General facts about India - MCQs with answers - Part V

ANSWER: c) Hirakud dam

Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. It is built in 1957. Hirakud Dam is the longest man-made dam in the world, about 26 km in length.

ANSWER: d) Nagarjunasagar dam

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built across Krishna River in Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda District of Andhra Pradesh, India, between 1955 and 1967.

ANSWER: a) Thar desert

The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, is 496 miles long and 248 miles wide, and is divided into the regions of Hills, Plains and Sand Covered Thar. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

ANSWER: c) Gol Gumbaz

Gol Gumbaz or Gol Gumbadh, which means "round dome", is the burial chamber of Mohammed Adil Shah who was Sultan of Bijapur. The tomb is located in Bijapur, Karnataka in India. The architect Yaqut of Dabul completed it in 1656.

ANSWER: d) Shisunaga dynasty

The Shishunaga dynasty is the third ruling dynasty of Magadha, a kingdom in ancient India. Shishunaga was the founder of this dynasty with the capital Rajagriha in 642 BC.

ANSWER: c) Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri

Buland Darwaza was built by the great Mughal emperor, Akbar in 1601 A.D. at Fatehpur Sikri. He built this gateway to commemorate his victory over Gujarat.

ANSWER: a) Government Ophthalmic Hospital

Government ophthalmic eye hospital is the Oldest Eye Hospital in South Asia that established in the year 1819.

ANSWER: a) Escorts Heart Institute

The hospital was established in 1988.

ANSWER: b) Rongtong hydel scheme

Explanation: Rongtong project is situated in Kaza in the Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The project has helped transform the entire cold mountain desert into a lush green belt.

ANSWER: b) Wular lake

Wular Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. Wular Lake is regarded as the delta of the Jhelum in Kashmir.