Solved objective practice 27
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Attempt these as a timed eight-question set. The answer is shown after the options in the explanation column so this section can be used both as a test and as a revision key.
No. | Question | Answer | Why this is correct |
1 | Koyna is associated with which river? | Koyna | Koyna is located in the Maharashtra context and is remembered for hydropower; krishna basin context. |
2 | Ukai is associated with which river? | Tapi | Ukai is located in the Gujarat context and is remembered for irrigation and power. |
3 | Idukki is associated with which river? | Periyar | Idukki is located in the Kerala context and is remembered for hydropower. |
4 | Rengali is associated with which river? | Brahmani | Rengali is located in the Odisha context and is remembered for irrigation and hydropower. |
5 | 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. |
6 | 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. |
7 | 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. |
8 | 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. |
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. |