Falls (A hydroelectric project was commissioned here in 1902, which was at that

  PART-3- GK FOR LAB ASSISTANT RIVERS

  1) Which is the southern-most river among the important rivers of the Indian

  peninsular river system?

• – Kaveri (also called Cauvery)

  2) What is the originating point of Kaveri River?

• – Talakaveri, in Kodagu

  (Karnataka) 3) Kaveri River passes through how many states before it flows into the Bay of

  Bengal? – Two (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)

  

4) What is the distinct feature of Kaveri River, which slightly differentiates it from

  other East flowing rivers of the Indian peninsular river system? – Kaveri is more

  dependent on rains than other rivers of the Indian peninsular river system (Kaveri receives rain water almost all through the year, mainly due to occurrence of reverse Monsoon in Tamil Nadu, in which monsoon brings significant amount of rains even during its retreat from the Indian subcontinent

• – 5) Which famous dam is built over Kaveri River near Mysore in Karnataka? Krishnaraj Sagar Dam

  6) Which famous waterfall on Kaveri River is situated in Karnataka, which was the

  site of first hydroelectric project in India?

• – Shivanasamudra or Shivasamudra

  Falls (A hydroelectric project was commissioned here in 1902, which was at that

  time was the second hydroelectric project of Asia)

  7) The sharing of waters of Kaveri River has been the source of a serious conflict

  between which two Indian states for long?

• – Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (Both these states contend that do not receive ample amount of water of this river. The root cause of this dispute lies in two river water sharing agreements signed between the erstwhile Princely States of Mysore and Madras Presidency, signed in 1892 and 1924)
• – 8) Which dam is constructed at the place where Kaveri River enters the plains?

  Mettur Dam, which is constructed near Salem in Tamil Nadu (Sharing of water

  coming from this dam has also been a point of dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka)

  9) Which river is often revered as the “Ganges of the South India”? – Kaveri River

10) From where Mahanadi River, another important river of the Indian peninsular

  river system, originates?

• – From Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

  region

11) Mahanadi River flows through how many states before it merges into the Bay

  of Bengal? – Two (Chhattisgarh and Odisha (Orissa))

  

12) Which important cities of Odisha are situated on the banks of Mahanadi River?

• – Cuttack and Sambalpur

  

13) Which huge dam is constructed on the Mahanadi River in Odisha? – Hirakud

Dam (It is the longest dam in India and is the longest man-made earthen dam in

  the world)

  14) Which are the major tributaries of Mahanadi River?

• – Seonath, Hasdeo, Jonk

  and Mand 15) Which is the longest river of the state of Odisha? – Mahanadi (Brahmani is

  the second longest river of Odisha)

  

16) Which Eastern flowing river belonging to peninsular river system of India was

  known as a source of gold at its origin? – Subarnarekha River (Many years ago gold was mined at the origin of this river near Ranchi in Jharkhand. The river originates from Piska village near Ranchi)

  

  

1) What is meant by peninsular rivers of India? – These rivers flow in the Indian

peninsula, which is the area extending from Narmada River to India’s southern tip 2)

  What is the main feature of India’s peninsular rivers? – These rivers are

  

seasonal in flow unlike the Himalayan Rivers, which are perennial in nature

3) Peninsular rivers are broadly classified in how many categories?

• – Two a)

  East flowing rivers b) West flowing rivers 4) East flowing rivers flow into which oceanic body?

• – The Bay of Bengal –

  5) Which are the important East flowing rivers of the peninsular river system?

Godavari, Krishna, Mahanadi, Cauvery (Kaveri), Brahmani and Mahanadi

6) Which is the longest river of Indian Peninsula? – Godavari – Length 1465 km.

  (Godavari is also the second longest river in India after the Ganges and is the largest river of South India)

  7) Which is the originating point of Godavari River? – Trimbak near Nasik, Maharashtra 8) Godavari flows through how many states before merging into the Bay of

  Bengal?

