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The largest consumer of water is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hydroelectric power contributes about what share of India's total electricity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first-century BC site near Allahabad had a water harvesting system channelling Ganga flood water?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The largest consumer of water is:

  1. Hydel power stations
  2. Irrigated agriculture
  3. Domestic household use
  4. Manufacturing industry
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Correct answer: B. Irrigated agriculture

1. Dry-season farming expands irrigated areas. 2. Irrigated agriculture consumes the most. 3. Drought-resistant crops are needed. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Hydroelectric power contributes about what share of India's total electricity?

  1. 52 per cent
  2. 72 per cent
  3. 22 per cent
  4. 2 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 22 per cent

1. Industries need power as well as water. 2. Hydel power gives about 22 per cent. 3. Cities add to water and energy demand. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Which first-century BC site near Allahabad had a water harvesting system channelling Ganga flood water?

  1. Nagarjunakonda
  2. Bennur village
  3. Kolhapur town
  4. Sringaverapura
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Correct answer: D. Sringaverapura

1. Ancient India built sophisticated hydraulic structures. 2. Sringaverapura harvested Ganga floods. 3. Chandragupta Maurya's time saw many dams. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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