UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — In the presence of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister Shri C. R. Patil, CMs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana signed t...
Q1. Consider the following statements regarding the Kishau Multipurpose Project:
1. It envisages the construction of a 236 m high concrete dam across the river Tons in Dehradun district.
2. It is designed for a live storage capacity of 1,324 MCM and will make available 517 MCM of drinking water.
3. It will create an irrigation potential of about 97,000 hectares.
4. Its installed power generation capacity will be 300 MW.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It envisages the construction of a 236 m high concrete dam across the river Tons in Dehradun district.
- It is designed for a live storage capacity of 1,324 MCM and will make available 517 MCM of drinking water.
- It will create an irrigation potential of about 97,000 hectares.
- Its installed power generation capacity will be 300 MW.
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 and 3
- C. 4 only
- D. 3 and 4
Q2. Under the inter-State understanding arrived at for the Kishau Multipurpose Project, the cost of its water component is to be met in which one of the following ways?
- A. Ninety per cent by the Central Government as Central Assistance, the remaining ten per cent shared by the six participating States
- B. Sixty per cent by the Central Government as Central Assistance, the remaining forty per cent shared by the six participating States
- C. Entirely by the Central Government, the participating States bearing only the cost of the power component
- D. Seventy-five per cent by the Central Government as a repayable loan, the balance by Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as the host States
Q3. The allocation of the surface flow of the river up to the Okhla barrage, agreed among the basin States in the Memorandum of Understanding of May 1994, is administered and monitored by which one of the following bodies?
- A. The Central Water Commission, the technical arm of the Department of Water Resources, RD & GR
- B. The Upper Yamuna River Board under the Ministry of Jal Shakti
- C. The Yamuna Monitoring Committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal
- D. The National Mission for Clean Ganga under the Ministry of Jal Shakti
Q4. Consider the following statements comparing the Kishau Multipurpose Project with the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project:
1. Both involve the same six basin States — Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and the NCT of Delhi.
2. Lakhwar is a dam across the Yamuna itself, whereas Kishau is proposed across the Tons, a tributary of the Yamuna.
3. The dam proposed at Kishau is lower in height than the dam at Lakhwar.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Both involve the same six basin States — Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and the NCT of Delhi.
- Lakhwar is a dam across the Yamuna itself, whereas Kishau is proposed across the Tons, a tributary of the Yamuna.
- The dam proposed at Kishau is lower in height than the dam at Lakhwar.
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q5. In the administration of India's river basins, the expression 'Upper Yamuna' denotes which one of the following stretches?
- A. From the river's origin at Yamunotri down to the Okhla barrage
- B. From the river's origin at Yamunotri down to the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana
- C. From the Hathnikund barrage down to the river's confluence with the Chambal
- D. From the Wazirabad barrage down to the river's confluence with the Ganga at Prayagraj
Q6. The Upper Yamuna Review Committee, the apex forum that reviews implementation of the basin States' water entitlements, is chaired by which one of the following?
- A. The Union Minister of Home Affairs
- B. The Union Minister of Jal Shakti
- C. The Chairperson of the Central Water Commission
- D. The Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Q7. As officially described, the Rishi Ganga, Hanuman Ganga, Tons and Giri together constitute which one of the following categories of streams of the Yamuna system?
- A. The four main tributaries of the Yamuna in the Himalayan region
- B. The four main tributaries that join the Yamuna in the plains
- C. The four headstreams that unite above Yamunotri to form the Yamuna
- D. The four tributaries of the Yamuna that lie wholly within Himachal Pradesh
Q8. The drainage basin of the Yamuna extends over how many States and Union Territories of India?
- A. Five
- B. Six
- C. Seven
- D. Nine
Q9. In the Centre's Yamuna rejuvenation reviews, the target of '1500 MGD by 2028' refers to which one of the following?
- A. The sewage treatment capacity to be created and made operational in the river's Delhi–Haryana–Uttar Pradesh stretch
- B. The volume of fresh water to be released from upstream barrages to maintain environmental flow in the river
- C. The drinking water supply capacity to be created for the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- D. The quantity of industrial effluent to be diverted from the major drains for treatment and reuse by industry
Q10. As reviewed by the Centre, how many Sewage Treatment Plants have been constructed so far across Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna?
Q11. Among the following projects of the Yamuna basin in and around Dehradun and Sirmour, which one envisages or has the largest installed power generation capacity?
- A. Lakhwar Multipurpose Project
- B. Renukaji Multipurpose Dam Project
- C. Vyasi Hydro Electric Project
- D. Kishau Multipurpose Project
Q12. Parliament enacted the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 in exercise of the power conferred by which one of the following provisions of the Constitution?
- A. Article 246 read with Entry 56 of the Union List
- B. Article 262
- C. Article 263
- D. Article 131