• – Two – Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh (Its flowing length in Andhra Pradesh is longer than that of Maharashtra)

  9) Godavari forms a major delta in Andhra Pradesh in association which other

  major river? – Krishna (Krishna and Godavari rivers form the Krishna-Godavari delta, which is also known as the KG delta. This is the second largest delta of the Indian subcontinent after the Sunderbans delta)

  

10) Which are the major tributaries of Godavari? – Manjira, Penganga, Vardha

and Indravati 11)

  Which river is sometimes called “Vriddh Ganga” or the old Ganga? –

  Godavari

• – 12) Which are the important cities situated on the banks of Godavari River? Nasik, Nanded and Rajahmundry

  

13) Which is the second largest river the east flowing peninsular river system of

  India? – Krishna

  14) What is the originating point of Krishna River? – Mahabaleswar in the Western Ghats (in Maharashtra) 15) Krishna River flows through how many Indian states before falling into the

  Bay of Bengal?

• – Three (Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh)

  16) Which are the major tributaries of Krishna River?

• – Koyna, Doodhganga,

  Wenganga, Panchganga and Bheema 17) Which major dam is located on the Krishna River?

• – Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (Andhra Pradesh)
• – 18) Which is the largest city situated on the banks of Krishna River?

  Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) 19) What is the name of a famous barrage constructed over Krishna River in

  Vijayawada? – Prakasam Barrage

  20) Which is the largest city of Maharashtra situated on the banks of Krishna

  River? _Search... – Sangli

  

  Indus River

  1) Which is the longest river of the Indian subcontinent? – Indus or Sindhu 2) What is the approximate length of Indus River? – 3,200 km 3) What is the originating point of river Ganges?

• – Confluence of Sengge and

  Gar rivers near Kailash-Mansarovar region in Tibet, China

  5) Which river is also known as the Lion River? – Indus 6) Which are the important tributaries of Indus in Jammu & Kashmir? – Shyok, Shigar and Gilgit 7) Which are the most important tributaries of Indus? – Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej

8) Which tributaries of Indus emerge from northwestern direction to merge into it?

• – Gumal, Zhob, Tochi and Swat

  9) Indus merges into

• – The Arabian Sea

  

10) Indus passes through which important city of Pakistan before merging into the

  seas?

• – Karachi

  Brahmaputra River 1) What is the originating point of Brahmaputra River? – Angsi Glacier near Mansarovar Lake (Tibet, China) 2) What is the approximate length of Brahmaputra River?

• – 2,900 km (about

  1,800 miles) 3) Brahmaputra is known by which name in China?

• – Tsangpo

  4) Brahmaputra enters India through which state?

• – Arunachal Pradesh

  5) Brahmaputra is known by which name in Arunachal Pradesh?

• – Siang or

  

Dihang (It is known by the name Siang as it enters Indian territory through a rocky

  and mountainous terrain. Later in the plains of Arunachal Pradesh it is known as Dihang)

  6) How many times river Brahmaputra changes its course significantly during its

  flow?

• – Twice (Once while entering into India from China and secondly while entering Bangladesh from India)

  7) Brahmaputra flows through how many Indian states?

• – Two (Arunachal Pradesh and Assam)

  9) One of the largest river-islands in the world is formed by Brahmaputra river in

  Assam. What is the name of this river –island? – Majuli (It is however shrinking fast and is experiencing serious threat to its existence)

  10) Which important city of Assam is situated on Brahmaputra River?

• – Guwahati

  11) Brahmaputra is known by which name in Bangladesh? – Jamuna 12) Which are the important tributaries of Brahmaputra?

• – Dibang and Lohit (in Arunachal Pradesh), Kameng (in Assam) and Ganges (or Padma), Teesta and

  Meghna (in Bangladesh)

• – 13) Brahmaputra merges with which river to form the Sunderbans Delta? Ganges or Padma
• – 14) Brahmaputra merges into which sea after joining the Ganges in Bangladesh?

  Bay of Bengal (Later stages of Brahmaputra are known as Meghna) 15) Which country is proposing to build a massive dam over Brahmaputra to

  utilize its mammoth water resources, a step that could drastically reduce river’s water flow into India?

• – China

  

  1) Indian rivers can be broadly classified in how many categories?

