Q Match the following dams with the rivers they are built upon .
| Dam | River |
| 1 ] Jojawa Dam | A ] Kabini River |
| 2 ] Ravishankar Dam | B ] Tapi River |
| 3 ] Ukai Dam | C ] Narmada River |
| 4 ] Banasura Sagar Dam | D ] Mahanadi River |
1 I-B , 2-C , 3-D , 4-A
2 I-B , 2-A , 3-D , 4-C
3 I-C , 2-D , 3-B , 4-A
4 1-D , 2-A , 3-C , 4-B
Q The Teliaya Dam is located in which state of India?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Jharkhand
3 Karnataka
4 Rajasthan
Q Which of the following is the highest gravity dam in India?
1. Hirakund Dam
2 Bhakra Dam
3 Sardar Sarovar Dam
4 Mettur Dam
Q Which of the following dams is CORRECTLY paired with the state in which it is located?
1. Bhakra Nangal dam – Tamil Nadu
2 Hirakud dam – Odisha
3 Tehri dam – Uttar Pradesh
4 Nagarjuna dam – Rajasthan
Q Which is the highest dam in India ?
1 Tehri Dam
2 Walayar Dam
3 Indira Sagar Dam
4 Hirakund Dam
Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India, [ 260 feet ] built on the river Bhagirathi in Uttarakhand
Q In which state of India is Tawa dam located?
1 Rajasthan
2 Uttar Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Haryana
Q Who proclaimed dams as the ‘temples of modern India’ ?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
4 Dr BR Ambedkar
Q On which of the following rivers would you find the Massanjore Dam ?
1 Subarnarekha
2 Mayurakshi
3 Rupnarayan
4 Ajay
Q In which of the following states is the Telaiya dam located?
1. Odisha
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Bihar
4 Jharkhand
Q The Ukai dam is located on the __ river.
1. Mahi
2 Narmada
3 Karjan
4 Tapi
Q Which of the following dam is also known as ‘Pampa Sagar’ ?
1 Tehri
2 Tungabhadra
3 Sardar Sarovar
4 Hirakund
Q Which of the following dams is also known as Maharana Pratap Sagar ?
1 Pong Dam
2 Ukai Dam
3 Koyna Dam
4 Panchet Dam
Q Which of the following was the first arch dam constructed in India ?
1 Idukki
2 Lakhwar
3 Bhakra
4 Nagarjuna Sagar
Q Which is the longest dam in India ?
1 Hirakund Dam
2 Almatti Dam
3 Mettur Dam
4 Idukki Dam
Q In which of the following states is the Jayakwadi Dam located ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Telangana
4 Karnataka
Q Which of the following dams is built on the Ravi river ?
1 Bhakra Nangal Dam
2 Pandoh Dam
3 Nathpa Jhakri Dam
4 Chamera Dam
Q The Tipaimukh dam is located in which state of India ?
1 Manipur
2 Kerala
3 Jharkhand
4 Rajasthan
Q Which is the oldest dam in India ?
1 Kallanai Dam
2 Walayar Dam
3 Panchet Dam
4 Tilaiya Dam
Q Dharoi Dam was built across which river in Gujarat ?
1 Narmada
2 Tapti
3 Sabarmati
4 Godavari
Q The Walayar Dam is in which district of Kerala ?
1 Kasaragod
2 Palakkad
3 Thrissur
4 Idukki
Q Indira Sagar Dam which is a concrete gravity dam is located in which of the following states
of India?
1 UP
2 Rajasthan
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Chhattisgarh
Q Bhakra Nangal Dam was built on which river ?
1 Sutlej
2 Jhelum
3 Beas
4 Yamuna
Q In which of the following states is the Koyna Dam located ?
1 Andhra Pradesh
2 Maharashtra
3 Telangana
4 Karnataka
Q Bisalpur Dam was built across which river ?
1 Luni river
2 Godavari
3 Beas river
4 Yamuna river
Q Sardar Sarovar Dam was built across the river.
