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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 →An upland such as a mountain that separates two drainage basins is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus rises in Tibet near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus emerges from the mountains at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum join together to enter the Indus near:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, India can use what share of the water carried by the Indus system?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is joined by the Alaknanda at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaghara, Gandak and Kosi, which flood the northern plains yearly, rise in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Namami Gange was approved as a flagship programme in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga bifurcates at the northernmost point of its delta at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brahmaputra takes a U turn into Arunachal Pradesh on reaching:Read the answer and worked solution →In Arunachal Pradesh the Brahmaputra is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Narmada Bachao Andolan opposed which dam being built across the Narmada in Gujarat?

  1. Bhakra Nangal
  2. Sardar Sarovar
  3. Tehri Garhwal
  4. Hirakud Odisha
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Correct answer: B. Sardar Sarovar

1. It began with the issue of submerged trees. 2. The dam is the Sardar Sarovar. 3. It now seeks rehabilitation for oustees. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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The Krishna-Godavari dispute concerns diversion of water at Koyna by which state?

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Tamil Nadu state
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Karnataka state
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Correct answer: C. Maharashtra

1. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh objected. 2. Maharashtra diverts water at Koyna. 3. Downstream flow would fall. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Guls or kuls are diversion channels for agriculture built in the:

  1. Thar Desert dunes
  2. Bengal flood plains
  3. Deccan lava plateau
  4. Western Himalayas
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Correct answer: D. Western Himalayas

1. Hill people divert stream water. 2. Guls and kuls belong to the Western Himalayas. 3. A kul may lead to a village tank. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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