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Water collected from rooftop water harvesting system was directed into _____.

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  1. Ponds

  2. Lakes

  3. Underground tanks

  4. Farms

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

i) In semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan almost all the houses traditionally had underground tanks for storing drinking water. They are extremely reliable source of drinking water when other sources are dried up. This is considered the purest form of natural water.

(ii) The tanks can be as large as big rooms.

(iii) The tanks were part of the well-developed rooftop rainwater harvesting system.

(iv) The tanks were built inside the main house or the courtyard giving cooling effect to the rooms in the summer.

 (v) Those tanks were connected to the sloping roofs of the houses through a pipe.

(vi) Rain falling on these roof tops would travel down the pipe and stored in these underground tanks.

(vii) Usually first rain water is not collected to clean the roof top and the pipe.

The rivers in Rajasthan are almost _________.

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  1. Perennial rivers

  2. Seasonal rivers

  3. Winter rivers

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rivers of Rajasthan are mostly seasonal with only two river basins (Chambal and Mahi) being perennial.

Rainwater is collected in tanks in almost all _____.

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  1. Seasons of Rajasthan

  2. Only in winter season

  3. The houses of Rajasthan

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan, particularly in Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer, almost all the houses traditionally had underground tanks or tanks for storing drinking water.

Al-Biruni a traveller from _____ visited India more than a thousand years ago.

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  1. China

  2. Persia

  3. Egypt

  4. Uzbekistan

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Correct Option: D

A deficiency in ______ for successive years result in serious water shortages. 

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  1. Monsoon rainfall

  2. Winter rainfall

  3. Summer heat

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

Raised platforms around a lake are called _____.

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  1. Chabutaras

  2. Lake

  3. Step wells

  4. Check dams

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Correct Option: A

Match the following:

Town River Nearer to it
A. Betul 1. lndravati
B. Jagdalpur 2. Narmada
C. Jabalpur 3. Shipra
D. Ujjain 4. Tapti
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  1. A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

  2. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

  3. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

  4. A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

            Town          River nearer to it

  A.  Betul            1. Tapti
  B. Jagdalpur      2.Indravati
  C. Jabalpur        3. Narmada
  D. Ujjain             4.Shipra

The Gobindsagar Reservoir is formed by _______.

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  1. Mettur Dam

  2. Bhakra Dam

  3. Ranjit Sagar Dam

  4. Rajasthan Canal

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gobind Sagar is a man-made reservoir situated in Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh. It is formed by the Bhakra Dam. The reservoir is on the river Sutlej and is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh guru.