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Consider the following statements related to "Bodhghat Project and choose the correct answer:

[CGPCS Pre 2020]

Statement I: It is located at the river Indravati

Statement II: The beneficiary districts of this project will be Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur

Statement III: The proposed irrigation capacity of this project is 3,66,580 hectares.

Statement IV: The proposed electricity-generation capacity of this project is 300 Megawatts.
Study the following statements and choose the correct option:

[CGPCS Pre 2020]

Statement I: Kanger Ghati is a National Park

Statement II: Kanger Ghati is not a Biosphere Reserve

Statement III : Kanger Ghati is spreaded starting from Tirathgarh Waterfalls to the Kolab river, the boundary of Odisha in the east
White Cheeked Macaque, a new mammal species in the country, has been discovered in which state?
Anonymous Quiz
16%
[A] Uttarakhand
27%
[B] Assam
52%
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
5%
[D] Sikkim
#Lakes_and_dams

Sardar Sarovar Dam

โ–ช๏ธIt was built across the Narmada river in Kevadiya of Gujarat

โ–ช๏ธType of the dam is gravity dam

โ–ช๏ธThe construction of the dam began in 1987 and was opened in 2017

โ–ช๏ธIt is the second largest concrete dam in the world after America's Coulee dam and third highest concrete dam in India

โ–ช๏ธIt provides irrigation water to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan

โ–ช๏ธThe power produced is shared by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat

โ–ช๏ธ The dam construction was initially funded by the World Bank

โ–ช๏ธThis dam is one of the focal points of Narmada Bachao Andolan movement

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#Sea

Chukchi Sea

โ–ช๏ธ Chukchi Sea is a part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Wrangel Island (west), northeastern Siberia and
northwestern Alaska (south), the Beaufort Sea (east), and the Arctic continental slope (north).

โ–ช๏ธ It has an area of 225,000 square miles (582,000 square km) and an average depth of 253 feet
(77 m).

โ–ช๏ธ The sea is navigable between July and October both eastward and westward from the shallow Bering Strait, and ice-bearing currents fl ow southeastward along the Siberian coast.

โ–ช๏ธ Seals of several species and walrus are indigenous, and whales and many seabirds are summer
visitors.

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#National_parks_in_India

โœ…National Park in Goa

1) Mollem (Mahavir) National Park:

- Located in Sanguem taluk in Goa along the eastern border with Karnataka

- NH 4A and Mormugao to Londa railway line passes through it

- Contains temples of Kadamba dynasty

- River: Mandovi

- Waterfalls: Dudhsagar and Tambdi falls

- Vegetation: West Coast tropical evergreen forests, West Coast semi-evergreen forests and moist deciduous forests

- Fauna: Tiger, Leopard, Barking deer

- Home to Dhangar, nomadic buffalo herders

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Which of the following regions is the original habitat of 'Toda Tribe' ?

[UP Lower sub 2013] [MPPCS 2017]
Anonymous Quiz
15%
(a) Jaunsar Hills
29%
(b) Garo Hills
49%
(c) Nilgiri Hills
8%
(d) Jaintia Hills
In which of the following states Population of Scheduled tribes is largest in the country in 2011 ?

[Chattisgarh PCS 2018]
Anonymous Quiz
17%
(a) Mizoram
8%
(b) Gujarat
66%
(c) Madhya Pradesh
8%
(d) Maharashtra
The Largest scheduled tribe of uttaranchal is -

[UPPCS 2005]
Anonymous Quiz
11%
(a) Bhoksa
47%
(b) Bhotia
22%
(c) Jaunsari
20%
(d) Tharu
In which primitive tribal groups have the largest population in Chattisgarh ?

[Chattisgarh PCS 2019]
Anonymous Quiz
17%
(a) Abujhamadia
16%
(b) Kama
44%
(c) Baiga
23%
(d) Pahadi Korwa
Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

[UPPCS 2005]
Anonymous Quiz
9%
(a) Bihu - Assam
70%
(b) Onam - Andhra Pradesh
15%
(c) Pongal - Tamilnadu
7%
(d) Baisakhi - Punjab
In which one of the following Union Territories do the people of the Onge tribe live ?

[Jharkhand PCS 2011]
Anonymous Quiz
50%
(a) Andman and Nicobar Islands
23%
(b) Dadra and Nagar haveli
12%
(c) Daman and Div
15%
(d) Lakshadweep
Where do the people of Jarawa tribe, who were in news recently, reside ?

[UPPCS 2013]
Anonymous Quiz
9%
(a) Andhra Pradesh
19%
(b) Chhattisgarh
9%
(c) Odisha
63%
(d) Andman and Nicobar Islands
'Jarawa Tribe' is found in :

[Chhattisgarh PCS 2016]
Anonymous Quiz
9%
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
12%
(b) Meghalaya
16%
(c) Mizoram
5%
(d) Sikkim
58%
(e) Nicobar Islands
I'm Bangladesh, the River Ganges is Known as -

[Uttarakhand PCS 2005]
Anonymous Quiz
14%
(a) Meghana
76%
(b) Padma
8%
(c) Bhagirathi
2%
(d) Mahaganga
On entering Bangladesh, Ganga is called -

[Uttarakhand PCS 2010]
Anonymous Quiz
71%
(a) Padma
21%
(b) Meghna
7%
(c) Hooghly
2%
(d) Lohit