Current Affairs- May 2011

• The Movie ‘The Trade of Life’ directed by reclusive U.S. Director Terrence Malick clinched the Palmed ‘Or at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Palme ‘Or is the most prestigious awards of Cannes film Festival. The movie is a fantastical family drama uniting Brad Pitt and Sean Penn on screen.
• Red Bull’s Formula one World Champion Sebastian Vettel won Spanish Grand Prix on May 22, 2011. It was his fourth win in five race this season with McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton finishing second in the race.
• Portuguese star Christiano Ronaldo broke the La Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th and 40 league goals of the season for Real Madrid against on Almeria on May 21, 2011. Ronaldo had his record- breaking goal to overtake the previous best of 38 set by Athletic Bilbao’s Telmo Zarra in 1951 and equaled by Real Madrid’s Mexican legend Hugo Sanchez in 1990.
• Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raja Gilani inaugurated Pakistan’s nuclear plant at Chashma in Punjab on May 12, 2011. The second unit of Chashma Nuclear power plant – Chasnupp-2 was built in collaboration with China which is expected to produce 330 megawatt of electricity.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Wards for International Understanding 2009 for her enormous efforts toward sustainable and equitable development. It was officially announced on May 9, 2011.
• Formula one World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the Turkish Grand Prix on May 8, 2011. Australia’s Mark Webber finished second in the race. It was vettel’s 13th career win.
• Novak Djokovic defeated world No.1 Rafael Nadal to win the Madrid Master of Tennis Championship in May 2011. It was his 32^nd Consecutive win of defeat-free 2011 the best season start since John Mc Enroe’s 42 match streak in 1984.
• The Leaders of two main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas have signed a reconciliation agreement paving the way the for the formation to transitional national unity government by election. The pact was signed in first week of May 2011.

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General Knowledge, GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs

1: What is called as the “Roof of the World”?

1. Indira Point
2. Kanchenjunga
3. Pamir Knot
4. Indira Col

Answer: 3.  Pamir knot
2: The illustrious names of Aryabhatta and Varahamihir are associated with the age of the

1. Guptas
2. Kushanas
3. Mauryas
4. Palas

Answer: 1.  Guptas
3: Who generally acknowledged as the pioneer of local self government in modern India?

1. Ripon
2. Mayo
3. Lytton
4. Curzon

Answer:  1.  Ripon
4: Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?

1. Article 16
2. Article 17
3. Article 18
4. Article 15

Answer: 2.  Article 17
5: The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by

1. Muhammad Iqbal
2. M. A. Jinnah
3. Shaukat Ali
4. Aga Khan

Answer: 1.  Muhammad Iqbal
6: Which of the following countries has introduced “Direct Democracy”?

1. Russia
2. India
3. France
4. Switzerland

Answer: 4.  Switzerland
7: Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is

1. More that aggregate demand
2. Less than aggregate demand
3. Equal to aggregate demand
4. None of the above

Answer: 2.  More that aggregate demand
8: Which State has the lowest per capita income in India?

1. Bihar
2. Orissa
3. Rajasthan
4. Gujrat

Answer: 2.  Orissa
9: In the budget figures of the Government of India, fiscal deficit is

1. Total expenditure – total receipts
2. Revenue expenditure – revenue receipts
3. Capital expenditure – capital receipts + market borrowings
4. Sum of budget deficit and Government’s market borrowings and liabilities

Answer: 1.  Total expenditure – total receipts
10: The eighth Joint Economic Group dialogue between China and India was held in January 2010 in Beijing, China after a gap of

1. two years
2. three years
3. four years
4. five years

Answer: 3.  four years
11: According to the recently released World Bank Report, the Chinese economy grew by the close of fourth quarter of 2009 at the rate of

1. 9.7 percent
2. 10.7 percent
3. 10.8 percent
4. 11 percent

Answer: 2.  10.7 percent
12: As per the quality of life Index 2010, which was released worldwide in January 2010, the united States occupies the

1. Second Place
2. Third Place
3. Fifth Place
4. Seventh Place

Answer: 4. Seventh Place
13: The India-France deal for civil nuclear corporation, which came into force in January 2010, had been signed between the two countries in

1. September 2008
2. October 2008
3. November 2008
4. December 2008

Answer: 1. September 2008
14: Wodeyars were the ruler of

1. Princely State of Mysore
2. Princely State of Travancore
3. Vijayanagaram
4. None of these

Answer: 1. Princely State of Mysore
15: “Black Pagoda” is in

1. Egypt
2. Srilanka
3. Madurai
4. Konark

Answer: 4. Konark
16: The meeting of the Rajya Sabha are presided over by the

1. President
2. Vice President
3. Prime Minister
4. Speaker

Answer: 2. Vice President
17: Lunar eclipse occurs on

1. A new moon day
2. A full moon day
3. A half moon day
4. both 1 and 2

Answer: 2. A full moon day
18: Which of the following crops helps in nitrogen fixation?

