Greenwood High School
Bannerghatta
Worksheet
Grade: 10 Subject: Geography Topic: Water Resources
1. Match the following items given in Column A with those in Column B.
Column A Column B
(i) Surface Water (a) Underground water that seeps into soil
and is located in large aquifers under the
ground.
(ii) Ground Water (b) A pit or a created in the ground by
digging, boring or drilling to access
ground water.
(iii) Aquifer (c) Water that is available on land in form or
rivers, oceans, seas, lakes and ponds.
(iv) Well (d) An underground layer of permeable rock,
sediment or soil that yields water
a) (i) – (a), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (b) b) (i) – (b), (ii) – (d), (iii) – (c), (iv) – (a)
c) (i) – (c), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (b) d) (i) – (d), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (a), (iv) – (c)
2. Match the following items given in Column A with those in Column B.
Column A Column B
(i) Rainwater Harvesting (a) Efficient management and conservation of both the
surface and ground water resources.
(ii) Watershed Management (b) Growth in number of people living in towns and
cities.
(iii) Urbanisation (c) A technique through which rainwater is captured
from the roof catchments or ‘roof catchments’ and
stored in reservoirs or ‘reservoirs’
(iv) Rooftop Rainwater (d) A technique through which rainwater is collected.
Harvesting
a) (i) – (a), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (c), (iv) – (d) b) (i) – (d), (ii) – (a), (iii) – (b), (iv) – (c)
c) (i) – (c), (ii) – (b), (iii) – (d), (iv) – (a) d) (i) – (b), (ii) – (c), (iii) – (a), (iv) – (d)
3. The surface water, the Ground water and the Rainwater are the sources of:
a) Salty Water b) Fresh Water
c) Both d) None
4. How much percentage of usable water on the earth does the Ground water constitute?
a) about 0.99% b) about 0.03%
c) about 97% d) about 0.66%
5. Give a reason for each of the following:
a) There is an urgent need for water conservation in India.
b) Rainwater Harvesting is one of the effective methods of Water Conservation.
c) Watershed Management is one of the effective methods for Water Conservation.
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Greenwood High School
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d) Water Supply from the Seas and the Oceans is unfit for drinking purpose.
6. _____________ is impossible without water on Earth.
a) Life b) Business c) Development d) Progress
7. What is the method called by which the water is supplied to the plants uniformly through a nozzle
fitted in a pipe?
a) Tube Wells b) Sprinkler Irrigation c) Dam d) Percolation Pit
8. Which one of the following occupations is the backbone of the Indian economy?
a) Animal rearing b) Manufacturing c) Mining d) Agriculture
9. Name the oldest method of Irrigation.
a) Tank irrigation b) Well irrigation c) Both d) None
10. Which of the following is essential in generating hydro-electric power?
a) Wind b) Fire c) Water d) Soil
11. Which of the following reasons is incorrect about the need for irrigation in agriculture?
a) Lack of patience for monsoon season in farmers
b) Uncertainty of rainfall
c) Uneven distribution of rainfall
d) Dependent of crops on rainfall.
12. Which of the following types of irrigation is possible if the ground water is brackish?
a) Well irrigation c) Tank irrigation
b) Tube well irrigation d) Canal irrigation
13. Which of the following irrigation needs even surfaces to be set up?
a) Canal irrigation c) Both of these
b) Tube well irrigation d) None of these
14. Which of the following irrigation system is mainly prevalent in South India?
a) Well irrigation c) Canal irrigation
b) Tank irrigation d) Tube well irrigation
15. Being expensive, this type of irrigation has no loss of water.
a) Drip Irrigation c) Sprinkler Irrigation
b) Perennial Canal d) Tank Irrigation
16. Identify from among the following one traditional method of irrigation.
a) Inundation canals c) Sprinkler irrigation
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Greenwood High School
Bannerghatta
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Grade: 10 Subject: Geography Topic: Water Resources
b) Tube wells d) Drip irrigation
17. What is an aquifer?
a) An underground well that readily gives out water on digging the land.
b) An underground pond that was once a source of water and is now buried under rocks.
c) An underground stream saturated with water that is transmitted readily to the surface.
d) None of the above.
18. Which of the following measures are not used to conserve water?
a) Rainwater harvesting c) Water recycling
b) Using bottled drinking water only d) Preventing water pollution
19. Which of the following is not a secondary source of water?
a) Rivers c) Groundwater
b) Lakes and Ponds d) Rain
20. Sprinkler irrigation is also known as _________________.
a) Seepage Irrigation c) Protected Irrigation
b) Overhead Irrigation d) Nozzle Irrigation
21. Tanks form the main source of irrigation in
a) Punjab and Haryana c) Madhya Pradesh and Gujrat
b) The Decan Plateau d) All of the above
22. _____________ is not a conventional means of irrigation.
a) Furrow irrigation c) Wells
b) Tanks d) Inundation canals
23. The most advanced and efficient method of irrigation is _____________.
a) Tank irrigation c) Drip irrigation
b) Canal irrigation d) Well irrigation
24. Most of the canals in India belong to which category?
a) Perennial canals c) Inundation canals
b) Navigation canals d) None of the above
25. Which of the following least irrigated state of India is solely dependent on canals?
a) Assam c) Mizoram
b) Tripura d) Arunachal Pradesh
26. Which of the following is the most advanced and efficient method of irrigation?
a) Furrow irrigation c) Spray irrigation
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Grade: 10 Subject: Geography Topic: Water Resources
b) Drip irrigation d) Sprinkler irrigation
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