General Knowledge- First in India

1.	British Governor General of Bengal	Warren Hastings
2.	Governor General of Independent India	Lord Mountbatten
3.	Commander-in-chief of Free India	General Roy Bucher
4.	Cosmonaut	Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
5.	Emperor of Moghul Dynasty in India	Babar
6.	Field Marshal	S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
7.	Indian Governor General of Indian Union	C. Rajagopalachari
8.	Indian I.C.S. Officer	Satyendra Nath Tagore
9.	Indian Member of Viceroy's Executive Council	Sri S.P. Sinha
10.	Indian to swim across English Channel	Mihir Sen
11.	Indian woman to swim across-English Channel	Miss Arati Saha
12.	Man to climb Mount Everest	Tenzing Norgay
13.	Man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen	Phu Dorjee
14.	Man to climb Mount Everest twice	Nwang Gombu
15.	Nobel Prize winner	Rabindra Nath Tagore
16.	President of Indian National Congress	W. C. Banerjee
17.	President of Indian Republic	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
18.	Talkie Film	Alam Ara (1931)
19.	Test Tube Baby (Documented)	Indira
20.	Viceroy of India	Lord Canning
21.	Woman Minister of Indian Union	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
22.	Woman Chief Minister of State	Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
23.	Woman Governor	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
24.	Woman President of Indian National Congress	Dr. Annie Besant
25.	Woman Prime Minister	Mrs. Indira Gandhi
26.	Woman Speaker of a State Assembly	Mrs. Shanno Devi
27.	Prime Minister of India	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
28.	Muslim President of Indian Union	Dr. Zakir Hussain
29.	Speaker of Lok Sabha	G. V. Mavlankar
30.	Woman to climb mount Everest	Bachhendri Pal
31.	Woman Judge in Supreme Court	Mrs. Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi
32.	Woman Chief Justice of a High Court	Smt. Leela Seth
33.	Indian Woman to go in space (Now U.S. Citizen)	Kalpana Chawla
34.	The first Indian weightlifter to win bronze medal in Olympics	Karnam Malleshwari (Sydney, in 2000)
35.	The First Indian World Chess Champion	Vishwanathan Anand
36.	India's first paperless Newspaper	The News Today (Launched on Jan. 3, 2001)
37.	India's First woman Merchant Navy Officer	Sonali Banerjee
38.	The first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha	G. M. C. Balyogi
39.	The first Vice-President of India to die in harness	Krishna Kant
40.	The first Indian woman cricketer to score double century	Mithali Raj (August 2002 playing  against England)
41.	The first woman Air Vice-Marshal	P. Bandopadhyaya
42.	The first Indian to be appointed as United Nations Civilian Police Advisor	Ms. Kiran Bedi
43.	The first astronaut of Indian origin to perish aboard U.S. space shuttle in a tragic accident	Dr. Kalpana Chawla (Columbia space shuttle, Feb. I, 2003)
44.	The first woman to be appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India	K. J. Udeshi (appointed on June 10, 2003)
45.	The first Indian girl to register a win in a Wimbledon tournament	Sania Mirza (2003)
46.	The first Indian lady to win a medal in World Athletic Championship	Anju Bobby George (Aug. 2003)
47.	The first woman Chairman and Managing Director of NABARD	Mrs. Ranjana Kumar
48.	The highest individual test scorer of India	Virendra Sehwag ( 309 runs in the  first test in Multan against Pakistan)
49.	The first Indian cricketer to make double centuries five times	Rahul Drgvid (playing test against Pakistan in Pakistan in. April 2004)
50.	The first Orissa woman to top I.A.S.	Smt. Roopa Misra (Indian Civil Services Exam., 2003)
51.	The first Sikh Prime Minister of India	Dr. Manmohan Singh
52.	The first woman Director General of Police of a State	Kanchan C. Bhattacharya (DGP Uttaranchal)
53.	The first woman to be appointed as the crime branch chief	MeeriJ Borwankar (took over as crime branch chief of Mumbai police)
54.	The first woman to reach the rank of Lt. General in the Indian army	Puneeta Arora (Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune)
55.	The first Indian to cross seven important seas by swimming	Bula Chaudhury
56.	The first woman to become Indian Air Force's first woman Air Marshal	Air Marshal Padma Bandhopadhyay
57.	The first youngest MP, at the age of 25 years	Dharmendra Yadav (Mainpuri : Samajwadi Party MP)
58.	India's first woman athlete to win WTA open Tennis title	Sania Mirza (Feb. 2005, Hyderabad)
59.	The first Indian to set a world record of ever having reached the highest of heights yet in a hot balloon	Vijaypath Singhania (Nov. 26, 2005. 69852 ft.)
60.	The first wonder child of Orissa only about 4 years and a half of age completes a race of 65 km.	Budhia (May 2006)
61.	The first woman Commissioner of Police of an Indian metro (Chennai Metro Police)	Letika Saran
62.	The first Indian to Ski to the North Pole	Ajeet Bajaj (April 26, 2006)
63.	The first sportsman ever to win Gold Medal in Shooting in the World Shooting Championship	Abhinav Bindra (July 24, 2006)
64.	The first person of Indian origin to win the Miss Great Britain title	Preeti Desai (2006)
65.	The first woman President of the Republic of India	Pratibha Patil

