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Catch the water factsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the polluted riversRead the answer and worked solution →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 fishing boat is 10 nautical miles off Gujarat. Up to how many nautical miles from the coast does India's territorial limit extend?Read the answer and worked solution →One nautical mile equals roughly how many kilometres?Read the answer and worked solution →India's southern boundary in the Bay of Bengal extends up to which latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →India's north-south distance is 3,214 km. What is the east-west distance?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is India's east-west distance less than its north-south distance though both span about 30 degrees?Read the answer and worked solution →The southern part of India lies within the tropics. In which zone does the northern part lie?Read the answer and worked solution →The sun rises in the northeastern States about how much earlier than in Jaisalmer?Read the answer and worked solution →Which longitude is India's standard meridian?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Because of its vast east-west extent, how many time zones does the USA have?Read the answer and worked solution →India's area of 3.28 million sq km is what share of the world's land surface?Read the answer and worked solution →By area, India ranks as which largest country in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →The vast sandy expanse in western India is known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ranges bound the Indian subcontinent in the north-west?Read the answer and worked solution →Khyber, Bolan, Shipkila, Nathula and Bomdila are all examples of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian subcontinent includes India and which set of countries?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the length of India's mainland coastline?Read the answer and worked solution →Including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, India's total coastline is how long?Read the answer and worked solution →In which part of the continent of Asia is India located?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and which strait?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two island countries in the Indian Ocean are India's neighbours?Read the answer and worked solution →School Bhuvan, a map-based learning portal, is an initiative of which agency?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the water facts

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Fresh water 3%
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Farms use 89%
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    India water 4%
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Ganga polluted
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    TN homes harvest
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Fresh water 30%
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Farms use 9%
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Ganga is clean
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    India water 40%
Category
True water fact
Instructions
Catch the true facts about India's water. Let the false ones fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 6, Water Resources._

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Pop the polluted rivers

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Other terms
  1. Amazon
  2. Nile
  3. Thames
Matching terms
  1. Yamuna
  2. Sabarmati
  3. Gomti
  4. Musi
  5. Vaigai
  6. Ganga
Instructions
Pop the rivers named as severely polluted.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 6, Water Resources._

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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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