• – 2 categories

  Peninsula

  2) Which are the major rivers belonging to the Himalayan system, which flow

  through India? – Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra

  

3) Which is the largest river of India? – Ganges or Ganga, length in India is about

  2,500 Km (Indus (3,200Km) and Brahmaputra (2,900Km) are much longer than Ganges but length of their flow in India is smaller when compared with Ganges’ length of flow in India)

  4) What is the originating point of river Ganges? – Gomukh or Gaumukh in Uttarakhand

5) Ganges is known by which name after it originates from Gomukh? – Bhagirathi

• – 6) Bhagirathi joins which river at Devprayag (Uttarakhand) to become Ganges?

  Alaknanda (It can be said that Bhagirathi becomes Ganges at Devprayag after

  meeting Alaknanda)

  7) Which are the main tributaries of Ganges?

• – Yamuna, Ghaghara, Gandak,

  Kosi, Son and Damodar 8) Which are the important tributaries of Ganges, which flow northwards (i.e.,

  from south) to join Ganges? – Son and Damodar

  

9) Which is the main tributary of the Ganges? – Yamuna (which meets Ganges at

  Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh)

  

10) Which mystical river is believed to meet Ganges and Yamuna at Allahabad in

  invisible form? – Saraswati (This river is believed to have changed its course and disappeared in Indian desert more than 2 thousand years ago)

  11) What is the originating point of Yamuna?

• – Near Mansarovar Lake in

  China’s Tibet area (However, many Indian devotees believe Yamunotri in

  Uttarakhand as Yamuna’s originating point)

  12) Which are the main tributaries of Yamuna? – Chambal, Ken and Betwa 13) What is the distinct feature of the tributaries of Yamuna?

• – These rivers flow

  northwards to meet Yamuna, which flows to their North 14) Ganges flows through which other country apart from India? – Bangladesh 15) Ganges is known by which name in Bangladesh? – Padma 16) Ganges is joined by which river in Bangladesh to form a huge delta, before

  they submerge in the Bay of Bangal?

• – Brahmaputra

  17) Which delta is formed by juncture of Ganges and Brahmaputra?

• – The

  

18) What is the distinct feature of Sundarbans delta? – It is world’s largest delta

and spreads over a large area of India and Bangladesh (Spread over 4000 sq.

  km. Majority of Sundarbans is spread over Bangladesh (about 80%) whereas Indian part constitute of the remaining 20%)

  19) The name Sundarbans is derived due to – Presence of Sundari trees in this delta area 20) Which important cities are situated on the banks of the Ganges?

• – Rishikesh,

  Haridwar, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna and Kolkata

  1)

  What is the distinct feature of India’s Western flowing rivers? – They flow

  from the Eastern direction towards West and there is not so much

proliferation of these rivers (i.e., their number is not very significant as compared

  to India’s Eastern flowing rivers)

  2) Which are the most important Western flowing rivers of India?

• – Narmada,

  Tapti (or Tapi), Sabarmati and Mahi 3) What is the major difference between India’s Western flowing rivers and

  Eastern flowing rivers? – Western flowing rivers are bereft of deltas whereas

  Eastern flowing rivers make large deltas on their way to the ocean (This is

  largely due to the fact that Western flowing rivers pass through many gorges, V- shaped valleys and they are swifter than their Eastern counterparts)

  4) Western flowing rivers of India usually merge into which oceanic entity?

• – The

  Arabian Sea (Hence western flowing rivers in India are also called as the rivers

  falling into or flowing towards the Arabian Sea)

  5)

  Which is India’s longest Western flowing river? – Narmada (With a length of around 1300 Km, it is the fifth largest river of the Indian subcontinent)

  6) What was an ancient name of Narmada, which was mentioned in some old

  scriptures? – Rewa

• – 7) What is a distinct feature of Narmada River as far as its location is concerned?

  This river is generally perceived as the geographic barrier between North India and South India 8) Which is the originating point of Narmada River?

• – Narmada Kund at

  Amarkantak, situated in the Maikal Range (Border of Madhya Pradesh and

  Chhattisgarh)

  9) Narmada River passes through how many Indian states before falling into the

  Arabian Sea? – Four (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat)

  10) In which state Narmada has its maximum length?

• – Madhya Pradesh

  

11) Which famous falls are situated on Narmada River? – Dhuandhara Falls and

Bhedaghat Falls (Madhya Pradesh) 12) A large portion of Narmada River flows through which type of valley? V- shaped Valley 13) Which plateau lies to the north of Narmada River?

