Option “3” is correct Uri Dam is a 480 MW hydroelectric power station on the Jhelum River near Uri in Baramula district of the Jammu and Kashmir. · Jhelum River is a tributary of the Chenab River.
272. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
1. Rajendra Prasad
2. Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
3. Sucheta Kriplani
4. M. A. Ayyangar
Option “2” is correct Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha. · He was popularly known as Dadasaheb.
Option “3” is correct Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of India, from 1952 to 1962. · He also served as the second president of India from 1962 to 1967.
274. Who was the India’s first home minister and also the first deputy prime minister?
1. Subhas Chandra Bose
2. Abul Kalam Azad
3. Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option “3” is correct Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel was the India’s first home minister and also the first deputy prime minister. · He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1950.
275. _____________was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India’s first finance minister?
1. Morarji Desai
2. C. D. Deshmukh
3. John Mathai
4. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Option “4” is correct Ramasamy Chetty was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as independent India’s first finance minister from 1947 to 1948. Shanmukham Chetty was the Finance Minister of India when the country’s first budget was tabled in Parliament on 26 November 1947.
276. Salal Dam is constructed across the Chenab river , situated in which state of India?
Option “1” is correct Salal Dam also known as Salal Hydroelectric Power Station, is a hydropower project on the Chenab River in the Reasi district of the Jammu and Kashmir. · It was the first hydropower project built by India in Jammu and Kashmir under the Indus Water Treaty regime.
277. Baglihar Dam is constructed across the Chenab river , situated in which state of India?
1. Haryana
2. Rajasthan
3. Jammu and Kashmir
4. Punjab
Option “3” is correct Baglihar Dam also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is constructed on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.
278. The Maithon Dam is constructed across the Barakar river , situated in which state of India?
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Gujarat
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Jharkhand
Option “4” is correct The Maithon Dam is constructed across the Barakar river , situated in the state of Jharkhand. · This dam was specially designed for flood control and generates 60,000 kW of electric power. · There is an underground power station, the first of its kind in the whole of South East Asia.
279. Krishna Raja Sagara is the name of both a lake and the dam, situated in which state of India?
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Karnataka
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Jharkhand
Option “2” is correct Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is a lake and the dam. · It is located in the Indian State of Karnataka. · The dam was built across the river Kaveri in 1924.
280. The Koyna Hydroelectric power plants located in which state of India?
1. Maharashtra
2. Kerala
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Uttarakhand
Option “1” is correct
The Koyna Hydroelectric power plants located in Maharashtra. · The Koyna Hydroelectric Project is the largest hydroelectric power plant in India, just after Tehri Dam Project. · There is Koyna Dam, Constructed over the Koyna River.