1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Beans
4. Maize

Answer: 3. Beans
19: Detroit in the U. S. A. is known as the city of

1. Motor Car
2. Lights
3. Aeroplanes
4. Rockets

Answer: 1. Motor Car
20: The term “Fourth Estate” refers to

1. Backward States
2. Judiciary
3. Press
4. Tea Estate

Answer: 3. Press
21: SAIL’s plant in Karnataka is situated at

1. Bangalore
2. Bhadravati
3. Belgaum
4. Hubli

Answer: 2. Bhadravati
22: At which of the following place Rajiv Gandhi died of human bomb explosion?

1. New Delhi
2. Chennai
3. Sriperumbudur
4. Colombo

Answer: 3. Sriperumbudur
23: Who is not the Speaker of the Lok Sabha ever?

1. Somnath Chatterjee
2. P. A. Sangma
3. Meira Kumar
4. Sushma Swaraj

Answer: 4. Sushma Swaraj
24: The Governor General associated with the abolition of slavery was

1. Cornwallis
2. Bentinck
3. Dalhousie
4. Rippon

Answer: 2. Bentinck
25: The name of India’s first carrier is

1. INS Vikrant
2. INS Nilgiri
3. INS Kukri
4. INS Himgiri

Answer: 1. INS Vikrant
26: The general direct flow of summer monsoon in India is -

1. From South to North
2. From South West to South East
3. From South East to South West
4. From South West to North East

Answer: 2 From South West to South East
27: World No-Tobacco Day is observed on -

1. May 25
2. May 31
3. May28
4. May 24

Answer: 2. May 31
28: Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth’s surface?

1. Desert Ecosystem
2. Grassland Ecosystem
3. Mountain Ecosystem
4. Marine Ecosystem

Answer: 4. Marine Ecosystem
29: With which game is the Double Fault associated?

1. Lawn Tennis
2. Football
3. Cricket
4. Hockey

Answer: 2. Football
30: Where is the oldest oil refinery in India located?

1. Digboi
2. Cochin
3. Mathura
4. Guwahati

Answer: 1. Digboi
31: The Siwaliks stretch between -

1. Indus and Sutlaj
2. Potwar basin and Teesta
3. Sutlaj and Kali
4. None of these

Answer: 2. Potwar basin and Teesta
32: Thalassaemia is a hereditary disease affecting -

1. Blood
2. Lungs
3. Heart
4. Kidney

Answer: 1.  Blood
33: Polythene is industrially prepared by the polymerization of -

1. Methane
2. Styrene
3. Acetylene
4. Ethylene

Answer: 4. Ethylene
34: In cricket the length of pitch between the two wickets is -

1. 24 yards
2. 23 yards
3. 22 yards
4. 21 yards

Answer: 3.  22 yards
35: Which one of the following is not the official language of the United Nations Organisation?

1. Arabic
2. Chinese
3. Portuguese
4. Spanish

Answer: 3.  Portuguese
36: Which countries are separated by Mac Mohan Line?

1. India and Pakistan
2. China and Tibet
3. India and China
4. India and Bangladesh

Answer: 3.  India and China
37: Which one of the following is a water soluble vitamin?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin C
3. Vitamin D
4. Vitamin K

Answer: 2. Vitamin C
38: Among the following who was the Speaker in two Lok Sabhas?

1. Rabi Ray
2. Shivraj Patil
3. P. A. Sangma
4. G. M. C Balyogi

Answer: 4.  G. M. C Balyogi
39: ‘Lakshya’ which is part of Indian Defence System is

1. Surface of air missile
2. Missile Firing Submarine
3. multi Barrel rocket System
4. Pilot-less target aircraft

Answer: 4. Pilot-less target aircraft
40: Which one of the following states has only one representatives each in Lok Sabha?

