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  1. The Rajasthan Canal (now called the Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the

  2. A.

     Yamuna

    B.

     Chambal

    C.

     Sutlej

    D.

     Sutlej and Beas

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  3. Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of

  4. A.

     Ganga

    B.

     Indus

    C.

     Brahmaputra

    D.

     Yamuna

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  5. Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found ________

  6. A.

     Around the Gulf of Cambay

    B.

     Around the Konkan coast

    C.

     Off the Krishna and Godavari deltas

    D.

     Around the Palk strait

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  7. Which of the following ports are on the west coast?
    1. Marmugao
    2. Cochin
    3. New Mangalore
    4. Paradeep

  8. A.

     1, 2 and 3

    B.

     1 and 3

    C.

     2, 3 and 4

    D.

     2 and 3

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  9. The worst affected state of India by the menace of sea erosion is

  10. A.

     Kerala

    B.

     Odisha

    C.

     Gujarat

    D.

     Andhra Pradesh

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  11. "Indira Gandhi Canal", which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states?

  12. A.

     Rajasthan

    B.

     Haryana

    C.

     Madhya Pradesh

    D.

     Gujarat

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  13. Which of the following tributaries of the Ganga System flows northwards?

  14. A.

     Kosi

    B.

     Ghaghara

    C.

     Gandak

    D.

     Son

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  15. The Proposed Sea way "Sethusamudram" is the canal passes through which sea-lanes?

  16. A.

     Gulf of Mannar

    B.

     Malacca Strait

    C.

     Gulf of Kutch

    D.

     Andaman and Nicobar islands

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  17. "Loktak" is a

  18. A.

     Valley

    B.

     Lake

    C.

     River

    D.

     Mountain range

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  19. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Ganga?

  20. A.

     Yamuna

    B.

     Son

    C.

     Gomti

    D.

     Sutlej

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