English IX - Chapter No.21 - MCQs

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The Guddu Barrage

Choose The Correct Answer For Each Of The Following

1. Rivers have served as:
(a) Traffic routes
(b) Trade routes ✔️
(c) Travel routes
(d) Transit routes

2. Most towns in ancient times were built near:
(a) Seas
(b) Canals
(c) Rivers ✔️
(d) Lakes

3. There is a shortage of water in the rivers during the:
(a) Summer season
(b) Autumn season
(c) Spring season
(d) Winter season ✔️

4. A barrage which blocks the flow of water is a kind of : 
(a) Wall ✔️
(b) Dam
(c) Slope
(d) Barrier

5. A barrage has gates through which water passes in a : 
(a) Plentiful quantity
(b) Large quantity
(c) Limited quantity ✔️
(d) Small quantity

6. The purpose of a dam is to control the flow of water in floods and: 
(a) Deposit
(b) Collect
(c) Store it ✔️
(d) Accumulate

7. The Guddu Barrage is built on the river:
(a) Jhelum
(b) Chenab
(c) Indus ✔️
(d) Satlej

8. In length, the Guddu Barrage is:
(a) 1155 m
(b) 1255 m
(c) 1355 m ✔️
(d) 1455 m

9. Through the Guddu Barrage, can pass a flood of: 
(a) 1.2 cusecs ✔️
(b) 2.2 cusecs
(c) 3.2 cusecs
(d) 4.2 cusecs

10. Over the barrage, there is road: 
(a) 7 meter wide ✔️
(b) 8 meter wide
(c) 9 meter wide
(d) 10 meter wide


11. The Guddu Barrage has a system of: 
(a) 3 main canals ✔️
(b) 4 main canals
(c) 5 main canals
(d) 6 main canals

12. The barrage is meant to irrigate an area of: 
(a) 1.7 million acres
(b) 2.7 million acres ✔️
(c) 3.7 million acres
(d) 4.7 million acres

13. Most of the area irrigated by the Guddu Barrage lies in Sukkur and: 
(a) Khairpur districts
(b) Mirpur districts
(c) Tharparkar districts
(d) Jacobabad districts ✔️

14. The Guddu Barrage also irrigates some areas of: 
(a) Kalat ✔️
(b) Zhob
(c) Ziarat
(d) Punjab

15. The Guddu Barrage is expected to raise the grain output by: 
(a) Half million tons ✔️
(b) One million tons
(c) One and a half million tons
(d) Two million tons

16. The Guddu Barrage was put into operation on 4th February: 
(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962 ✔️
(d) 1963

17. Begari Sindh Feeder and Desert Pat Feeder are on the: 
(a) Right bank ✔️
(b) Left bank
(c) North bank
(d) South bank

18. Ghotki Feeder is on the: 
(a) Right bank
(b) Left bank ✔️
(c) North bank
(d) South bank

19. The engineers, technicians and laborers worked day an night to complete the Guddu Barrage were: 
(a) 3.000
(b) 4,000
(c) 5,000 ✔️
(d) 6,000

20. The Guddu Barrage has reduced the distance between Rahim Yar Khan and Kashmore to: 
(a) Half  ✔️
(b) One-third
(c) two-third
(d) A quarter