1. Manipur, Meghalaya
2. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu Kashmir
3. Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura
4. Mizoram and Nagaland

Answer: 4.  Mizoram and Nagaland
41: Who among the following is known as the guardian of the Public Purse in India?

1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
2. The President
3. The Minister of Finance
4. The parliament

Answer: 1.  The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
42: Biological Oxygen demand (BOD) is used as a standard measure of

1. Oxygen level in forest System
2. Oxygen level in animals
3. Oxygen level in water system
4. Oxygen level in atmosphere

Answer: 3.  Oxygen level in water system
43: Which of the following Crops is of Kharif Season?

1. Soyabean
2. Linseed
3. lentil
4. Mustard

Answer: 1.  Soyabean
44: Fruit most suitable for making jelly is

1. Papaya
2. Karunda
3. Mango
4. Banana

Answer: 3.  Mango
45: Who was the first chief Justice of Supreme court of Calcutta?

1. Hyde
2. Elijah Impey
3. Lemaistre
4. Monson

Answer: 2.  Elijah Impey
46: By which of the following Acts were the Commercial Rights of East India Company Abolished?

1. Regulating Act of 1773
2. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1833
4. Charter Act of 1853

Answer: 3.  Charter Act of 1833
47: Who Was the founder of All India Muslim League?

1. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
2. Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan
3. Liyaqat Ali Khan
4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Answer: 2.  Nawab Saleem Ullah Khan
48: Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant obtains its iron ore from the mines of

1. Bababudan
2. Bailadila
3. Dalli-Rajhra
4. Gurumahisaini

Answer: 1.  Bababudan
49: The First Finance Commission was constituted in the year

1. 1956
2. 1953
3. 1952
4. 1951

Answer: 4.  1951
50: Which one of the following Settlements comprised Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue?

1. Mahalwari Settlement
2. Ryotwari Settlement
3. Permanent Settlement
4. None of the above

Answer: 3.  Permanent Settlement
51: Which of the following was the court language during the reign of Akbar?

1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. Persian
4. Arabic

Answer: 3.  Persian
52: What were the districts called in the Vijaynagar empire?

1. Nadu
2. Khurram
3. Kottam
4. Janpad

Answer: 3.  Kottam
53: Which was the first National News Agency of India?

1. The Indian Review
2. The Free Press of India
3. The Associated Press of India
4. None of the above

Answer: 3. The Associated Press of India
54: The depiction of the stones of the previous lives of Gautama Buddha was first done in the art of

1. Sarnath Pillar of Asoka
2. Bharhut Stupa
3. Ajanta Caves
4. Eilora Caves

Answer: 2.  Bharhut Stupa
55: The British Parliament can do everything except make a woman a man and a woman a man?To whom is this statement ascribed?

1. Dicey
2. Hegal
3. De Lolme
4. none of above

Answer: 3.  De Lolme
56: Which of the following states did not come into being in 1987?

1. Mizoram
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Goa
4. Manipur

Answer: 4.  Manipur
57: The number of Zonal Councils in India is

1. Five
2. Four
3. Seven
4. Eight

Answer: 1.  Five
58: National Commission for Back ward Classes was established in

1. 1994
2. 1993
3. 1995
4. 1999

Answer: 2. 1993
59: Indravati Hydroelectric Project is the multipurpose projet of

1. Maharashtra state
2. Gujarat state
3. Orissa State
4. Tamil Nadu state

Answer: 3.  Orissa State
60: Which sector contributes the maximum share in National income of India?

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. All the above have equal share

Answer: 3.  Tertiary
61: Shankarlal Guru committee was associated With

1. Agricultural Marketing
2. Agricultural production
3. Public Distribution System
4. None of above

Answer: 1.  Agricultural Marketing
62: IMF is the result of

1. Hawana Conference
2. Rome Conference
3. Brettonwood Conference
4. Geneva Conference

Answer: 3.  Brettonwood Conference
63: The Difference between Gross Domestic product and Net Domestic product is

1. Government Revenue
2. Net Indirect Tax (Indirect Tax Subsidy)
3. Consumption of fixed Capital
4. Net Capital Formation

Answer: 4.  Net Capital Formation
64: First share market in India was established in

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Kolkata
4. chennai

Answer: 2.  Mumbai
65: The acronym STD written on Telephone booth stands for

1. Straight Telephone Dial
2. Switch Telephone Dial
3. Subscriber Telephone Dialing
4. Save Telephone Dialing

Answer: 3.  Subscriber Telephone Dialing
66: India has signed a landamrk deal for sale of Dhruv Advance Light Helicopters (ALHs) with

1. Venezuela
2. Peru
3. Ecuador
4. Chile

Answer: 3. Ecuador
67: Humidity is measured by which of the following instrument?

