Dams (ब ाँध) in India

Group D, NTPC, BPSC, Railway, NDA & UPSC

👉 Almatti Dam – Krishna River ह िंदी + Eng
👉 Tehri Dam – Bhagirathi River Top MCQ
👉 Lakhwar Dam – Yamuna River
👉 Hirakund Dam – Mahanadi River
👉 Sardar Sarovar Dam – Narmada River
Q.1.

Tulbul Dam is situated on which river?

तुलबुल ब िंध हिस नदी पर स्थित ै ?

a) Jhelum river • Tulbul dam and Uri dam is

b) Ravi river on Jhelum river is located
in Jammu and Kashmir.
c) Chenab river • Other Dams of J&K:- Salal
d) Satluj river dam, Baglihar dam,
Dulhasti dam It is situated
Option : A in Chenab river.
Q.2.

Thein Dam is located in which state?

िीन ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Himachal Pradesh • Thein Dam is located in

b) Uttarakhand the border of Jammu and
Kashmir and Punjab,
c) Punjab • It is on the Ravi River
d) Rajasthan • It is also called Ranjit
Sagar Dam.
Option : C
Q.3.

In which state is the Pong Dam located?

पगिं ब िंध हिस र ज्य पर स्थित ै?

a) Uttar Pradesh • Pong Dam is located in

b) Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh and it
is on the Beas River.
c) Uttarakhand • Bhankra Dam is located
d) Jammu Kashmir on the Sutlej River in
Himachal Pradesh
Option : B
Q.4.
On which river is India’s highest gravitational dam
located?
भ रत ि सबसे ऊिंच गुरुत्वीय ब िंध हिस नदी पर स्थित ै ?

a) Satluj river • India’s Highest Gravity

Dam Bhakra Nangal Dam
b) Chenab river
is situated on the Sutlej
c) Beas river River, situated on the
border of Himachal and
d) Ravi river
Punjab.
Option : A
Q.5.

In which state is the tallest dam of India located?

भ रत ि सबसे ऊिंच ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Uttarakhand • Tehri Dam is the highest dam

in India.
b) Himachal Pradesh • It is situated at the
c) Jammu Kashmir confluence of Bhilangana
and Bhagirathi in Tehri
d) Punjab district of Uttarakhand, its
Option : A height is about 260.5 meters.
Q.6.

In which state is the Jawahar Sagar Dam located ?

जव र स गर ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै ?

a) Rajasthan • Jawahar Sagar Dam is

b) Himachal Pradesh located on the Chambal
River in Rajasthan.
c) Gujarat • Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is
d) Maharashtra located on the Chambal
River. It is also in Rajasthan.
Option : A
Q.7.

In which state is the Sardar Sarovar Dam located?

सरद र सर वर ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै ?

a) Rajasthan • Sardar Sarovar Dam is

situated on Narmada
b) Gujarat
River in Gujarat.
c) Odisha • Other dams in Gujarat are
Ukai Dam and Kakrapar
d) Madhya Pradesh
Dam. It is situated on
Option : B Tapti River.
Q.8.

On which river is Matatila Dam situated?

म त टील ब िंध हिस नदी पर स्थित ै?

a) Rihand river • Matatila Dam is situated

b) Mahanadi on the Betwa River in
Uttar Pradesh and Rani
c) Betwa River Laxmi Bai Dam is also
d) Ganga river located on the Betwa
River, it is also in Uttar
Option : C Pradesh.
Q.9.

In which state is Rihand Dam located ?

रर िंद ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै ?

a) Uttar Pradesh • Rihand Dam is situated on the

Rihand River on the border of
b) Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh and
Chhattisgarh.
c) Rajasthan
• India’s largest artificial lake
d) Himachal Pradesh Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar
was created from the
Option : A reservoir of Rihand Dam.
Q.10.

In which state is Maithon Dam located?

मैिन ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Bihar • Maithon Dam and Tilaiya

Dam is situated on
b) Jharkhand
Barakar River in
c) Uttarakhand Jharkhand
d) Rajasthan
Option : B
Q.11.