• – Plateau of Malwa

  14) Which huge dam has been built over the Narmada River?

• – Sardar Sarovar

  Dam 15) Narmada River falls into the Arabian Sea through which bay situated in

  Gujarat? – Bay of Cambay

• – 16) Which famous temple towns are situated on the banks of Narmada River?

  Omkareshwar and Maheshwar (both in Madhya Pradesh)

• – 17) Which are the major cities situated on the banks of Narmada River?

  Jabalpur, Hoshangabad, Dewas (all 3 in Madhya Pradesh) and Bharuch

  (Gujarat)

  SAARC

• – 1.India (SAARC)

  2. Pakistan

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Srilanka

  5.Bhutan

  6. Maldives

  7. Bangladesh 8.Nepal.

  G3, G5, G8 countries G3 Countries:  It is also called the group of three.

   It is a free trade agreement between Columbia, Venezuela and Mexico.  It is also called the “Andean Community Agreement.  It was started in January 1995.  The aim was to increase trade amongst themselves by reducing tariffs by 10 % over the next 10 years.

   It was an economic arrangement with wide coverage including trade liberalization measures, openness in investment, greater trade in goods and services, amongst themselves.

   It also stipulated the rules, meant to reduce unfair competition.  Rules were also made to reinforce intellectual property rights.

  G5 Countries:  It is also called the group of five.

   It includes the world's five leading economic powers, namely USA, UK, France,

  G7 Countries List? Answer

The Group of Seven (7) countries is a working coalition of the world’s largest economies. The G7 countries include: The United States, Canada, Great Britain

  Japan, Germany, France and Italy. The leaders of the G7 countries meet once a year to discuss political and economic topics that are of common concern.

  1 Additional Answer The G7 countries are; the United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada. As an economic and political group of seven developed countries with large economies, this powerful group of nations does not include any developing nations. The finance ministers of these nations meet several times a year to discuss economic policies.

  Q&A Related to "G7 Countries List?"

  

  The G7 is a group of finance ministers formed in 1976 and includes the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Canada, and Italy.

   Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The U.S and the U.K.

  

  Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA

  

  The G-7 Countries are the world's major financial nations: Britain,

G8 Countries:  G8 consists of the eight biggest economies in the world

   They are the USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Japan.  It also includes the European Union.  They meet once a year, when their heads of government come together.  The member states host the meeting by rotation.  India, China, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico have attended the G8 meets as guests.

   They are called the "outreach countries."  This group was created in 1973, just after the OPEC oil crisis.

   It started as the G6 countries, and later became the G8.  The G8 is an informal forum.  There is no permanent office.  It should be called the G9 with the inclusion of the European Union (since it counts as nine).

   But it is still called the G8 because the European Union has limited participation.

   Countries discuss a wide assortment of economic, social, political and financial concerns.

   They also cover energy problems, terrorism, trade, justice, environment, economic development, social issues, labor relations and more.

   Lately terrorism and how to fight it, control it, defeat it and / or resolve it has been a major concern.

   Energy and environmental issues loom large too.  Lots of coverage is given to renewable and possible new sources of energy.  The main aim is to reduce oil dependence, and promote green technology.  G8 is important because it covers 2/3rd (66%) of the world output.  It is also a collection of the most powerful economic as well as military powers.  G8 covers 15 % of the world population and 99% of the world nuclear arsenal.  G8 has no teeth, since there is no formally laid out agenda to be accomplished.  It is more of a "lets meet and talk" type of informal gathering.  These countries together are responsible for most of the greenhouse gas emission, and by extension global warming.

   They have yet to do something factual and solid to reduce this impending warming crisis.

   They recognize the rapid spread of AIDS (in Africa and Asia), acute poverty (in Africa, Asia) but have again done nothing substantial to alleviate these problems.

   In real terms it is not the gathering of the most powerful economies since Canada has a GDP lower than China and Russia has a GDP lower than Brazil.

