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  • Question 1
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    Water is required for ______ processes.
    Solution
    In manufacturing processes, water is used to generate electric power, to make steam for processing and cleaning, to cool or control process temperature, to rinse, to dilute food, and to formulate products containing water. 
  • Question 2
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    The first hydro- electricity project on River Kaveri is _______.
  • Question 3
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    Most villages in India draw water from ______ and ______.
    Solution
    A driven well is a well dug vertically by driving in piping directly. It doesn't use nowadays as the water level has gone low and water can't be pulled from that level.

    While wells and tubewells are dig way longer than driven wells and the most village in India draw water from them.

    Hence the correct option is D.
  • Question 4
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    In a _____ situation, the crops will wither.
    Solution
    Prolonged reduction of ground-water supplies can have a devastating effect on a farmer’s crop yields. If a drought occurs soon after seeding, plants may fail to germinate; and during the later stages of development, a drought can cause entire crops to wither.
  • Question 5
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    The river basin of _______ is the largest water resource of Southern India.
    Solution
    The Godavari is the largest river basin in southern India. it rises in the Nasik district of Maharashtra and drains into the Bay of Bengal after flowing for 1500km and is also known as Vridha Ganga.
    Periyar is the longest perennial river of Kerala, it is 244km in length.
    Krishna river rises in Mahabaleshwar and after flowing for a distance of 1400km drains into the Bay of Bengal.
    Kaveri river originates in the Brahamagiri ranges of Western ghats and drains into the Bay of Bengal after flowing for 760 km.

  • Question 6
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    Water table is lowered when __________ activity increases
    Solution
    Hunting is a threat to wild animals. It will decrease the population of wild animals. Overfishing is a threat to the marine population, which in turn, affects marine biodiversity. 

    Mining activity requires a huge amount of water, which will decrease the water table in the area. And also due to careless and reckless mining, leaching of minerals into ground water leads to water pollution, making the area's water unfit for human usage. This further causes water shortage.

    Hence, option A is correct.
  • Question 7
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    ___________ project is built on the Sutlej river. 
    Solution
    Bhakra-Nangal multipurpose project is built on the Sutlej river in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
    Hirakud Dam is the largest dam in the world which is built on the Mahanadi river in Odisha.
    Jayakwadi Dam is built on the Godavari river in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra and the Damodar valley river project is the first multipurpose project of India after Independence, it is built on the Damodar river in West Bengal and some parts of Jharkhand.

  • Question 8
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    The exact matching of the marked River Valley projects is _______.

    Solution
    The Bhakra Nangal Project is a joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan Governments. The two dams, one at Bhakra and another at Nangal, together is referred to as Bhakra-Nangal Project. Hirakud dam is built across the Mahanadi river, the dam is one of the World’s longest earthen dam. It is located in the state of Odisha. The Tungabhadra river valley project is a joint project of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka on the Tungabhadra river.
  • Question 9
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    The exact match of the marked River Valley projects is ______.

    Solution
    The Bhakra Nangal Project is a joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan Governments. The two dams, one at Bhakra and another at Nangal, together are referred to as Bhakra-Nangal Project. 
    Kosi River, known as the Sorrow of Bihar is one of the largest tributaries of the Ganges and also known as Saptakoshi due to seven of its tributaries. It originates in Tibet.
    Popularly known for the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Nagarjuna Sagar is approximately 170 km from Hyderabad. The dam is an engineering marvel and stretches across the mighty river, Krishna.
  • Question 10
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    Which was the first multipurpose project in India after Independence?
    Solution
    Damodar Valley Corporation, popularly known as DVC, came into being on July 7, 1948, by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India (Act No. XIV of 1948) as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.
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