On which river is the Omkareshwar Dam located?

ओिंि रे श्वर ब िंध हिस नदी में स्थित ै?

a) Narmada river • Omkareshwar Dam and

Indira Sagar Dam are
b) Ganga river
located on the Narmada
c) Betwa river River in Madhya Pradesh
and Gandhi Sagar Dam is
d) Yamuna river :
located on the Chambal
Option : A River in Madhya Pradesh
Q.12.

In which state is Koyna Dam located?

ि यन ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Bihar • Koyna Dam is located on

the Koyna River in
b) Rajasthan
Maharashtra and
c) Maharashtra Jayakwadi Dam is located
on the Godavari River in
d) Kerala
Maharashtra
Option : C
Q.13.

In which state is the longest dam of India located?

भ रत ि सबसे लिंब ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Odisha
• Hirakud Dam is the
b) Bihar longest dam in India
located on Mahanadi in
c) Chhattisgarh
Odisha.
d) Maharashtra
Option : A
Q.14.
Pochampad Dam is located in which state?
प चम्प द ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Andhra Pradesh • Pochampada Dam is on the

Godavari River in Telangana
b) Telangana and is also known as Ram
Sagar Dam.
c) Tamil Nadu
• Nizam Sagar Dam is located
d) Karnatak on the Manjira River, a
tributary of the Godavari.
Option : B
Q.15.
On which river is the Idukki Dam located?
इडु क्की ब िंध हिस नदी पर स्थित ै?

a) Krishna river • The Idukki Dam is located

on the Periyar River in
b) Kaveri river
Kerala and its also known
c) Periyar river Arch dam.
d) Godavari river
Option : C
Q.16.

In which state is the Almaty Dam located?

अलम टी ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Tamil Nadu • Almaty Dam is located on

the Krishna River in
b) Karnataka
Karnataka.
c) Kerala • Shivasamudram Dam and
Krishna Sagar Dam are
d) Andhra Pradesh
located on Kaveri River in
Option : B Karnataka
Q.17.
In which state is the Mattur Dam located?
मैट्टूर ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Kerala • The Mattur Dam is located

on the Kaveri River in
b) Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri
c) Karnataka River is called the Ganges
of South India.
d) Telangana
Option : B
Q.18.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is situated in the border of
Telangana and which state?
न ग जुुन स गर ब िंध तेलिंग न और हिस र ज्य िी सीम में स्थित ै?

a) Karnataka • Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is

situated on the Krishna
b) Tamil Nadu
River in the border of
c) Andhra Pradesh Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh.
d) Kerala
Option : C
Q.19.

In which state is Ajan Dam located ?

अजन ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै ?

a) Uttar Pradesh • Ajan Dam is located on

the Ajay River in Bihar.
b) Bihar
• Gandak Dam-Gandak
c) Jharkhand River.
• Kosi Dam- kosi river
d) West Bangal
Option : B
Q.20.

Farakka Dam project is related to which state?

फरक्क ब िंध पररय जन हिस र ज्य से सिंबिंहधत ै?

a) Bihar
b) West Bengal • Farakka dam west bangal
is situated on the Ganga
c) Jharkhand River.
d) Telangana
Option : B
 Important Dams
• The Lakhwar project envisages construction of a 204 m high concrete dam
across river Yamuna near Lohari village in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand.
• On December 27, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay down the
foundation of Renukaji Dam Project in Himachal Pradesh.
• Sukwa Dukwan dam situated 50 km from Jhansi, has been recognised as a
World Heritage Irrigation Structure by International Commission on
Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). The dam, built across the Betwa river.
• PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of North Koel Reservoir, also
known as Mandal Dam Project in Palamu, Jharkhand. The project on North
Koel River.
 Question for You
In which state Srisailam Dam is located?
श्रीशैलम ब िंध हिस र ज्य में स्थित ै?

a) Telangana
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu