The Ganga Waters Treaty signed in 1996 with Bangladesh provides for sharing the flow at which barrage?
- A.Farakka
- B.Tanakpur
- C.Hathnikund
- D.Bansagar
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Farakka. The treaty signed on 12 December 1996 for a period of thirty years fixes the sharing of the dry-season flow of the Ganga at the Farakka Barrage in West Bengal between the first of January and the thirty-first of May, in periods of ten days, and provides for a joint committee to observe the flows. Option B is wrong because the Tanakpur barrage is on the Mahakali and belongs to the 1996 treaty with Nepal, not with Bangladesh. Option C is wrong because the Hathnikund barrage is on the Yamuna in Haryana and serves canals within India. Option D is wrong because Bansagar is a dam on the Sone in Madhya Pradesh, shared between Indian states and not with another country.
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Practice Questions
View allIn which year was the Indus Waters Treaty signed between India and Pakistan?
- A.1950
- B.1955
- C.1960
- D.1972
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The Indus Waters Treaty was signed at Karachi on 19 September 1960 by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India and President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan, after nine years of negotiation begun in 1952 through the good offices of the World Bank, which signed the treaty as a third party.
Read the full explanation →Under the Indus Waters Treaty, which group of rivers was allotted to India for unrestricted use?
- A.Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
- B.Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
- C.Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti
- D.Chenab, Ravi and Beas
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These are the three eastern rivers of the Indus system, and the treaty gives their waters to India for unrestricted use, which is why the Bhakra dam on the Sutlej, the Pong dam on the Beas and the Ranjit Sagar dam on the Ravi could be built.
Read the full explanation →Which international institution acted as the broker of the Indus Waters Treaty and is a signatory to it?
- A.The United Nations
- B.The World Bank
- C.The International Court of Justice
- D.The Asian Development Bank
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The Bank brought India and Pakistan to the table in 1952, proposed the division of the rivers into eastern and western groups, helped to arrange the finance for Pakistan's replacement canals, and signed the treaty for the limited purposes in which it has a role, such as helping to appoint…
Read the full explanation →The Baglihar hydroelectric project dispute on the Chenab was decided by which authority under the treaty?
- A.The Permanent Indus Commission
- B.A Neutral Expert
- C.A Court of Arbitration
- D.The United Nations Security Council
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When the Permanent Indus Commission could not settle Pakistan's objections to the design of the Baglihar dam, the matter was referred to a Neutral Expert, the Swiss engineer Raymond Lafitte, appointed with the help of the World Bank, who gave his determination in 2007 and allowed the project with changes…
Read the full explanation →The Kishanganga project, on which a Court of Arbitration gave its award in 2013, lies on a tributary of which river?
- A.The Indus
- B.The Jhelum
- C.The Chenab
- D.The Ravi
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The Kishanganga, known as the Neelum in Pakistan, is a tributary of the Jhelum, and the Court of Arbitration at The Hague held in 2013 that India could divert its water for generating power at the Kishanganga project while maintaining a minimum flow downstream.
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