How much per cent of India’s freshwater is used for agriculture? 
65 per cent
80 per cent
50 per cent

What is the term given for the pleasant smell that emanates from the soil after the first rains?
Mizzle
Cascade
Petrichor

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BJP 32.76%

AAP 43.10%

INC 24.14%

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Which of these is a mangrove forest that is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Araku Valley
Sunderbans
Saputara

One of these is not a tributary of the River Ganga. Which one?
Gomti
Kosi
Tungabhadra

What is the local term given to a distinctly Indian style of water architecture that comprises of wells, ponds and a long flight of steps leading to the water body?
Vav
Pyaav
Talao

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1. Four 
2. Antarctica 
3. 80 per cent 
4. Petrichor 
5. Sunderbans 
6. Tungabhadra 
7. Vav