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The Hirakud Dam is built on:

Correct answer: (C) Mahanadi River, Odisha.

Hirakud Dam is built on the Mahanadi River at Sambalpur in Odisha.

  1. (A)

    Narmada, MP

  2. (B)

    Krishna, Karnataka

  3. (C)

    Mahanadi River, Odisha

  4. (D)

    Godavari, Telangana

Explanation

Hirakud Dam is identified with the Mahanadi, not with the Narmada, Krishna or Godavari systems. It is near Sambalpur in Odisha, was completed in 1957, and is linked with flood control, hydroelectricity and irrigation. The India-WRIS Wiki dams table gives Hirakud's river as Mahanadi, the nearest city and district as Sambalpur, the basin as Mahanadi, the status as completed, and the completion year as 1957. That is why option C is the only option that matches both the dam and the river-location pair asked in the question.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Narmada, MP is wrong because the verified Hirakud row places the dam on the Mahanadi at Sambalpur, not on the Narmada system.
  • (B) Krishna, Karnataka is wrong because Hirakud is identified with the Mahanadi basin and Sambalpur, not with the Krishna in Karnataka.
  • (D) Godavari, Telangana is wrong because Hirakud is listed on the Mahanadi, while this option shifts it to a different river system and state.

Concept

This tests the Indian geography habit of matching major dams with their rivers and locations. Such pairings recur in RAS because river-valley projects connect physical geography with irrigation, hydropower and flood-control themes.

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