India's Inland Waterways: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on waterways, history, NW-1, JMVP and the Brahmaputra.

Question 1 of 5 How many national waterways were declared in 2016?

111 5 20 500

IWAI develops them.

Question 2 of 5 What replaced river transport in the 1800s?

Railways Airlines Pipelines Trucks only

Siltation and Partition also hurt waterways.

Question 3 of 5 Which river is NW-1?

The Ganga The Brahmaputra The Godavari The Narmada

It runs about 1,620 km.

Question 4 of 5 What did JMVP build?

Multimodal terminals and a Farakka lock Airports Highways only Dams

The World Bank supported it.

Question 5 of 5 How does the Northeast reach the sea by river?

Through Bangladesh Through Nepal Through Bhutan Through Myanmar only

The Indo-Bangladesh Protocol allows this.

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