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146 Which dam of India is the highest ?
A Bhakra
B Rihand
C Tehri
D Mettur

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is Tehri. The Tehri Dam is located in the state of Uttarakhand. It is the highest Dam in India with a height of 260.5 metres. It is also listed in the top ten highest dams in the world. This Dam is situated on the river Bhagirathi.

147 Which one of the following rivers of Peninsular India does not join Arabian Sea ?
A Narmada
B Cauvery
C Tapti
D Periyar

Answer: Option [B]

The correct answer is Cauvery. The Kaveri, also spelled Cauvery in English, is a large Indian river. The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri, Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths. Rising in southwestern Karnataka, it flows southeast some 800 km to enter the Bay of Bengal.

148 Which of the following Indian States has broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
A Madhya Pradesh
B Maharashtra
C Bihar
D Odisha

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Madhya Pradesh. Madhya pradesh is broadly as large as the European nation Poland. Madhya Pradesh means middle province, and it is located in the geographic heart of India.

149 India lies in the ...... hemisphere.
A northern and southern
B northern and western
C northern and eastern
D southern and eastern

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is northern and eastern. India totally lies north of Equator. So it is in the northern hemisphere. Whereas it totally lies to east of the Greenwich line(Prime Meridian),means it is in the northern and eastern hemisphere.

150 Which from the following territories does not have a border with Arunachal Pradesh ?
A Manipur
B Bhutan
C Nagaland
D Assam

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Manipur.

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