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Gereral Knowledge, Current GK- जीडीपी मामले में यह हैं भारत के 5 सबसे अमीर राज्य

जीडीपी मामले में यह हैं भारत के 5 सबसे अमीर राज्य

यह राज्य न केवल भारतीय जीडीपी में एक बड़ी हिस्सेदारी रखते हैं बल्कि देश का अधिकतर रेवेन्यू इन्ही राज्यों से आता है। यह राज्य प्राकृतिक संसाधनों के साथ औद्योगिक क्षेत्र में भी कहीं आगे हैं जीडीपी के मामले में भारत का सबसे अमीर राज्य हैं-



महाराष्ट्र- यह भारत का सबसे रईस राज्य हैं और दूसरा सबसे बड़ा शहरी राज्य। यह भारत का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा जनसंख्या और क्षेत्रफल के लिहाज से तीसरा सबसे बड़ा राज्य है। देश के कुल रेवेन्यू का 40 फीसदी महाराष्ट्र से आता है जबकि 15 फीसदी इंडस्ट्रीयल आउटपुट में महाराष्ट्र का योगदान है। महाराष्ट्र की जीडीपी 8,451 अरब रुपए की है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 69,627 रुपए है।



उत्तर प्रदेश- यह भारत का सबसे ज्यादा जनसंख्या वाला राज्य है इस राज्य में छोटे स्तर पर कई इंडस्ट्रीज काम कर रही हैं जिनसे बड़ी संख्या में सरकार को रेवेन्यू मिलता है। सर्विस सेक्टर का भी बड़ा योगदान है लेकिन सबसे ज्यादा रेवेन्यू टूरिज्म सेक्टर से आता है यूपी की कुल जीडीपी 4,874 अरब रुपए है इस राज्य में प्रति व्यक्ति आय 21,670 रुपए है।



आंन्ध्र प्रदेश- यह भारत का चौथा सबसे बड़ा राज्य है इस राज्य को सबसे ज्यादा रेवेन्यू अपने सर्विस सेक्टर से मिलता है मिनरल वेल्थ के मामले में आन्ध्र प्रदेश भारत में दूसरे स्थान पर है। इस राज्य की कुल जीडीपी 4,456 अरब रुपए है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 47,824 रुपए।



तमिलनाडू- यह भारत का सबसे ज्यादा साक्षर राज्य है इस राज्य में औद्योगिकीकरण बड़ी तेजी से बढ़ा है। कई बड़ी कार कंपनियों के प्लांट तमिलना्डू में है जिसमें निसान, फोर्ड, बीएमड्ब्लूय आदि प्रमुख है तमिलनाडू की कुल जीडीपी 4,350 अरब रुपए है और प्रति व्यक्ति आय 59,947 रुपए।



गुजरात- यह भारत का सबसे तेजी से विकास करने वाला राज्य हैं यहां कई तरह के उद्योग फल फूल रहे हैं दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी जामनगर रिफाइनरी इसी राज्य में है। देश में सूरत हीरा व्यापार का सबसे बड़ा केन्द्र है। गुजरात की जीडीपी 4,025 अरब रुपए की है जबकि प्रति व्यक्ति आय 59,947 रुपए।

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General Knowledge Quiz Questions with Answers