1. Barometer
2. Thermometer
3. Hygrometer
4. Hydrometer

Answer: 3.  Hygrometer
68: Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

1. Geetanjali
2. Rajtarangini
3. Chokher Bali
4. Kapal Kundala

Answer: 1. Geetanjali
69: Which of the following department of Indian Government takes care of education of children with physical disabilities?

1. Ministry of Welfare
2. Ministry of Sports
3. Ministry of HRD
4. Ministry of Rural Development

Answer: 1. Ministry of Welfare
70: Amrita Pritam’s work “A Revenue Stamp” is

1. A book of stories
2. A novel
3. A biography
4. An autobiography

Answer: 4.  An autobiography
71: “Nadi Ke Dweep” is the creation of

1. Nirmala Verma
2. Krishna Sobit
3. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh
4. Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsyayan Agyeya

Answer: 4.  Sachidananda Heeranand Vatsyayan Agyeya
72: The poetic work “Rashmirathi” was written by

1. Maithilisharan Gupt
2. Mahadevi Verma
3. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
4. Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala

Answer: 3.  Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
73: “Operation Black Board” refers to providing schools with

1. Enough number of black boards
2. New type of black boards
3. Training for using new type of black boards
4. All essential learning materials.

Answer: 4.  Training for using new type of black boards
74: Transistors used in electronic equipments are mostly made of

1. Silver
2. Copper
3. Silicon
4. Carbon

Answer: 3.  Silicon
75: The disease diphtheria affects

1. Lungs
2. Intestine
3. Throat
4. Body joints

Answer: 3.  Throat
76: Which of the following is the brightest planet as seen from the earth?

1. Mercury
2. Uranus
3. Venus
4. Mars

Answer: 3.  Venus
77: The Harry Potter series is written by

1. K K Rowling
2. K J Rowling
3. J K Rowling
4. A K Rowling

Answer: 3.  J K Rowling
78: The most common communicable disease is

1. Influenza
2. Typhoid
3. Cholera
4. Polio

Answer: 1.  Influenza
79: Among the following, the richest source of protein is

1. Ground Nut
2. Rice
3. Potato
4. Apple

Answer: 1.  Ground Nut
80: Taoism is a school of

1. Chinese philosophy
2. Japanese philosophy
3. Buddhist philosophy
4. Sri Lankan philosophy

Answer: 1.  Chinese Philosophy
81: Hydrogen is used instead of Helium to fill balloons for meteorology because

1. of its low density
2. It is not very reactive under normal conditions
3. It is almost insoluble in water
4. It can be prepared easily

Answer: 1.  of its low density
82: The most abundant element in the earth’s crust is

1. Silicon
2. Aluminium
3. Nitrogen
4. Oxygen

Answer: 4.  Oxygen
83: Stainless steel is an example of

1. A metallic compound
2. A homogeneous mixture
3. A heterogeneous mixture
4. An inorganic compound

Answer: 1.  A metallic compound
84: The Non-Cooperation Movement was ultimately withdrawn by Mahatma Gandhi

1. On the directions of the Party
2. On account of amicable settlement with the British
3. On account of violent incidents at Chauri-Chaura
4. On account of excessive repression by the Government

Answer: 3.  On account of violent incidents at Chauri-Chaura
85: The Preamble of the Constitution after 42nd amendment declares India

1. Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
2. Sovereign Democratic Republic
3. Federal Democratic Republic
4. Federal Socialist Democratic Republic

Answer: 1.  Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
86: The International Date Line is the

1. Equator
2. 0° Longitude
3. 88° East Longitude
4. 180° Longitude

Answer: 4.  180° Longitude
87: The real executive power under a Parliamentary Government rests with

1. The Parliament
2. The King
3. The Council of Ministers
4. The Civil Servants

Answer: 3.  The Council of Ministers
88: Who among the following was the first Maratha Ruler to get legal recognition from the Mughals?

