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Find the real riverRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the drainage wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Which seaRead the answer and worked solution →Which river systemRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Rivers bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A shopkeeper says limestone rock is made of a single mineral. Most rocks are made of:Read the answer and worked solution →A deposit is called an ore only if its mineral content makes extraction:Read the answer and worked solution →In igneous rocks, small cracks filled with minerals are veins; the larger ones are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Gold, silver, tin and platinum found in valley sands are:Read the answer and worked solution →Family-run coal mining through long narrow tunnels in Meghalaya is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Most petroleum deposits in India lie in sedimentary rocks of Assam and:Read the answer and worked solution →The vast alluvial plains of north India are almost devoid of:Read the answer and worked solution →The finest iron ore, with up to 70 percent iron and magnetic qualities, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The iron ore most used by industry in terms of quantity is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bailadila hills with 14 deposits of super high grade hematite are in:Read the answer and worked solution →Kudremukh iron ore is sent as slurry through a pipeline and the mines are a 100 percent:Read the answer and worked solution →About how much manganese goes into one tonne of steel?Read the answer and worked solution →India is critically deficient in the reserve and production of:Read the answer and worked solution →Panchpatmali in Koraput district, Odisha, is famous for:Read the answer and worked solution →Limestone is the basic raw material for which industry?Read the answer and worked solution →A mineral that splits into thin sheets and insulates against high voltage is:Read the answer and worked solution →Because they take millions of years to form, mineral resources are:Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a non-conventional source of energy?Read the answer and worked solution →The most abundantly available fossil fuel in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Low grade brown coal at Neyveli, used for electricity, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The highest quality hard coal is:Read the answer and worked solution →Jharia, Raniganj and Bokaro are coalfields of which valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the ferrous mineralsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the coal typesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Find the real river

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Kaveri
    Choices
    1. Kaveri
    2. Kaviri
    3. Kaveru
  2. Correct
    Godavari
    Choices
    1. Godavori
    2. Godavari
    3. Godaveri
  3. Correct
    Narmada
    Choices
    1. Narmoda
    2. Narmuda
    3. Narmada
  4. Correct
    Kosi
    Choices
    1. Kosi
    2. Kusi
    3. Kesi
  5. Correct
    Chambal
    Choices
    1. Chamble
    2. Chambal
    3. Chambol
  6. Correct
    Mahanadi
    Choices
    1. Mahanodi
    2. Mahanudi
    3. Mahanadi
Instructions
Pick the lane with the real Indian river name. The other two are made up.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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Slice the drainage words

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Does not match the category
  1. Comet
  2. Sonnet
  3. Retina
  4. Piston
Matches the category
  1. Dendritic
  2. Radial
  3. Trellis
  4. Watershed
  5. Delta
  6. Estuary
Instructions
Slice only the words from river drainage.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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Which sea

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Upper category
Bay Bengal
Lower category
Arabian
Items
  1. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Ganga
  2. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Mahanadi
  3. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Godavari
  4. Category
    Bay Bengal
    Item
    Krishna
  5. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Indus
  6. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Narmada
  7. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Tapi
  8. Category
    Arabian
    Item
    Luni
Instructions
Send each river to the sea it drains into.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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