Which of the following is the highest stone masonry gravity dam of India as well as of the world?

Which of the following is the highest stone masonry gravity dam of India as well as of the world? Correct Answer Ramganga dam

Ramganga dam is earthen and rockfill dam which is 128 m high. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is 125 m high, Hirakud dam is 59 m high, and the Mettur dam is 70 m high; they all are stone masonry gravity dams.
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