No.	Question	Answer
01	The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was	Mujibur Rehman
02	The longest river in the world is the	Nile
03	The longest highway in the world is the	Trans-Canada
04	The longest highway in the world has a length of	About 8000 km
05	The highest mountain in the world is the	Everest
06	The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is	Myanmar
07	The biggest desert in the world is the	Sahara desert
08	The largest coffee growing country in the world is	Brazil
09	The country also known as "country of Copper" is	Zambia
10	The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is	Durand line
11	The river Volga flows out into the	Capsian sea
12	The coldest place on the earth is	Verkoyansk in Siberia
13	The country which ranks second in terms of land area is	Canada
14	The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is	Sicily
15	The river Jordan flows out into the	Dead sea
16	The biggest delta in the world is the	Sunderbans
17	The capital city that stands on the river Danube is	Belgrade
18	The Japanese call their country as	Nippon
19	The length of the English channel is	564 kilometres
20	The world's oldest known city is	Damascus
21	The city which is also known as the City of Canals is	Venice
22	The country in which river Wangchu flows is	Myanmar
23	The biggest island of the world is	Greenland
24	The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is	Detroit, USA
25	The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is	USA
26	The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is	Malaysia
27	The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is	Malaysia
28	The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the	Mississippi
29	The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was	Peking
30	The country called the Land of Rising Sun is	Japan
31	Mount Everest was named after	Sir George Everest
32	The volcano Vesuvius is located in	Italy
33	The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is	Cuba
34	The length of the Suez Canal is	162.5 kilometers
35	The lowest point on earth is	The coastal area of Dead sea
36	The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of	Nepal
37	The largest ocean of the world is the	Pacific ocean
38	The largest bell in the world is the	Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
39	The biggest stadium in the world is the	Strahov Stadium, Prague
40	The world's largest diamond producing country is	South Africa
41	Australia was discovered by	James Cook
42	The first Governor General of Pakistan is	Mohammed Ali Jinnah
43	Dublin is situated at the mouth of river	Liffey
44	The earlier name of New York city was	New Amsterdam
45	The Eifel tower was built by	Alexander Eiffel
46	The Red Cross was founded by	Jean Henri Durant
47	The country which has the greatest population density is	Monaco
48	The national flower of Britain is	Rose
49	Niagara Falls was discovered by	Louis Hennepin
50	The national flower of Italy is	Lily
51	The national flower of China is	Narcissus
52	The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at	Kathmandu
53	The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is	Strait of Hormuz
54	The first Industrial Revolution took place in	England
55	World Environment Day is observed on	5th June
56	The first Republican President of America was	Abraham Lincoln
57	The country famous for Samba dance is	Brazil
58	The name of Alexander's horse was	Beucephalus
59	Singapore was founded by	Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
60	The famous British one-eyed Admiral was	Nelson
61	The earlier name of Sri Lanka was	Ceylon
62	The UNO was formed in the year	1945
63	UNO stands for	United Nations Organization
64	The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on	15th August
65	`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named	Michelangelo
66	Paradise Regained was written by	John Milton
67	The first President of Egypt was	Mohammed Nequib
68	The first man to reach North Pole was	Rear Peary
69	The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was	Guermica
70	The primary producer of newsprint in the world is	Canada
71	The first explorer to reach the South Pole was	Cap. Ronald Amundson
72	The person who is called the father of modern Italy is	G.Garibaldi
73	World literacy day is celebrated on	8th September
74	The founder of modern Germany is	Bismarck
75	The country known as the land of the midnight sun is	Norway
76	The place known as the Roof of the world is	Tibet
77	The founder of the Chinese Republic was	San Yat Sen
78	The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was	Abdul Salam
79	The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was	Margaret Thatcher
80	The first Secretary General of the UNO was	Trygve Lie
81	The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was	Frederick Auguste Bartholdi
82	The port of Banku is situated in	Azerbaijan
83	John F Kennedy was assassinated by	Lee Harry Oswald
84	The largest river in France is	Lore
85	The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was	Catherine of Aragon
86	The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was	Ralph Johnson Bunche
87	The first British University to admit women for degree courses was	London University
88	The principal export of Jamaica is	Sugar
89	New York is popularly known as the city of	Skyscrapers
90	Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of	Cloves
91	The country known as the Land of White Elephant is	Thailand
92	The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is	Korea
93	The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is	Bhutan
94	The highest waterfalls in the world is the	Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela
95	The largest library in the world is the	United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

 

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General Knowledge

Below mentioned are some of the most easiest general knowledge questions answers that can help you test your IQ level.
Question : What country produces Rioja wines?
Answer: Spain
Question : Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare’s King Lear?
Answer : Cordelia
Question : Which is the brightest star?
Answer: Sirius

Question : Which star has collapsed into itself? Answer : Black Hole
Question : Which is the heaviest star?
Answer : HDE 269810 IN Magellanic Cloud
Question : Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco? Answer : Perth
Question : Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?
Answer : Joseph Priestly
Question : Name the author of A Town Like Alice
Answer : Nevil Shute
Question : How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
Answer : 248
Question : What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds?
Answer : The core
Question: What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard?
Answer : U
Question : What is it that makes soda water fizz?
Answer : Carbon Dioxide
Question : What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent?
Answer : Polio
Question : Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore.
Answer : John Barrymore
Question : Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens? Answer : Noni Hazlehurst
Question : Which comedian once said, “A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand”?
Answer : Billy Connolly

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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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