Chulliyar Dam

Syllabus

• Prelims – Geography

 About

• Chulliyar Dam is one of the major irrigation project in palakkad
• Constructed in 1960, it is built across Chulliyar River, one of the tributaries of the river Gayathripuzha.
• Gayathripuzha is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India.
• The adjacent Nelliyampathy Mountains multiply the charm of this locality.

Previous Year Questions (PYQs)

Q.1) Consider the following pairs (2022)

Reservoirs                                     States

1. Gataprabha Telangana
2. Gandhi Sagar Madhya Pradesh
3. Indira Sagar Andhra Pradesh
4. Maithon Chhattisgarh

How many pairs given above are not correctly matched?

1. Only one pair
2. Only two pairs
3. Only three pairs
4. All four pairs