The Damodar Valley Corporation, independent India's first multipurpose river valley project, was modelled on which foreign authority?
- A.The Hoover Dam Authority
- B.The Tennessee Valley Authority
- C.The Colorado River Commission
- D.The Volga Basin Authority
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Damodar Valley Corporation was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1948, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India, and it was consciously modelled on the Tennessee Valley Authority of the United States, which had combined flood control, irrigation, navigation and power generation in one basin agency. The Damodar, once called the sorrow of Bengal, flows through a rift valley in the Chotanagpur plateau past the Jharia, Bokaro and Raniganj coalfields. A, the Hoover Dam Authority is not the model named in the Act; the Hoover Dam is a single structure on the Colorado. C, the Colorado River Commission allocates water among American states. D, the Volga Basin Authority is not the reference point in Indian planning literature. Remember 1948 and the Tennessee Valley Authority together.
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- C.The Ladakh and the Karakoram ranges
- D.The Dhauladhar and the Zanskar ranges
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