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Catch the Ganga tributariesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Punjab fiveRead the answer and worked solution →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 globe shows mostly blue. Water covers about what share of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Of all the water on earth, roughly how much is fresh water?Read the answer and worked solution →India has about 16 per cent of the world's people. What share of the world's water resources does it have?Read the answer and worked solution →How much water does India receive from precipitation in a year?Read the answer and worked solution →India has about 10,360 rivers and tributaries longer than what length?Read the answer and worked solution →Only 32 per cent of surface water can be used. What is the usable amount?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga, Brahmaputra and Barak basins cover one third of India's area. What share of surface water do they hold?Read the answer and worked solution →India's total replenishable groundwater is about how much?Read the answer and worked solution →A tubewell farmer in Punjab pumps heavily. Which States use groundwater most intensively?Read the answer and worked solution →Brackish lagoon water in Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal is used for what?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhakra-Nangal, Hirakud and Nagarjuna Sagar are examples of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sector uses about 89 per cent of India's surface water?Read the answer and worked solution →Industry uses only 2 per cent of surface water. What share does the domestic sector use?Read the answer and worked solution →In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, what share of net sown area is irrigated?Read the answer and worked solution →Wells and tubewells irrigate what share of Punjab's net irrigated area?Read the answer and worked solution →Over-pumping groundwater in Rajasthan and Maharashtra has raised which contaminant?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two rivers are named as the most polluted in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Central Pollution Control Board monitors water quality at how many stations?Read the answer and worked solution →The Yamuna is most polluted between Delhi and which town?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act passed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Central Government watershed project is executed by Gram Panchayats?Read the answer and worked solution →Neeru-Meeru, meaning Water and You, is a water harvesting programme of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the Ganga tributaries

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Yamuna
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Gomati
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Ghaghara
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Gandak
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Kosi
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Son
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Chenab
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Ravi
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Tapi
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Kaveri
Category
Ganga tributary
Instructions
Catch the tributaries of the Ganga. Let the other rivers fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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Pop the Punjab five

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Other terms
  1. Kosi
  2. Tapi
  3. Luni
Matching terms
  1. Satluj
  2. Beas
  3. Ravi
  4. Chenab
  5. Jhelum
Instructions
Pop the five rivers that make up the Panjnad.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India Physical Environment, Chapter 3, Drainage System._

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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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