1. Sahuji
2. Shivaji
3. Balaji Baji Rao
4. Sambhaji

Answer: 1.  Sahuji
89: The average solar day is approximately

1. 24 hrs
2. 24 hrs 15 minutes
3. 24 hrs 52 minutes
4. 24 hrs 15 Second

Answer: 1.  24 hrs
90: The constellation Sapta-Rishi is known to westerns as the

1. Seven Monks
2. Alpha Centauri
3. Big Dipper
4. Small Bear

Answer: 3.  Big Dipper
91: One kilobyte is equal to

1. 1000 bytes
2. 1024 bytes
3. 100 bytes
4. 1023 bytes

Answer: 2.  1024 bytes
92: Which of the following is a cellulose fiber?

1. Cotton
2. Wool
3. Rayon
4. Polyester

Answer: 1.  Cotton
93: Which of the following is not an example of Operating System?

1. Windows 98
2. BSD Unix
3. Microsoft Office XP
4. Red Hat Linux

Answer: 3. Microsoft Office XP
94: Which of the following vitamins helps in the absorption of calcium?

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin B
3. Vitamin C
4. Vitamin D

Answer: 4.  Vitamin D
95: Dengue fever is spread by

1. Aedes aegypti mosquito
2. Common House flies
3. Anophilies mosquito
4. Rodent like rats and squirrels

Answer: 1.  Aedes aegypti mosquito
96: Which of the following is not a fundamental right of the Indian citizens?

1. Right to property
2. Right to freedom of expression
3. Right to vote
4. Right to remain silence

Answer: 1.  Right to property
97: Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists?

1. Param
2. Super 301
3. Compaq Presario
4. CRAY YMP

Answer: 1.  Param
98: Genome is the key to tomorrow’s medical practices because

1. It unleashes an information revolution
2. It provides a new outlook into medicine
3. It is a new way of making drugs
4. It can enable customized medicines.

Answer: 2.  it provides a new outlook into medicine
99: Which of the following is not a missile tested in Indian Missile Programme?

1. Agni
2. Trishul
3. Prithvi
4. Arjun

Answer: 4.  Arjun
100: Mahatma Gandhi started his struggle against apartheid in

1. Natal
2. Transvaal
3. Johannesberg
4. Champaran

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Gereral Knowledge, Current GK

