Tarbela dam on river:

Related Mcqs:

1. Tarbela dam is being silted at ______ acre feet per year while Mangla is being silted at a rate of _____ acre feet per year due to misuse of their watershed area:

   A. 109000, 42,000
   B. 110000, 43000
   C. 115000, 44,000
   D. None of these

2. Mangla dam on river:

   A. Jhelum
   B. Chenab
   C. Indus
   D. Ravi

3. In Pakistan Tarbela, Mangla and Warsak dams are the main:

   A. Hydro-electric power plants
   B. Nuclear power plants
   C. Thermal power plants
   D. Power plants

4. The reservoir of Mangla is being silted at the rate of 48.27 million m3 per year and that of Tarbela at the rate of _____ million cubic meters per year:

   A. 160.5
   B. 167.75
   C. 170.6
   D. 175.8

5. The Tarbela catchment erosion has been measured at the rate of _____ meter:

   A. 2 to 4 kg/sq
   B. 3 to 5 kg/sq
   C. 4 to 6 kg/sq
   D. None of these

6. The importance of watershed management was realized when Pakistan signed Indus Water Treaty with India through which right of water of ______ was given to India while Pakistan has the right on river Indus and Jhelum:

   A. Chenab
   B. Ravi
   C. Sutlij
   D. All of the above

7. A watershed may be just be small depression of the land or it may comprise whole sub-continents as for the large river basins of the earth:

   A. Wolga
   B. Indus
   C. Ganges
   D. Amazonas
   E. All of the above

8. The nature of the soil carried by river is:

   A. Sandy
   B. Clayey
   C. Laterite
   D. Alluvial

9. The river Periyar gets pollution mainly from:

   A. Tanneries
   B. Paper factories
   C. Chemical factories
   D. Sugar mills

10. When excess of sewage is dumped in the river, its BOD:

    A. Increases
    B. Slightly decreases
    C. Remains unchanged
    D. Decreases drastically