Arrange the following Multipurpose river valley projects in sequential order from north to south.
(A) Hirakud
(B) Damodar Valley
(C) Nagarjuna Sagar
(D) Bhakra-Nangal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (B), (A), (C)
(D) Bhakra-Nangal — first, the northernmost. It is on the Satluj river, in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
(B) Damodar Valley — second. It lies on the Damodar river, in Jharkhand and West Bengal.
(A) Hirakud — third. It is on the Mahanadi river, in Odisha.
(C) Nagarjuna Sagar — last, the southernmost. It is on the Krishna river, in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Note: This question is not from NCERT. NTA does this once in a while, but such questions are very few. Your NCERT is still enough.