Question

The Almatti dam is built on the ___________ river.
A- Godavari
B- Cauvery
C- Krishna
D- Mahanadi

Answer 1

Hint:
Almatti River is a hydroelectric project in North Karnataka.
Almatti River is situated in a small town in Bijapur of Karnataka.
In the Almatti dam area, there are about seven terrace gardens that are built as a picnic spot in northern Karnataka.

Complete answer:
Option A) Godavari River: By the year 2012, there are nearly 350 major and medium dams and barrages constructed in the Godavari river basin.
Ghatghar dam is built on this river.

Option B) Cauvery River: Kallanai river, also known as Grand Anicut dam, is constructed across the Cauvery river. Thus, this option is incorrect.

Option C) Krishna River:
It is the fourth biggest river in terms of water inflows.
The Almatti dam was constructed on this .
To make this dam, nearly 2.3 lakh people were evacuated from the place
It is also called ‘Lal Bahadur Shastri Reservoir.’
The height of the dam which was built was 519.6 meters. The Dam houses 26 separate Radial spillway gates.

Option D) Mahanadi River: The largest earthen dam in the world, Hirakud stands on this river

Therefore , the correct answer is C

Note:
The completion of this dam took 42 years due to an inter-state dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Lal Bahadur Shastri laid the foundation stone for this dam on 22 May 1964