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Run the water numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →High or low groundwater useRead the answer and worked solution →Who uses the waterRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Water bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A geologist says nearly all of India's coal lies in a few river valleys. What share, and which valleys?Read the answer and worked solution →Mumbai High is an offshore petroleum field. In which sea does it lie?Read the answer and worked solution →The South-Western Plateau belt of Karnataka, Goa and Kerala is rich in ferrous metals and bauxite but lacks what?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper and zinc in Rajasthan and Gujarat are associated with which rock system?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two types of iron ore are mainly found in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Noamundi and Gua are iron ore mines in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Dalli and Rajhara iron ore mines lie in which district of Chhattisgarh?Read the answer and worked solution →Sandur-Hospet iron ore deposits are in which district of Karnataka?Read the answer and worked solution →A steel maker needs a mineral to smelt iron ore and make ferro alloys. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Which State leads India in both manganese and bauxite production?Read the answer and worked solution →Bauxite is the ore of which metal?Read the answer and worked solution →Copper for electric wires comes from Singhbhum, Balaghat and which Rajasthan district?Read the answer and worked solution →Which non-metallic mineral that splits into thin tough sheets is used in electrical industries?Read the answer and worked solution →Which district of Andhra Pradesh produces the best quality mica?Read the answer and worked solution →About 80 per cent of India's coal is of which type and grade?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's largest coal field?Read the answer and worked solution →Brown coal, or lignite, is mined in the coastal areas of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is petroleum called liquid gold?Read the answer and worked solution →Mumbai High was discovered in 1973. When did production begin?Read the answer and worked solution →Digboi is a field-based refinery. Which refinery is the example of a market-based one?Read the answer and worked solution →Before the Oil and Natural Gas Commission was set up in 1956, which was India's only oil producing region?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the ferrous oresRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the coal fieldsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the mineral leadersRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run the water numbers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    71%
    Choices
    1. 71%
    2. 51%
    3. 31%
  2. Correct
    3%
    Choices
    1. 30%
    2. 3%
    3. 13%
  3. Correct
    4%
    Choices
    1. 1%
    2. 16%
    3. 4%
  4. Correct
    89%
    Choices
    1. 89%
    2. 49%
    3. 9%
  5. Correct
    1974
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1977
    3. 1986
  6. Correct
    1977
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1977
    3. 1986
  7. Correct
    507
    Choices
    1. 107
    2. 307
    3. 507
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right number for each fact.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 6, Water Resources._

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Slice the harvesting

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Does not match the category
  1. Turbine
  2. Silo
  3. Boiler
  4. Kiln
Matches the category
  1. Kund
  2. Tanka
  3. Johad
  4. Check dam
  5. Tank
Instructions
Slice only the traditional water harvesting structures.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 6, Water Resources._

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High or low groundwater use

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Upper category
High use
Lower category
Low use
Items
  1. Category
    High use
    Item
    Punjab
  2. Category
    High use
    Item
    Haryana
  3. Category
    High use
    Item
    Rajasthan
  4. Category
    High use
    Item
    Tamil Nadu
  5. Category
    Low use
    Item
    Odisha
  6. Category
    Low use
    Item
    Kerala
  7. Category
    Low use
    Item
    Chhattisg.
Instructions
Send each State to its level of groundwater use.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 6, Water Resources._

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