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What is the name of the world's tallest masonry dam, located in Andhra Pradesh?

  1. Bhakra Nangal dam

  2. Nagarjuna Sagar dam

  3. Hirakud dam

  4. Koyna dam
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Explanation

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, built across the Krishna River, is the world's tallest masonry dam at 124 meters. Located between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, it creates one of Asia's largest reservoirs. Bhakra Nangal is a concrete gravity dam, while Hirakud and Koyna are earthen/rock-fill dams, not masonry dams.

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