Dams in India – In this class we have discussed Indian Dams GK questions answers. Here we have covered questions related to dams with their locations and rivers name on which they were built. Here we have covered dams like ranjit sagar dam, bhakra nangal dam, tehri dam, nagarjuna sagar dam, koyna dam, farakka dam, hirakud dam, and other important dams.
Dams in India GK Questions Answers
Q. Where is the Uri dam located?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Jammu Kashmir
c. Manipur
d. Gujarat
Ans. b
Q. The Uri dam is on which river?
a. Ravi
b. Baes
c. Jhelum
d. Chenab
Ans. c
Q. The Tulbul dam in Jammu Kashmir is on which river?
a. Chenab river
b. Satluj (sutlej) river
c. Tapi river
d. Jhelum river
Ans. d
Q. The Salal dam in Jammu Kashmir is on which river?
a. Chenab river
b. Ravi river
c. Beas river
d. None of these
Ans. a
Q. Pochampad dam or Ram Sagar dam is located in?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Odisha
d. Karnataka
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Godavari river
Q. Where is the Ranjit Sagar dam located?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Punjab
d. Rajasthan
Ans. c
> Note – This dam is also known as Thein dam
> This dam is on Ravi river
Q. The Pong dam in Himachal Pradesh is on which river?
a. Beas river
b. Yamuna river
c. Ganga river
d. Sone river
Ans. a
Q. The Bhakra Nangal dam is located in?
a. Odisha
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Assam
d. West Bengal
Ans. b
> Note – This dam is on Satluj river
Q. Where is the Nagarjuna Sagar dam located?
a. Goa
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Ans. c
> Note – It is on Krishna river
> The dam is situated in the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Q. Farakka dam is located in which state?
a. Odisha
b. Assam
c. West Bengal
d. Tripura
Ans. c
Indian Dams and Rivers GK Questions
Q. India’s highest gravity dam is?
a. Uri dam
b. Bhakra Nangal dam
c. Koyna dam
d. Salal dam
Ans. b
> Note – It is in Himachal Pradesh
> It is on Satluj river
Q. Which one is India’s highest dam?
a. Tehri dam
b. Koyna dam
c. Salaulim dam
d. Krishna Raja Sagar dam
Ans. a
> Note – It is in Uttarakhand
> It is on Bhagirathi river
Q. Where is the Koyna dam located?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Goa
d. Karnataka
Ans. b
Q. Koyna dam is on which river?
a. Chambal river
b. Krishna river
c. Godavari river
d. Koyna river
Ans. d
Q. Which one is the longest dam in India?
a. Rihand dam
b. Koyna dam
c. Hirakud dam
d. Bhakra Nangal dam
Ans. c
Q. Where is the Hirakud dam situated?
a. Telangana
b. Odisha
c. Assam
d. Tripura
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Mahanadi river
Dams in India Questions Answers
Q. Where is the Idukki dam located?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Karnataka
d. Goa
Ans. b
Q. The Idukki dam is on which river?
a. Godavari river
b. Mahanadi river
c. Periyar river
d. Kaveri river
Ans. c
Q. Where is Krishna Raja Sagar dam located?
a. Telangana
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Goa
Ans. b
Q. Krishna Raja Sagar dam is on which river?
a. Krishna river
b. Kaveri river
c. Yamuna river
d. Godavari river
Ans. b
Q. Where is Almaty dam located?
a. Kerala
b. Gujarat
c. Odisha
d. Karnataka
Ans. d
> Note – It is on Krishna river
Q. Where is the Mattur dam?
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Kaveri river
Indian Dams GK Questions Answers
Q. Which one is the oldest dam in India?
a. Kallanai dam
b. Tehri dam
c. Salaulim dam
d. Pong dam
Ans. a
> Note – It is in Tamil Nadu
> It is on Kaveri river
> Kallanai dam also known as Grand Anicut
Q. Where is the Rana Pratap Sagar dam located?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Gujarat
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Chambal river
Q. Where is the Jawahar Sagar dam?
a. Telangana
b. Karnataka
c. Delhi
d. Rajasthan
Ans. d
> Note – It is on Chambal river
Q. Where is the Sardar Sarovar dam located?
a. Delhi
b. Rajasthan
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra
Ans. c
> Note – It is on Narmada river
Q. Where is the Ukai dam?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Gujarat
d. Goa
Ans. c
> Note – It is on Tapi (Tapti) river
Q. Jayakwadi dam in Maharashtra is on which river?
a. Krishna river
b. Kaveri river
c. Godavari river
d. Kaveri (cauvery) river
Ans. c
Dams in India MCQ Quiz
Q. Where is the Matatila dam located?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Odisha
Ans. c
Q. What is the other name of Rihand dam in Uttar Pradesh?
a. Krishna Sagar dam
b. Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam
c. Nagarjuna dam
d. Indira Sagar dam
Ans. b
> Note – Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar dam is created from reservoir of Rihand dam. It is India’s largest artificial lake.
Q. Where is the Rani Laxmi Bai dam situated?
a. Mizoram
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Manipur
d. Assam
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Betwa river
Q. The Maithon dam in Jharkhand is on which river?
a. Betwa river
b. Chambal river
c. Barakar river
d. Krishna river
Ans. c
Q. Omkareshwar dam is in which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh
Ans. b
> Note – It is on Narmada river
Q. Indira Sagar dam in Madhya Pradesh is on which river?
a. Sone river
b. Narmada river
c. Mahanadi river
d. Yamuna river
Ans. b