   But the former two are members, while the latter two are not.  They (China and Brazil) are only guests.  Thus it is more of military might, than economic prowess that dictates membership to this club

  List of Member Countries (OECD, ASEAN, EU) (1) OECD Countries

  1 Australia 1996CY-1st half～

  2 Austria

  3 Belgium

  4 Canada

  5 Denmark

  6 Finland

  7 France

  8 Germany

  9 Greece

  10 Iceland

  11 Ireland

  12 Italy

  13 Luxembourg

  14 Mexico

  15 Netherlands

  16 New Zealand

  17 Norway

  18 Portugal

  19 Spain

  20 Sweden

  21 Switzerland

  22 Turkey

  23 United Kingdom 24 U.S.A.

  25 Czech 1996CY-2nd half～

  26 Hungary 〃

  27 Republic of Korea 1997CY-1st half～

  28 Poland 〃

  29 Slovakia 2001CY-1st half～

  30 Chile 2010CY-2nd quarter (May)～

  31 Slovenia 2010CY-3rd quarter (July)～

  32 Israel 2010CY-3rd quarter (September)～

  33 Estonia 2010CY-4th quarter (December)～

  (2) ASEAN

  2 Singapore

  3 Thailand

  4 Philippines

  5 Malaysia

  6 Brunei

  7 Viet nam

  8 Laos 1998CY-1st half～

  9 Myanmar 〃

  10 Cambodia 1999CY-2nd half～

  (3) EU

  1 Belgium 1996CY-1st half～

  2 Denmark

  3 France

  4 Germany

  5 Greece

  6 Ireland

  7 Italy

  8 Luxembourg

  9 Netherlands

  10 Portugal

  11 Spain

  12 United Kingdom

  13 Austria

  14 Finland

  15 Sweden

  16 Cyprus 2004CY-1st half～

  17 Czech

  18 Estonia

  19 Hungary

  20 Latvia

  21 Lithuania

  22 Malta

  23 Poland

  24 Slovakia

  25 Slovenia

  26 Bulgaria 2007CY-1st quarter～

  27 Romania 〃

  

Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of Indian States

States Capitals Governors Chief Ministers

  (1) Andhra Pradesh

  Hyderabad Mr. E.S.L.Narasimhan Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu (2) Arunachal

  Pradesh Itanagar Lieutenant General (Retd)

  Nirbhay Sharma Mr. Nabam Tuki (3) Assam Dispur Mr. J. B. Patnaik Mr. Tarun Gogoi (4) Bihar Patna Mr. D. Y. Patil

  Mr. Jitan Ram Manjhi (5) Chhattisgarh Raipur Mr.yadav Dr. Raman Singh (6) Goa Panaji

• –kohli of gujarat (mrutila sinha) present Mr. Manohar Parrikar

  (7) Gujarat Gandhinagar Mr. Om Prakash Kohli Ms. Anandiben Patel

  (8) Haryana Chandigarh Mr. solanki Mr. kattar (9) Himachal

  Pradesh Shimla Ms. Urmila Singh Mr. Virbhadra Singh (10) Jammu and

  Kashmir Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter)

  Mr. N. N. Vohra Mr. Omar Abdullah (11) Jharkhand Ranchi Dr. Syed Ahmed Mr. Hemant Soren

  (13) Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Ms. Sadas1va Shri. Oommen Chandy (14) Madhya

  Lucknow Mr. Ram Naik Mr. Akhilesh Yadav (29) West Bengal

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  1 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad

  States Capital

  Kolkata Mr. Keshari Nath Tripathi Ms. Mamata Banerjee

  Dehradun Dr. Aziz Qureshi Mr. Harish Rawat (28) Uttar Pradesh

  Pradesh Bhopal Mr. Ram Naresh Yadav Mr. Shivraj Singh

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  Mr. Padmanabha Acharya (Additional charge) Mr. Manik Sarkar (26) Telangana Hyderabad Mr. E.S.L.Narasimhan Mr. K.

  Raje

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(present)

Smt. Vasundhara

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(19) Nagaland Kohima Mr. Padmanabha Acharya T R Zeliang

(20) Odisha Bhubaneswar Mr. S.C. Jamir Mr. Naveen Patnaik

(21) Punjab Chandigarh Mr. Shivraj V. Patil Mr. Parkash Singh

  (16) Manipur Imphal Vk duggal, paul Mr.Okram Ibobi Singh (17) Meghalaya Shillong Dr. K. K. Paul Mr. Mukul A.

  Mumbai Mr. K. Sankaranarayan, vidyasagar rao (present) Mr. fernandis

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