The Kosi barrage at Bhimnagar lies in which district of Bihar?
- A.Saharsa
- B.Madhepura
- C.Supaul
- D.Araria
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Supaul. The Kosi barrage stands at Bhimnagar in Supaul district, where the river enters India from Nepal. It was built after the Indo Nepal Kosi agreement of 1954 along with long embankments on both banks, and the Eastern Kosi Main Canal and the Western Kosi Canal take off from it to irrigate the Kosi plain.
Option A, Saharsa, and Option B, Madhepura, lie downstream inside the old Kosi flood belt and are served by the eastern canal, not the barrage site. Option D, Araria, is further east in the Purnia division and is also a command district. The examiner is relying on the fact that all four names belong to the Kosi region, so recall the entry point of the river, which is Bhimnagar in Supaul, rather than the general region.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich is the oldest and largest canal irrigation system of Bihar?
- A.Kosi canal system
- B.Gandak canal system
- C.Sone canal system
- D.Bagmati canal system
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Work on the Sone began in the colonial period with an anicut across the river at Dehri in Rohtas district, and the system has been extended ever since, the Indrapuri barrage replacing the old anicut in 1968.
Read the full explanation →The Indrapuri barrage, built across the Sone at Dehri, is located in which district of Bihar?
- A.Rohtas
- B.Aurangabad
- C.Bhojpur
- D.Kaimur
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Dehri on Sone lies in Rohtas district, and the Indrapuri barrage was built there in place of the old anicut, being completed in 1968.
Read the full explanation →The barrage of the Gandak project, built jointly with Nepal, stands at which place?
- A.Bhimnagar
- B.Valmiki Nagar
- C.Dehri
- D.Barauni
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The Gandak barrage was built at Valmiki Nagar in West Champaran district, on the border with Nepal, under an agreement between the two countries.
Read the full explanation →Which river of Bihar has traditionally been called the Sorrow of Bihar?
- A.Gandak
- B.Kosi
- C.Sone
- D.Punpun
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The Kosi comes down from Nepal carrying an enormous load of silt, drops it on the flat plain and so keeps raising its own bed.
Read the full explanation →The Tirhut canal is a part of which irrigation project of Bihar?
- A.Kosi project
- B.Sone project
- C.Gandak project
- D.Durgavati project
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The Tirhut canal is the main eastern canal of the Gandak project and takes its name from the old Tirhut region of north Bihar.
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