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Which of the following dam is partly earthen and partly rockfill?

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Which of the following dam is partly earthen and partly rockfill?

(a) Tehri dam

(b) Koyna dam

(c) Sardar Sarovar dam

(d) Bhakra dam

I got this question in a job interview.

My question is taken from Important Dams of India in division General and Particular Dams of Irrigation Engineering

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The correct answer is (a) Tehri dam

The best I can explain: Koyna dam is a rubble-concrete dam built on Koyna river in Satara district Maharashtra. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam that is built on the river Narmada in Gujrat. Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam.

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