the lower stream of the Brahmaputra take in Bangladesh, before it joins the Padma near Goalundo Ghat?
  29. Which river, 1,376 km long, is the second-largest tributary of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India?
  30. Which river, 784 km long, originates near Amarkantak and merges with the Ganges near Maner in Patna, Bihar?
  31. On which river is the Mettur Dam, forming the Stanley Reservoir in Salem district, built?
  32. On which river is the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, on the border of Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh?
  33. Which river rises at the lakes of Manasarovar and Rakshastal near Mount Kailash and enters India through the Shipki La pass?
  34. Which place in Punjab lies immediately downstream of the confluence of the Beas and Sutlej rivers, with headworks that feed the Indira Gandhi Canal?
  35. Which river is formed where the Tunga and Bhadra, both rising at Gangamoola in Varaha Parvatha, meet at Koodli near Shimoga?
  36. Which horseshoe-shaped waterfall on the Indravati River in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, is called the 'Niagara Falls of India'?
  37. Which river, described as the lifeline of Goa, originates from a cluster of 30 springs at Bhimgad in Belgavi district, Karnataka?
  38. Which river rises in the Bara Bhangal region of Kangra district and flows past Chamba?
  39. Which river rises at the Verinag spring, flows through Srinagar and Wular Lake, and enters Pakistan-administered Kashmir through a deep narrow gorge?
  40. On which river in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir is the Salal run-of-the-river hydropower project built?
  41. Which river is spanned by the 9.15 km Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, the second longest bridge in India over water?
  42. Which river, known in Bhutan as the Drangme Chhu, joins the Brahmaputra at Jogighopa and shares its name with a UNESCO World Heritage wildlife sanctuary in Assam?
  43. Which 414 km river flows through Sikkim and West Bengal before entering Bangladesh, its largest tributary being the Rangeet?
  44. Which peninsular river maintains year-round flow, fed by the southwest monsoon in Karnataka and the northeast monsoon in Tamil Nadu?
  45. On which river is the Ukai Dam, the second largest reservoir in Gujarat after the Sardar Sarovar, built?
  46. On which river at Paithan is the Jayakwadi Dam built, mainly to irrigate the drought-prone Marathwada region?
  47. Which dam in Karnataka, built with surki mortar in place of Portland cement and linked to Sir M. Visvesvaraya, is famous for the Brindavan Gardens?
  48. Which is the largest river in the state of Goa?
  49. Which river has the Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar and Jawahar Sagar dams and the Kota Barrage?
  50. Which river, known as the Karnali in Nepal, is the largest tributary of the Ganges by volume?
  51. On the banks of which river does the city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh stand?
  52. Which tributary of the Godavari originates in the Balaghat range of hills near Ahmednagar district, at an altitude of 823 metres?
  53. By what name is the Brahmaputra known in Arunachal Pradesh?
  54. Which river flows along the boundary between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh?
  55. Which delta is described as the world's largest river delta, with an area of over 105,000 square kilometres?
  56. On which river was the Pong Dam, also called Maharana Pratap Sagar, completed in 1974 in Kangra district?
  57. Which river, with farthest headwaters near Nagri Sihawa in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh, flows through Odisha and enters the Bay of Bengal near False Point?
  58. Which tributary of the Krishna River rises at Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats and is famous for its dam and hydroelectric project?
  59. Which river originates in the Aravalli Range in Udaipur district of Rajasthan and flows past Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar into the Gulf of Khambhat?
  60. Which river, a major tributary of the west-flowing Jhelum also called the Neelum, gives its name to a 330 MW hydroelectric plant whose diversion of water the Court of Arbitration upheld in 2013?

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