Hydroelectric | MCQs

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Ching Ping Dam is a Hydropower Station located in China.

Ching Ping Dam Construction began in 2005 and complete in 2013.

Ching Ping Dam located on Yalong River.

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 Pakistan is currently constructing the Diemer Bhasha Dam on the Indus River, which will extend the life of the Tarbela Dam by 35 years.

The new dam project is partially funded by the United States

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Hub Dam  is a reservoir on the Hub River.

It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Lasbela Districts on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border.

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Approximately 65% of Pakistan's energy needs are met by natural gas, petroleum, coal, and hydroelectric power.

These sources play a critical role in the country’s energy supply and economy.

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Tarbela Dam is located in Pakistan and is the world's largest fill-type dam.

It is built over the River Indus near the small town of Tarbela in the Haripur District.

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• The Tarbela Dam in Pakistan was built with the assistance of the World Bank.
• Tarbela Dam is one of the largest earth-filled dams in the world.
• Tarbela Dam is an earth-filled dam along the Indus River in KPK.
• Installed capacity: 4,888 MW
• Height: 143 m
• Completed: 1976

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Tarbela Dam  is the largest earth-filled dam in the world

It is located in the Haripur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

it is 485 feet (148 m) high above the Indus riverbed.

Its construction began in 1968

it was Completed in 1976

Construction was undertaken by the Italian firm Salini Impregilo.

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• The blades spin at high speed and compress or squeeze the air.
• The compressed air is then sprayed with fuel and an electric spark lights the mixture.
• The burning gases expand and blast out through the nozzle, at the back of the engine.
• As the jets of gas shoot backward, the engine and the aircraft are thrust forward

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