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Namami Gange Programme MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

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Q1Which of the following is NOT one of the eight key components of the Namami Gange Programme?

A Interlinking the Ganga with peninsular rivers

B River-surface cleaning

C Biodiversity conservation

D Industrial effluent monitoring

Explanation

Interlinking the Ganga with peninsular rivers is not among Namami Gange's eight key components. The listed components include sewerage treatment, river-front and crematoria development, river-surface cleaning, biodiversity, afforestation, public awareness, industrial-effluent monitoring and Ganga Gram.

Q2Which institution is the implementing body of the Namami Gange Programme?

A Central Pollution Control Board

B National Mission for Clean Ganga

C National Water Development Agency

D Central Water Commission

Explanation

The National Mission for Clean Ganga is the implementing arm of Namami Gange under the Ministry of Jal Shakti's Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The other listed bodies have distinct regulatory, planning or technical roles and do not implement this programme.

Q3Assertion (A): Projects for pollution abatement in the Yamuna can be taken up under the Namami Gange Programme. Reason (R): Namami Gange covers the Ganga and all its tributaries, and the Yamuna is a tributary of the Ganga. Select the correct answer using the code below.

A Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

B Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

C A is true, but R is false

D A is false, but R is true

Explanation

Both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason explains the assertion. Namami Gange was approved as an umbrella programme for rejuvenating the Ganga and all its tributaries. Since the Yamuna is a tributary of the Ganga, its pollution-abatement works fall within that programme scope.

Q4Consider the following statements about the Namami Gange Programme: 1. Its main-stem states are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. 2. The Ganga basin extends across 11 states and covers about 26% of India's land area. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A 1 only

B 2 only

C Both 1 and 2

D Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Both statements are correct. The Ganga's main stem passes through Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The wider Ganga basin is much larger than this main-stem corridor: it spans 11 states and accounts for about 26% of India's land area.

Q5Which one of the following correctly states the Cabinet approval and initial outlay of the Namami Gange Programme?

A 13 May 2014; ₹10,000 crore

B 7 October 2016; ₹20,000 crore

C 13 May 2015; ₹22,500 crore

D 13 May 2015; ₹20,000 crore

Explanation

The Union Cabinet approved the flagship Namami Gange Programme on 13 May 2015 with a budget outlay of ₹20,000 crore. The programme had been announced earlier in the 2014 Union Budget, while 7 October 2016 is associated with the later notification of the National Ganga Council.

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