1 Godavari
2 Narmada
3 Mahanadi
4 Krishna
Q The Hirakud Dam is built across the river:
1 Damodar
2 Tungbhadra
3 Mahanadi
4 Koyna
Q In which of the following states is the Mettur Dam located ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Telangana
4 Karnataka
Q The Maithon Dam is in which state ?
1 Madhya Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Jharkhand
4 Chhattisgarh
Q The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built across the river
1 Pamba
2 Mahanadi
3 Kaveri
4 Krishna
Q Baglihar Dam was built across which river ?
1 Chenab
2 Jhelum
3 Beas
4 Satluj
Q Ralliah / Rallia Dam is located in which state ?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Jharkhand
3 Sikkim
4 Punjab
Q Almatti Dam is located in which of the following states ?
1 Karnataka
2 Nagaland
3 Sikkim
4 Uttarakhand
Q Where is Somsila Dam located?
1. Uttar Pradesh
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Himachal Pradesh
4 Madhya Pradesh
Q On which river is the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam built?
1. Krishna
2 Cauvery
3 Kali nadi
4 Tungabhadra
Q Select the river on which Singur Dam has been built :
1 Cauvery
2 Jhelum
3 Narmada
4 Manjira
Q On which river Srisailam Dam is situated ?
1 Beas
2 Brahmaputra
3 Krishna
4 Ganga
Q On which river Salal Dam is situated ?
1 Chenab
2 Satluj
3 Jhelum
4 Beas
Q Hathni Kund Dam is built on which of the following rivers?
1. Cauvery
2 Mahanadi
3 Krishna
4 Yamuna
Q Neyyar Dam is a gravity dam on the Neyyar River of which of the following states?
1. Odisha
2 Kerala
3 West Bengal
4 Karnataka
Q In which of the following states is the Almatti Dam located?
1. Karnataka
2 Uttarakhand
3 Sikkim
4 Nagaland
Q In which of the following states is the Ukoi Dam located?
1 Gujarat
2 Uttarakhand
3 Sikkim
4 Nagaland
Q Tilaiya Dam was built across :
1 Barakar river
2 Periyar river
3 Kaveri river
4 Krishna river
Q Panchet Dam in Jharkhand was built across :
1 Damodar river
2 Mahanadi river
3 Krishna river
4 Luni river
Q The Kadam dam is located at the confluence of the Kadam river into __.
1. Sharavati
2 Godavari
3 Kabini
4 Kaveri
Q Which dam of India has the reservoir named ‘Gobind Sagar Lake’?
1 Hirakud dam
2 Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
3 Sardar Sarovar Dam
4 Bhakra Nangal Dam
Q Which of the following dams is located in Jharkhand?
1 Koyna
2 Maithon
3 Mettur
4 Sardar Sarova
Q Which of the following dams is NOT built across the river Kaveri (Cauvery)?
1 Maithon
2 Mettur
3 Kallanai
4 Krishna Raja Sagara
Q The __ dam is built across the Subarnarekha river.
1. Bhairwa
2 Malay
3 Barhi
4 Chandil
Q The Ukai dam is located on the __ river.
1. Mahi
2 Narmada
3 Karjan
4 Tapi
Q Which of the following dams is located in Madhya Pradesh?
1 Tawa
2 Ujjani
3 Isapur
4 Koyna
Q In which of the following states is the Stanley Reservoir located?
1. Goa
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Andhra Pradesh
4 Maharashtra
Q Which is the largest masonry dam ?
1. Nagarjuna Sagar dam
2 Mettur dam
3 Koyna dam
4 Maithon dam
Q In which of the following states is the Nizam Sagar Dam situated?
1. West Bengal
2 Karnataka
3 Telangana
4 Andhra Pradesh
Q Linganamakki Dam is built across which of the following rivers?
1. Sharavathi
2 Yamuna
3 Krishna
4 Tung Bhadra
Q On which river and in which state is the Jayakwadi dam situated?
1. Periyar river – Kerala
2 Banas river – Rajasthan
3 Ravi river – Punjab
4 Godavari river – Maharashtra