Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Geographical Perspective on selected issues and Problems

Question:

The watershed management programmes were funded by which ministry in Jhabua district that has gone a long way in preventing land degradation and improving soil quality?

Options:

Ministry of “Rural Development”

Ministry of “Agriculture”

Both options 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer:

Both options 1 and 2

Explanation:

The people suffer due to poverty which has been accentuated by the high rate of resource degradation, both forest and land. The watershed management programmes funded by both the ministries of “Rural Development” and “Agriculture”, Government of India, have been successfully implemented in the Jhabua district which has gone a long way in preventing land degradation and improving soil quality.