MULTIPURPOSE RIVER-VALLEY PROJECTS

ALAMATTI DAM It is on the river Krishna.
BASPA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
 The 300 MW project is located in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is the largest private hydro-electric project and has been built by Jaypee group. It is located on Baspa river, a tributary of Satluj.
BEAS PROJECT
 It is a joint venture of the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. It consists of two units: (i) Beas-Sutlej Link and (ii) Beas Dam at Pong. The project links the Beas and the Sutlej rivers in Punjab through 38.4 km of hills and valleys. The waters of the Beas were poured into the mighty Sutlej river on July 10, 1977 at the first-ever man-made confluence of the two major rivers at Slapper in Himachal in a mighty bid to augment the water resources of the Gobind Sagar Lake of the Bhakra-complex. This completed the Rs 380- crore dream which was realised in a period of only 12 years.
BHADRA RESERVOIR PROJECT
Bhadra Reservoir Project across the river Bhadra is in Karnataka.
BHAKRA-NANGAL PROJECT (HIMACHAL PRADESH) 
Largest multipurpose project in India and the highest straight gravity dam in the world (225.5 m high) on the river Sutlej.
CHAMBAL PROJECT
 It is a joint undertaking by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments. The Rana Pratap Dam at Bhata, 48 km from Kotah, was inaugurated on Feb 9, 1970. The project comprises construction of two other dams: Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh and Jawahar Sagar (Kotah) Dam in Rajasthan.
CHAMERA HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
 The 540 MW Chamera hydro-electric project on the Ravi river in Himachal Pradesh was implemented with Canadian credit offer of about Rs 335 crore.
CHUKHA PROJECT
The 336 MW project is the most prestigious and largest in Bhutan. It has been completely built by India. The dam has been constructed on Wang Chu river. The project costed Rs 244 crore.
DAMODAR VALLEY PROJECT (WEST BENGAL AND BIHAR)
Principal object of this multipurpose scheme is to control the flowing of the Damodar which is notorious for its vagaries and destructiveness. It is designed on the lines of the Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) in U.S.A.
DUL-HASTI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
The Rs. 1263 crore project is being built on river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The foundation of the project was laid in September 1984. The project will consist of a power plant of 390 MW capacity. The power house will be located underground.
DHAULIGANGA PROJECT
The Rs. 600 crore, 280 MW project is to be located on Dhauliganga river in Uttaranchal.
FARAKKA BARRAGE
The basic aim of the Farakka Barrage is to preserve and maintain Calcutta port and to improve the navigability of the Hooghly river. It consists of a barrage across the Ganga at Farakka, another barrage at Jangipur across the Bhagirthi, a 39-km long feeder canal taking off from the right bank of the Ganga at Farakka and tailing into the Bhagirathi below the Jangipur barrage, and a road-cum-rail bridge have already been completed. Specially, the object of Farakka is to use about 40,000 cusecs of water out of the water stored in the dam to flush the Calcutta port which is getting silted up.
GANDAK PROJECT (BIHAR AND U.P)
This is a joint venture of India and Nepal as per agreement signed between the two governments on Dec 4, 1959. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the participating Indian States. Nepal would also derive irrigation and power benefits from this project.
HIRAKUD PROJECT (ORISSA)
It is the first of a chain of three Dams planned for harnessing the Mahanadi.
IDUKKI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
It is a giant hydro-electric project of Kerala and one of the biggest in the country, constructed with Canadian assistance with an installed capacity of 390 MW in the first stage and 780 MW in the second stage. The project envisages to harness Periyar waters, has three major dams, the 169 m high Idukki arch dam across Periyar river, 138 m high Cheruthoni Dam across the tributary of Cheruthoni river and 99.9 m high Kulamavu Dam.
JAYAKWADI DAM (MAHARASHTRA)
The 10-km-long Jayakwadi dam on the Godavari is Maharashtra’s largest irrigation project located near Paithan.
KALPONG HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT This is the first hydel power plant of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The 5.25 MW project was commissioned on July 1, 2001. It is located near Kalara village of Diglipur Tehsil in North Andaman and has been built by National Hydel Power Corporation.
KAKRAPARA PROJECT
It is situated on the Tapti near Kakrapara, 80 km upstream of Surat. The project is financed by the Gujarat Government.
KOEL KARO PROJECT The project envisages construction of earthen dam across river south Koel at Basia in Bihar and another dam over north Karo at Lohajimi. The capacity will be 710 MW.
KOL PROJECT
The 600 MW project is to be located on the Satluj, 6 km upstream of the Dehar Power House on the Beas-Satluj link project in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. Besides generating power, the dam will also serve as a check dam for the 1,050-MW Bhakra Dam and prolong its life by at least 10 years.
KOSI PROJECT This project will serve Bihar and Nepal. The Kosi rises in Nepal, passes through Bihar and joins the Ganges. The river is subject to heavy floods. Two dams are to be built across it.
NAGARJUNASAGAR PROJECT
This Project is a venture of Andhra Pradesh for utilizing water of the Krishna river. The Nagarjunasagar Dam was inaugurated on Aug 4, 1967. It is situated near Nandikonda village in Miryalguda Taluk of Nalgonda district.
NATHPA-JHAKRI HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT
