Solved objective practice 18

No.

Question

Answer

Why this is correct

1

Idukki is associated with which river?

Periyar

Idukki is located in the Kerala context and is remembered for hydropower.

2

Rengali is associated with which river?

Brahmani

Rengali is located in the Odisha context and is remembered for irrigation and hydropower.

3

DVC is associated with which river?

Damodar

DVC is located in the Jharkhand–West Bengal context and is remembered for institutional multipurpose river-valley system.

4

Rihand Dam / Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is associated with which river?

Rihand

Rihand Dam / Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is located in the Uttar Pradesh context and is remembered for reservoir, power and son-basin association.

5

The best source/course association for Indus is:

Rises near the Lake Manasarovar region; flows through Ladakh and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.

The defining map clue is: Indus Waters Treaty is a current-affairs-sensitive topic; revise the basin map and not just the name.

6

Which statement is safest about Indus?

Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej; Indus basin is an international basin.

Use the river profile and distinguish the main river from its tributaries.

7

The best source/course association for Jhelum is:

Rises at Verinag in the Kashmir region; flows through the Valley and into the Chenab system.

The defining map clue is: Jhelum is not a tributary of the Ganga system.

8

Which statement is safest about Jhelum?

Kishanganga/Neelum is its major tributary association.

Use the river profile and distinguish the main river from its tributaries.

Exam habit

First classify the question: source, course, tributary, state, mouth, project or issue. Then eliminate options that violate the basin logic. Do not guess from a familiar-sounding place name.