This Uttar Pradesh quiz on Irrigation, Canals and Energy Projects of UP puts 11 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
11 questions with answers and explanations
The Upper Ganga Canal takes off from the Ganga at which place?
The Upper Ganga Canal begins at the Bhimgoda barrage at Haridwar, where the Ganga leaves the hills and still has the fall needed to drive a gravity canal.
Read the full explanation →Under which engineer was the Upper Ganga Canal designed and built?
Cautley surveyed the Doab, chose Haridwar as the head and supervised the digging of the Upper Ganga Canal, which was opened in 1854.
Read the full explanation →The Lower Ganga Canal starts from Narora, which lies in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Narora stands on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district, and the barrage there feeds the Lower Ganga Canal, opened in 1878 to extend irrigation to the middle Doab districts of Etawah, Kanpur and Fatehpur.
Read the full explanation →The Agra Canal draws its water from the Yamuna at which barrage?
The Agra Canal starts at the Okhla barrage on the Yamuna near Delhi and was opened in 1874.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest man made lake in India by area, is the reservoir of which dam?
The dam was built at Pipri in Sonbhadra district across the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the lake behind it was named Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar after the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Rihand dam of Uttar Pradesh is built on which river?
The Rihand rises on the Chhattisgarh plateau, flows north through the hills of the south east and joins the Son, and the dam at Pipri in Sonbhadra district stands across it.
Read the full explanation →The Narora Atomic Power Station is located in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
The Narora Atomic Power Station stands at Narora on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district and is the only nuclear station in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh is called the energy capital of the state?
The district lies in the extreme south east, where the Singrauli coalfield, the Rihand reservoir and the hills meet.
Read the full explanation →The Sharda Canal of Uttar Pradesh takes off from which place?
The Sharda Canal begins at Banbasa, where the Sharda river, also called the Kali, comes down from the Kumaon hills to the plain.
Read the full explanation →The Matatila dam, a joint project of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, is built on which river?
The Matatila dam stands on the Betwa on the border of the Jhansi and Lalitpur tract and was built jointly by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for irrigation and a small hydel station.
Read the full explanation →Which source irrigates the largest area in Uttar Pradesh?
The alluvium of the Ganga plain holds water close to the surface, so a farmer can sink a tube well cheaply and pump whenever the crop needs water rather than waiting for a canal turn.
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