State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

UPPCS · Question 37

The main purpose of the 'Ganga Action Plan' project, launched in 1985, was to:

  1. Utilize the river water for irrigation only
  2. Build new dams over the Ganga river valley
  3. Make its water pollution free only
  4. None of the above
Show answer & explanation

Answer: (C) Make its water pollution free only

Explanation

GAP-I (1985) aimed to reduce pollution of the Ganga.