India’s largest hydro-electric project, it is located at Nathpa Jhakri in Himachal Pradesh. It is built on Satluj river. The first of the six 250 MW units was commissioned on December 30, 2002. The project is being executed by Satluj Jal Nigam (formerly Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation).
PARAMBIKULAM ALIYAR PROJECT It is a joint venture of Tamil Nadu and Kerala States. It envisages construction of seven inter-connected reservoirs by harnessing rivers including two major rivers viz., Parambikulam on the western slopes of Annamalai Hills and Aliyar on the eastern slopes.
PARAPPALAR DAM The Rs 1-crore Parappalar Dam with a storage capacity of 167 million cubic feet near Oddenchatram, about 75 km from Madurai in Palni taluk (Tamil Nadu), was inaugurated on August 30, 1976.
PARVATI VALLEY PROJECT
It is the first inter-State hydel power project of India. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi have joined hands with Himachal Pradesh to set up the project. The 2050 MW project will be built near Kullu, on Parvati river, a tributary of Beas.
PERIYAR VALLEY SCHEME (KERALA) The scheme envisages the construction of a masonry barrage 210.92 metres long across the river Periyar near Alwaye, in Ernakulam district.
PONG DAM
 It is also called the Beas Dam on the river Beas, near Talwara in Himachal Pradesh, is the highest (132 m high) rock-fill dam in the country. The project is a joint venture of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. The dam has been designed to store 6.6 million acre feet of water. Although the dam is meant primarily to meet the irrigation needs, it also produces power.
 RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT
It is a bold venture of bringing irrigation to a desert area. The project, which uses water from the Pong dam, consists of 215-km long Rajasthan feeder canal (with the first 178 km in Punjab and Haryana and the remaining 37 km in Rajasthan) and the 467-km long Rajasthan main canal lying entirely in Rajasthan.
RAMGANGA RIVER PROJECT
This Project in Uttaranchal envisages construction of a dam across the river Ramganga, one of the major tributaries of the Ganga at 3.2 km upstream of Kalagarh in Garhwal district. RANJIT SAGAR DAM PROJECT Formerly known as Thein dam, it was dedicated to the nation on March 4, 2001. It is built on Ravi river near Thein village in Punjab. Total installed capacity is 600 MW.
RIHAND PROJECT (MIRZAPUR DISTRICT—U.P.) This project has been completed by the U.P. Government and comprises construction of a concrete gravity dam across the Rihand river in Mirzapur District (U.P.) and a Power House at Pipri and necessary transmission lines. Gobind Ballabh Pant Sagar is a part of this project.
RONGTONG PROJECT WORLD’S HIGHEST HYDRO POWER PROJECT 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.
SALAL PROJECT It has been built on River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir. The first stage was completed on February 9, 1989 and marked the beginning of the harnessing of hydro power potential of river Chenab. At present the capacity of the powerhouse is 345 MW. With completion of second stage the capacity will double.
SANKOSH HYDEL-POWER PROJECT
India and Bhutan have signed an agreement for building of a gigantic Sankosh hydel power project. It will be one among the ten largest projects in Asia. The project is to be constructed near Kerabari in Gaylegphug district of Bhutan on Sankosh river. It will include a 600 metre-long and 239 metre high dam and a reservoir with a catchment area of 10,525 sq km. It is estimated to cost around Rs 2000 crore. Once completed, the project will generate 1,525 MW of power and help irrigate eight lakh hectares of land.
SANJAY VIDYUT (HYDEL) PROJECT It is Asia’s first fully underground Hydel Project. The 120 MW project is located near Bhaba Nagar in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. It harnesses the water of the Bhaba Khud, a tributary of Satluj.
SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT
This is one of the largest river valley schemes in the country. The project envisages construction of 163-metre-high cement concrete dam at Navagam in Gujarat. This will create irrigation potential of 1.79 million hectares and generate 1450 MW of power.
SAWALKOTE HYDRO PROJECT
 The 600 MW project in Jammu & Kashmir is being built by a Norwegian consortium.
SHARAVATI PROJECT (KARNATAKA)
Located about 400 km from Bangalore near the Gersoppa falls, the Sharavati Project is one of the world’s major power projects, built by Indian engineers with American collaboration.
SRISAILARN PROJECT It is a massive power project, 110 km away from Nagarjunasagar in the upper reaches of the river Krishna.
SUBARNAREKHA PROJECT
It is Rs 130-crore multipurpose project which would, when completed, provide assured irrigation to 7,06,000 acres to the chronically drought-prone areas of Orissa and Bihar.
TEHRI DAM PROJECT World’s fifth and Asia’s largest hydro-electric project has been constructed on river Bhagirithi, a tributary of Ganga in Tehri district of Uttaranchal. The height of the earth and rockfill dam is 260.5 m, making it the highest dam in the country. Once fully operational, the project will produce 1000 MW electricity.
TUNGABHADRA PROJECT (ANDHRA AND KARNATAKA)
It is a joint undertaking by the governments of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The project comprises a dam across the Tungabhadra river near Mallapuram.
UKAI PROJECT The Ukai power project of Gujarat equipped with power generating sets manufactured by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was inaugurated on October 12, 1977. It has added 540,000 KW of installed capacity to the State’s existing power network.

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