Social Science Quiz & GK Questions for Competitive Exams

GK Questions

51. Which of the following dams is not on the River Krishna?

(A) Nagar junasagar

(B) Krishnaraja Sagar

(C) Srisailam

(D) Alamatti

52. Match the following :

List 1 (Dam)        List 2 (River)

A. Hirakud Dam  1. Beas

B. Thein Dam      2. Chenab

C. Salal Project   3. Ravi

D. Pong Dam      4. Mahanadi

(A) A - 4; B - 3; C - 1; D - 2

(B) A - 4; B - 3; C - 2; D - 1

(C) A - 2; B - 1; C - 3; D - 4

(D) A - 1; B - 2; C - 4; D - 3

53. The city located on the banks of Gomati is

(A) Kanpur

(B) Allahabad

(C) Lucknow

(D) Ghaziabad

54. Tehri Dam of Uttarakhand has been constructed on the river -

(A) Teesta

(B) Alaknanda

(C) Bhagirathi

(D) Ghaggar

55. Chutak Hydro-electric project being constructed by NHPC in Kargil is on the river -

(A) Suru

(B) Jhelum

(C) Kunar

(D) Ravi

56. On the banks of which of the following rivers is Srinagar located?

(A) Sutlej

(B) Indus

(C) Ravi

(D) Jhelum

57. Maithon Dam, which was in news during the 34th National Games is located on which of the following rivers?

(A) Damodar

(B) Barakar

(C) Hooghly

(D) Padma

58. Nimoo Bazgo hydro-electric Project being constructed by NHPC in Leh is located on river -

(A) Indus

(B) Beas

(C) Ravi

(D) Chenab

59. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

(A) Kota - Chambal

(B) Bhubaneswar - Mahanadi

(C) Jabalpur - Narmada

(D) Surat - Tapti

60. On which of the following rivers is Ukai dam located?

(A) Chenab

(B) Narmada

(C) Beas

(D) Tapti