WATER RESOURCES
MCQs
1. Which one of the following statements is not an argument
in favour of
multi-purpose river projects?
(a) Multi-purpose projects bring water to those areas which suffer
from
water scarcity.
(b)Multi-purpose projects by regulating water flow help to control
floods.
(c) Multi-purpose projects lead to large-scale displacements and
loss of
livelihood.
(d) Multi-purpose projects generate electricity for our industries and
our
homes.
2. Which is not a source of fresh water?
(a) Glaciers and ice sheets
(b) Groundwater
(c) Surface run off
(d) Oceans
3. According to Falkan Mark, water stress occurs when:
(a)water availability is less than 1000 cubic metre per person per
day.
(b) there is no water scarcity.
(c) there is flood.
(d) water availability ismore than 1000 cubicmetre per person per
day.
4. Which of the following are not causes of water scarcity?
(a) Growing population
(b) Growing of water intensive crop
(c) Expansion of irrigation facilities
(d) Individual wells and tubewells in farms
(e)Water harvesting technique
(f) Industries
(g) Roof top harvesting system
5. Bhakra Nangal River Valley Project is made on the river:
(a) Sutlej-Beas
(b) Ravi-Chenab
(c) Ganga
(d) Son
6. Hirakud Dam is constructed on the river:
(a) Ganga
(b)Manjira
(c)Manas
(d)Mahanadi
7. Water of Bhakra Nangal Project is being used mainly for:
(a) hydel power and irrigation
(b) fish breeding and navigation
(c) industrial use
(d) flood control
8. The diversion channels seen in the Western Himalayas
are called:
(a) Guls or Kuls
(b) Khadins
(c) Johads
(d) Recharge pits
9. Agricultural fields which are used as rainfed storage
structures are called:
(a) Kuls
(b) Khadins/Johads
(c) Recharge pits
(d) None of the above
10. Underground tanks seen in Rajasthan to store rainwater
for drinking
is called:
(a) Tankas
(b) Khadin
(c) Ponds
(d) Kuls
11. In Western Rajasthan today plenty of water is available
due to:
(a) Rooftop water harvesting
(b) perennial Rajasthan Canal
(c) construction of Tankas
(d) none of the above
12. Bamboo drip irrigation system is prevalent in:
(a)Manipur
(b)Meghalaya
(c)Mizoram
(d)Madhya Pradesh
13. The only State which has made rooftop rainwater
harvesting
structure compulsory to all the houses is:
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d)West Bengal
14. The remote village that has earned the rare distinction
of being rich in
rainwater?
(a) Gari
(b) Kaza
(c) Gendathur
(d) none of the above
15. Which one of the following is not an adverse effect of
irrigation?
(a) Irrigation changes cropping pattern
(b)Water intensive crops are grown in dry areas
(c) Salinisation of soil
(d) Increases crop yield
16. Which of the following social movements is/ are not a
resistance to multi-purpose projects?
(a)Narmada Bachao Andolan
(b) Tehri DamAndolan
(c) Navdanya
(d) ChipkoMovement
17. The freshwater is mainly obtained from surface runoff
and
groundwater that is continually being renewed and
recharged through the ________.
(a) Sulphur cycle
(b) Rock cycle
(c) Hydrological cycle
(d) None of the above
18. 96.5 per cent of the total volume of the world’s water is
estimated to exist as _____ and only 2.5 per cent as _______.
(a) Freshwater, oceans
(b) Oceans, freshwater
(c) Groundwater, oceans
(d) None of the above
19. Nearly 70 per cent of freshwater occurs as ice sheets
and glaciers in _______, Greenland and the mountainous
regions of the world.
(a) Antarctica
(b) Siberia
(c) Alaska
(d) Russia
20. A little less than _________ of freshwater is stored as
groundwater in the world’s aquifers.
(a) 5%
(b) 20%
(c) 10%
(d) 30%
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. What is water scarcity? Write the main reasons for water
scarcity.
2. How intensive industrialisation and urbanisation have
posed a great
pressure on existing fresh water resources in India? Explain
with two
examples for each.
3. Write the adverse effects of over-exploitation of ground
water resources
4. Write the main causes of water pollution
5. What is the need for conservation of water resources?
6. Write some measures adopted for conservation of water
resources.
7.What is a dam? Describe the functioning of dams? On
what basis are dams classified into different types?
8. What is the main difference between traditional dams and
modern dams?
9. Why are multipurpose river valley projects called ‘The
Temples of Modern India’? Who first made this statement?
Or
JawaharLal Nehru proudly proclaimed the ‘dams as the
temples of modern India’.
Analyse this statement.
10. 'Construction of dams on rivers has caused
environmental degradation.’ Give reasons to support this
statement.
