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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 34

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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 →Over the last two decades, manufacturing's share of India's GDP has stagnated at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries clustering in cities to share markets and services enjoy what are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron and steel, cement and aluminium are classed by raw material as:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries like iron and steel that supply raw materials for other goods are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The maximum investment allowed for a small scale industry at present is:Read the answer and worked solution →BHEL and SAIL are examples of industries in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Oil India Ltd, owned by both government and private parties, is an example of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The coir industry in Kerala is an example of which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →The first successful textile mill in India was established in Mumbai in:Read the answer and worked solution →India exports cotton yarn mainly to:Read the answer and worked solution →The first jute mill was set up in 1855 at Rishra, near:Read the answer and worked solution →After Partition in 1947, what share of the jute-producing area went to East Pakistan?Read the answer and worked solution →India stands first in the world in the production of:Read the answer and worked solution →Sixty per cent of India's sugar mills are in Uttar Pradesh and:Read the answer and worked solution →Sugar mills are shifting to Maharashtra because cane grown there has a higher:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron ore, coking coal and limestone are needed for steel in the approximate ratio:Read the answer and worked solution →India's per capita steel consumption in 2018 was about 70.9 kg against a world average of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The second most important metallurgical industry in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which fertiliser nutrient is entirely imported because India has no usable reserves?Read the answer and worked solution →The first cement plant in India was set up in 1904 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the steel plant citiesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the big dams

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Other terms
  1. Tanka
  2. Khadin
  3. Johad
  4. Kul
Matching terms
  1. Bhakra
  2. Nangal
  3. Hirakud
  4. Sardar Sarovar
  5. Tehri
  6. Koyna
Instructions
Pop the multi-purpose dams and projects. Leave the village harvesting words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Run the rivers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Sutluj
    Choices
    1. Sutluj
    2. Mahanadi
    3. Narmada
  2. Correct
    Mahanadi
    Choices
    1. Sutluj
    2. Mahanadi
    3. Narmada
  3. Correct
    Narmada
    Choices
    1. Sutluj
    2. Mahanadi
    3. Narmada
  4. Correct
    Damodar
    Choices
    1. Damodar
    2. Krishna
    3. Ganga
  5. Correct
    Krishna
    Choices
    1. Damodar
    2. Krishna
    3. Ganga
  6. Correct
    Ganga
    Choices
    1. Damodar
    2. Krishna
    3. Ganga
Instructions
Rivers of Bhakra, Hirakud, Sardar Sarovar; then river of sorrow, Koyna dispute, Sringaverapura.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Slice the water words

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Does not match the category
  1. Sonnet
  2. Fresco
  3. Sitar
  4. Ballad
Matches the category
  1. Tanka
  2. Khadin
  3. Johad
  4. Kul
  5. Palar pani
Instructions
Slice only the traditional water words. Spare the art words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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