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The Tirhut canal is a part of which irrigation project of Bihar?
The Tirhut canal is the main eastern canal of the Gandak project and takes its name from the old Tirhut region of north Bihar.
Read the full explanation →Which river of Bihar has traditionally been called the Sorrow of Bihar?
The Kosi comes down from Nepal carrying an enormous load of silt, drops it on the flat plain and so keeps raising its own bed.
Read the full explanation →The Kosi barrage at Bhimnagar lies in which district of Bihar?
The Kosi barrage stands at Bhimnagar in Supaul district, where the river enters India from Nepal.
Read the full explanation →The barrage of the Gandak project, built jointly with Nepal, stands at which place?
The Gandak barrage was built at Valmiki Nagar in West Champaran district, on the border with Nepal, under an agreement between the two countries.
Read the full explanation →The Indrapuri barrage, built across the Sone at Dehri, is located in which district of Bihar?
Dehri on Sone lies in Rohtas district, and the Indrapuri barrage was built there in place of the old anicut, being completed in 1968.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest and largest canal irrigation system of Bihar?
Work on the Sone began in the colonial period with an anicut across the river at Dehri in Rohtas district, and the system has been extended ever since, the Indrapuri barrage replacing the old anicut in 1968.
Read the full explanation →At the Census of 2011, which Union Territory recorded the lowest sex ratio in India?
The correct answer is A, Daman and Diu, which recorded the lowest number of females per thousand males of any state or Union Territory at the Census of 2011; the figure reflects a large male migrant workforce drawn to its industrial estates, factories and port work rather than a difference…
Read the full explanation →The largest tribal community of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, famous for a style of wall painting, is the
The correct answer is B, the Varli, the largest Scheduled Tribe of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, found also in the neighbouring districts of Maharashtra and Gujarat; their ritual wall art, called Warli painting, is done in white rice paste on a mud wall and builds human figures from two triangles…
Read the full explanation →Appeals from the courts of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu lie to which High Court?
The correct answer is B, the Bombay High Court, whose jurisdiction extends over Maharashtra, Goa and this Union Territory, with benches at Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji.
Read the full explanation →Diu is an island lying off the coast of which state?
Diu lies off the southern edge of the Kathiawar or Saurashtra peninsula of Gujarat and is joined to the mainland by bridges across a narrow creek; the Portuguese obtained it in 1535 by a treaty with Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and built the fort that still dominates the island.
Read the full explanation →Silvassa is the headquarters of which district of the Union Territory?
Silvassa is the chief town of that landlocked district and was the capital of the former Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli before the merger of 2020; it is also the industrial heart of the territory, with large estates for textiles, plastics, engineering and chemicals, and it holds the…
Read the full explanation →Which river divides Daman into Nani Daman and Moti Daman?
The correct answer is B, the Daman Ganga, which rises in the Western Ghats, flows west through Dadra and Nagar Haveli and reaches the Arabian Sea at Daman, splitting the town into Nani Daman on the north bank and Moti Daman on the south; the Madhuban dam on this river…
Read the full explanation →Daman and Diu, along with Goa, were freed from Portuguese rule through which military action?
The correct answer is B, Operation Vijay of December 1961, in which the Indian armed forces took Goa, Daman and Diu from Portugal, ending more than four centuries of Portuguese rule on the western coast.
Read the full explanation →Dadra and Nagar Haveli was formally made a part of India by which Constitutional Amendment Act?
The correct answer is A, the Tenth Amendment of 1961, which inserted Dadra and Nagar Haveli into the Constitution as a Union Territory; the area had been freed from Portuguese rule by volunteers in 1954 and administered separately until then.
Read the full explanation →How many districts are there in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
The correct answer is B, three: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.
Read the full explanation →What is the capital of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu?
The correct answer is C, Daman, which was made the capital of the merged Union Territory in 2020.
Read the full explanation →The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu came into existence on
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act was passed in 2019 but was brought into force on Republic Day 2020, merging the two small Union Territories into one with its capital at Daman.
Read the full explanation →Energy-intensive industries and establishments notified under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 are known as
The Act lists energy-intensive sectors in a schedule, and units in them above a notified threshold of annual energy consumption become designated consumers; each must appoint or designate an energy manager, have an energy audit carried out at prescribed intervals, keep records of energy consumed and comply with the consumption…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was introduced by the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022?
The 2022 amendment to the Energy Conservation Act empowered the Central Government to specify a carbon credit trading scheme, to prescribe a minimum share of non-fossil energy for designated consumers, and to extend the building code to large residential buildings.
Read the full explanation →The Energy Conservation Building Code, as launched in 2007, applied to new commercial buildings having a connected load of at least
The code was drawn up by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency for new commercial buildings with a connected load of 100 kW or more, or a contract demand of 120 kVA or more, and it prescribes requirements for the building envelope, lighting, air conditioning, water heating and electrical systems.
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