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Choose the appropriate meaning of the idiom . The piece of land was a bone of contention between the two contention between the two countries---
A A matter of dispute
B Someting to negotiate
C A source of food
D Battlefield
The primary purpose of constructing the Farakka barrage is to ________
A Preserve and maintain navigation
B Supply drinking water
C Meet the chronic power shortage
D Bring additional areas into irrigation
Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
A Save Kolkata port
B Link North and South Bengal
C Supply drinking water to Kolkata
D Divert water to Bangladesh
Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage?
A Checking water flowing into Bangladesh
B Checking silting of Kolkata Port
C Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port
D Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
A Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
B To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
C To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
D To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
His comments provoked a barrage of criticism. Here 'a barrage' means:
A a strom
B a violaence
C a lot
D a hatred
Ganga beyond Farakka when it enters Bangladesh is known as
A Padma
B Meghna
C Hugli
D Swarn Ganga
The Farakka Project is mainly aimed towards
A Irrigating more land in West Bengal
B Utilizing maximum of Ganga water
C Preserving the port of Kolkata
D Production of electricity
During the Viceroyalty of Sir John Lawrence the bone of contention between India and Bhutan was
A Duars
B Jalpaiguri
C Goalpara
D Cooch Behar
The piece of land was a bone of contention between the two countries. Here the underlined phrase means:
A battlefield
B something to negotiate
C a matter of dispute
D a source of food

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