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In Petlawad block of Jhabua, what did each household do to revive common pasture land?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the air pollutantsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the water diseasesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the pollution factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the pollutersRead the answer and worked solution →Air or waterRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the pollutionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Environment bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A trader says India's share of world trade by volume is small. Roughly how small?Read the answer and worked solution →India's external trade in 1950-51 was worth how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Over the years India's imports have compared to its exports how?Read the answer and worked solution →Which export sector alone made up 73.6 per cent of India's export value in 2016-17?Read the answer and worked solution →India's engineering exports face which main competitors?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1950s and 1960s food shortage made which item India's main import?Read the answer and worked solution →Foodgrain imports stopped after the 1970s because of which success?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1973 energy crisis pushed up which import bill?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides petroleum, which luxury items figure among India's major imports?Read the answer and worked solution →Many Indian port towns carry the suffix pattan. What does pattan mean?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major ports does India have, with about 200 minor ones?Read the answer and worked solution →At Partition, which two important ports did India lose?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian ports handled 20 million tonnes of cargo in 1951. How much by 2016?Read the answer and worked solution →Kandla port at the head of the Gulf of Kachchh was built to relieve which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's biggest port, a natural harbour with 54 berths and the largest oil terminal?Read the answer and worked solution →Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva was built as a satellite of which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Marmagao port in Goa was remodelled in 1961 to export iron ore to which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port sits at the head of Vembanad Kayal and is called the Queen of the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Kolkata port lies on the Hugli, how far inland from the Bay of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port in the Mahanadi delta has India's deepest harbour for iron ore exports?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port is a land-locked harbour joined to the sea by a channel cut through rock and sand?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In Petlawad block of Jhabua, what did each household do to revive common pasture land?

  1. Built a private well
  2. Fenced off its own plot
  3. Bought more cattle
  4. Planted and kept one tree
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Correct answer: D. Planted and kept one tree

1. Bhils in Petlawad revived common property resources. 2. Each household planted and maintained one tree. 3. They also grew fodder grass and stopped open grazing. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 12, Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems._

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Catch the air pollutants

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Sulphur oxides
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Carbon monoxide
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Lead
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Asbestos
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Ammonia
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Nitrate
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Fluoride
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Oil and grease
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Coliform
Category
Air pollutant
Instructions
Catch the air pollutants. Let the water pollutants fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 12, Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems._

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Pop the water diseases

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Other terms
  1. Asthma
  2. Cataract
  3. Scurvy
Matching terms
  1. Diarrhoea
  2. Hepatitis
  3. Typhoid
  4. Cholera
  5. Worms
  6. Diphtheria
Instructions
Pop the diseases spread by dirty water and waste.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 12, Geographical Perspective on Selected Issues and Problems._

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