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UPSC CDS Agriculture — practice questions — page 5

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The tank at Hauz Khas, Delhi, built in the 14th century to supply Siri Fort, was constructed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra-Nangal project, used for hydel power and irrigation, lies in which river basin?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud project, integrating water conservation with flood control, is in the basin of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who proclaimed dams to be the temples of modern India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river is known as the river of sorrow in the Bhadu songs of its valley?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada Bachao Andolan opposed which dam being built across the Narmada in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna-Godavari dispute concerns diversion of water at Koyna by which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Guls or kuls are diversion channels for agriculture built in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the flood plains of Bengal, people developed which structures to irrigate their fields?Read the answer and worked solution →Khadins, fields turned into rain-fed storage structures, are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Underground tankas for storing drinking water were traditional in Bikaner, Phalodi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Rainwater stored in the tankas of western Rajasthan is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in which state capital, despite record rainfall 55 km away?Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop harvesting is declining in western Rajasthan because of water from the perennial:Read the answer and worked solution →Gendathur, a village famed for rooftop rainwater harvesting in nearly 200 households, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Each house in Gendathur can collect and use about how much rainwater annually?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the traditional harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the big damsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the riversRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the water wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dam or harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Water resources bingoRead the answer and worked solution →India is one of how many mega bio-diversity countries of the world?Read the answer and worked solution →With about 47,000 plant species, India ranks which in the world in plant diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 15,000 flowering plants form what share of the world's flowering plants?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the India State of Forest Report 2011, India's forest cover is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tropical evergreen forests are at their best where annual rainfall exceeds:Read the answer and worked solution →Ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona belong to which forest type?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The tank at Hauz Khas, Delhi, built in the 14th century to supply Siri Fort, was constructed by:

  1. Iltutmish
  2. Akbar Shah
  3. Balban Khan
  4. Ashoka Maurya
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Correct answer: A. Iltutmish

1. Bhopal Lake came in the 11th century. 2. Iltutmish built the Hauz Khas tank. 3. It supplied water to the Siri Fort area. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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The Bhakra-Nangal project, used for hydel power and irrigation, lies in which river basin?

  1. Damodar river
  2. Sutluj-Beas
  3. Mahanadi delta
  4. Narmada river
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Correct answer: B. Sutluj-Beas

1. Dams today serve many purposes at once. 2. Bhakra-Nangal is in the Sutluj-Beas basin. 3. Hirakud is on the Mahanadi. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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The Hirakud project, integrating water conservation with flood control, is in the basin of the:

  1. Krishna
  2. Narmada
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Godavari
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Correct answer: C. Mahanadi

1. It is a multi-purpose project. 2. Hirakud is on the Mahanadi. 3. Bhakra-Nangal is on the Sutluj-Beas. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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