Question

Which hydroelectric project is built across river Ravi?
a)Pong
b)Bhakra
c)Pandoh
d)Ranjith Sagar

Answer 1

Hint: Hydroelectric projects involve generating energy from energy of falling or fast falling water. There are 197 hydroelectric power plants in India.

Complete answer: River Ravi rises in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh and is one of the six rivers of the Indus system. The river has been allocated to India under the Indus water treaty of 1960 and many irrigation and hydropower projects have been built on it. Let us look at the options given to us:
Option (A ) Pong dam is an embankment dam built on the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh.
Option (B) Bhakra dam is built on Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh.
Option (C) Pandoh dam is built on Beas river too in Himachal Pradesh.
Option (D) Ranjith Sagar is also known as Thein Dam and is built on river Ravi. Situated near Pathankot in Punjab and Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, it is the largest hydroelectric dam of Punjab. With a capacity of 600MW, the project is also used for irrigation purposes.

Therefore the correct answer is option (D).

Note: The largest operating hydroelectric project in India is the Koyna Hydroelectric dam in Maharashtra.The first hydroelectric power station to be set up in India was the Sivasamudram Hydroelectric Power plant in Karnataka. Another point to be noted here is that even the Chamera dam is built on river Ravi.