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291. The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River , situated in which state of India ?

1. Karnataka
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Kerala

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The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River.
· It is located between Nagarkurnool district in Telangana and Nandyal district in Andhra Pradesh.
· It is the 2nd largest capacity working hydroelectric station in the country.
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292. The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is constructed across the Krishna River, situated in which state of India?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Himachal Pradesh

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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar.
· It forms the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh.
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293. Nagi Dam is located in which state of India?

1. Karnataka
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Kerala

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Nagi Dam is located in Jamui district of Bihar.
· The construction of Dam was completed in the Second Five-Year Plan in 1958.
· It is also an important bird sanctuary, Nagi Dam bird Sanctuary, declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International in 2004.
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294. Hasdeo Bango Dam is constructed across the Hasdeo river, situated in which state of India?

1. Karnataka
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Kerala

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Hasdeo Bango Dam is a dam constructed in 1961-62 across the Hasdeo river in Chhattisgarh.
· It is the longest, widest dam in Chhattisgarh and the first multi-purpose water project in Chhattisgarh.
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295. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed across the Narmada river, situated in which state of India?

1. Odisha
2. Gujarat
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Kerala

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The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada river.
· It is located in Narmada District of Gujarat.
· The dam was inaugurated in 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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296. Bhakra Dam is constructed across the Sutlej river, situated in which state of India?

1. Goa
2. West Bengal
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Himachal Pradesh

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Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River.
· It is located in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
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297. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is located in which state of India ?

1. Telangana
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Both (a) & (b)

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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam has been built across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar.
· It forms the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh.
· It is jointly operated by Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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298. The Tehri Dam is located in which state of India ?

1. Maharashtra
2. Sikkim
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Uttarakhand

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The Tehri Dam is located in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttrakhand.
· It is built on the Bhagirathi River.
· Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India.
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299. Who was the first Indian woman President of Indian National Congress(INC)?

1. Padmaja Naidu
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Sucheta Kriplani
4. Kasturba Gandhi

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Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman President of Indian National Congress(INC).
· Sarojini Naidu was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress Party in 1925.
· Annie Besant was the 1st Women President of Indian National Congress.
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300. Who is the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize?

1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Arundhati Roy
3. Kiran Desai
4. Anita Desai

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Arundhati Ray was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize.
· She won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 for her novel “The God of Small Things”.
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