WorksheetsInland Waterways Revision
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
_______ is the statutory authority in charge of the waterways in India.
Inland Waterways Authority of India
Inland Waterways Authority
State Governments
Central Government
•The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and maintenance of IWT infrastructure on national waterways through grant received from ___
Central Government
Ministry of Shipping.
Ministry of Ports
State Governments
India has about ______KM of navigable waterways which comprise of rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks, etc.
14,500
1400
1320
1620
About___ tones of cargo is being moved annually by Inland Water Transport (IWT)
55 million
50 million
100 million
55 billion
Inland waterway should have about ----wide channel and minimum____ depth. Least depth available to be declared as National waterway
45 m & 1.5m
40 m & 2.5 m
25m & 2.5m
45 m and 6m
Inland waterway should be a continuous stretch of __ kms to be declared as National Waterway
50
20
100
150
________ is a National Waterways development project formulated with the aim of reducing road and rail congestion
Jal Marg Vikas Project
Sagarmala project
National waterways project
In Inalnd waterways infrastructure RIS stands for---
River Information System
River inland waterway system
Rare information system
Logistical expenditure in India as of now accounts for ____ of the total GDP
16%-18%
20-22%
21-23%
______, the longest river in China, had a total length of 64,668 kilometers of inland waterway transport in 2021
The Yellow River
The Yangtze River
Han Rivers
Grand Canal
