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Jawaharlal Nehru famously called large multi-purpose dams the:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. The phrase was coined to celebrate post-Independence dam-building.
2. The reasoning: dams integrate agriculture + village economy with industrialisation + urban growth.
3. NCERT Ch 3 quotes Nehru's words verbatim.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 3 "Water Resources", §Multi-purpose Projects ¶3_
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