CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Water Dispute
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "Baglihar mechanism" corresponds to ______.
A. Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
B. Neutral Expert
C. Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
D. Run-of-river hydropower projects
Correct Answer: B
Neutral Expert is the correct completion. A World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert issued a determination in 2007.
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Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "Baglihar" corresponds to ______.
A. Swat River
B. Dasht River
C. Chenab River
D. Jhelum River
Correct Answer: C
Chenab River is the correct completion. India's Baglihar project on the Chenab became a major treaty dispute.
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Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "arbitration" corresponds to ______.
A. World Bank
B. Court of Arbitration
C. Council of Common Interests
D. Permanent Indus Commission
Correct Answer: B
Court of Arbitration is the correct completion. The treaty provides for a Court of Arbitration in defined circumstances.
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Water Dispute
Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "neutral expert" corresponds to ______.
A. Neutral Expert
B. Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
C. Run-of-river hydropower projects
D. Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
Correct Answer: A
Neutral Expert is the correct completion. Technical disputes can be referred to a Neutral Expert.
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Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "commission" corresponds to ______.
A. World Bank
B. National Command Authority
C. Permanent Indus Commission
D. Court of Arbitration
Correct Answer: C
Permanent Indus Commission is the correct completion. Each country appoints an Indus Commissioner.
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Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "western rivers" corresponds to ______.
A. Run-of-river hydropower projects
B. Potential control over timing and storage of flows
C. Neutral Expert
D. Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
Correct Answer: D
Indus, Jhelum and Chenab is the correct completion. Pakistan has primary rights to the western rivers, subject to limited Indian uses.
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Complete this Pakistan Affairs fact about Water Dispute: "core treaty" corresponds to ______.
A. Indus Waters Treaty
B. Twentieth Amendment
C. Seventeenth Amendment
D. Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?
Correct Answer: A
Indus Waters Treaty is the correct completion. The 1960 treaty allocates the eastern and western rivers and provides dispute-resolution mechanisms.
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Water Dispute
Within Water Dispute, the answer "Pakistan's irrigation and food systems depend heavily on the Indus Basin" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Kishanganga
B. water security
C. eastern rivers
D. Baglihar
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "water security". The Indus system supports agriculture, hydropower and urban water supply.
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Water Dispute
Within Water Dispute, the answer "Potential control over timing and storage of flows" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Pakistan concern
B. western rivers
C. core treaty
D. commission
Correct Answer: A
The tested detail is "Pakistan concern". Pakistan argues that project design must strictly comply with treaty limits on pondage and outlets.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Run-of-river hydropower projects" is associated with which tested detail?
A. commission
B. run-of-river
C. Pakistan concern
D. core treaty
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "run-of-river". India may build specified non-consumptive and hydropower uses within treaty constraints.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Jhelum River" is associated with which tested detail?
A. run-of-river
B. Kishanganga mechanism
C. Kishanganga
D. core treaty
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "Kishanganga". The Kishanganga/Neelum is part of the Jhelum basin.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Chenab River" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Ratle
B. run-of-river
C. Baglihar
D. core treaty
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "Baglihar". India's Baglihar project on the Chenab became a major treaty dispute.
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Water Dispute
Within Water Dispute, the answer "Court of Arbitration" is associated with which tested detail?
A. commission
B. arbitration
C. core treaty
D. Pakistan concern
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "arbitration". The treaty provides for a Court of Arbitration in defined circumstances.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Neutral Expert" is associated with which tested detail?
A. core treaty
B. Baglihar mechanism
C. Wullar
D. neutral expert
Correct Answer: D
The tested detail is "neutral expert". Technical disputes can be referred to a Neutral Expert.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Permanent Indus Commission" is associated with which tested detail?
A. water security
B. Baglihar mechanism
C. commission
D. western rivers
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "commission". Each country appoints an Indus Commissioner.
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Within Water Dispute, the answer "Ravi, Beas and Sutlej" is associated with which tested detail?
A. neutral expert
B. Kishanganga
C. run-of-river
D. eastern rivers
Correct Answer: D
The tested detail is "eastern rivers". The eastern rivers are allocated primarily to India.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Water Dispute
Within Water Dispute, the answer "Indus, Jhelum and Chenab" is associated with which tested detail?
A. Wullar
B. arbitration
C. western rivers
D. core treaty
Correct Answer: C
The tested detail is "western rivers". Pakistan has primary rights to the western rivers, subject to limited Indian uses.
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Water Dispute
Within Water Dispute, the answer "Indus Waters Treaty" is associated with which tested detail?
A. run-of-river
B. core treaty
C. eastern rivers
D. Kishanganga mechanism
Correct Answer: B
The tested detail is "core treaty". The 1960 treaty allocates the eastern and western rivers and provides dispute-resolution mechanisms.
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Water Dispute
Which pairing is correct for the "water security" aspect of Water Dispute?
A. water security — Run-of-river hydropower projects
B. water security — Pakistan's irrigation and food systems depend heavily on the Indus Basin
C. water security — Potential control over timing and storage of flows
D. water security — Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
Correct Answer: B
The correct match is "water security — Pakistan's irrigation and food systems depend heavily on the Indus Basin". The Indus system supports agriculture, hydropower and urban water supply.
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Water Dispute
Which pairing is correct for the "Pakistan concern" aspect of Water Dispute?
A. Pakistan concern — Run-of-river hydropower projects
B. Pakistan concern — Potential control over timing and storage of flows
C. Pakistan concern — Neutral Expert
D. Pakistan concern — Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
Correct Answer: B
The correct match is "Pakistan concern — Potential control over timing and storage of flows". Pakistan argues that project design must strictly comply with treaty limits on pondage and outlets.