Q1.Which is not a source of fresh water?

(a) Glaciers and ice sheets
(b) Groundwater
(c) Surface run off
(d) Oceans
Answer: (d) Oceans
EXPLANATION: -The water in the oceans is saline and not fresh. The water in theocean collects all thesalt and minerals from all the rivers
that flow into it.

Q2.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 is more than 1000
cubic metre per person per day.
Answer:(a) water availability is less than 1000 cubic metre per person
per day.

EXPLANATION: -According to Falken Mark, a Swedish expert, water stress occurs whenwater
availability is less than1,000 cubic metre per person per day.

Q3.Nangal River Valley Project is made on the river:

(a) Sutlej-Beas
(b) Ravi-Chenab
(c) Ganga
(d) Son
Answer: (a) Sutlej-Beas
EXPLANATION: -Bhakra Dam is a oncrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern

Q4.Hirakud Dam is constructed on
the river:
(a) Ganga
(b) Manjira
(c) Manas
(d) Mahanadi
Answer:(d) Mahanadi
EXPLANATION: -Only 15 kms. northo f Sambalpur, the longest earthen
dam of the world stands in its lone majesty across the great river
Mahanadi, which drains an area of 1,33,090 Sq.

Q5.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
Answer:(a) hydel power and
irrigation
EXPLANATION: -Its main function is to turn the turbines of power Dam but it also supplies water to the
Bhakra irrigation canals. Power houses have been built to generate hydroelectricity from water of the
Satluj River

Q6. Why is water scarcity mainly caused?

A. Water pollution
B. excessive use and unequal
access to water
C. Water management
D. Using to utility

Q7.The diversion channels seen in the Western Himalayas are called:

(a) Guls or Kuls
(b) Khadins
(c) Johads
(d) Recharge pits
Answer: (a) Guls or Kuls
EXPLANATION: -In hills and mountainous regions,specially in western Himalayas, people build
diversion channels called guls and kuls for irrigational purposes .

Q8.Agricultural fields which are used as rainfed storage structures are called:

(a) Kuls
(b) Khadins/Johads
(c) Recharge pits
(d) None of the above
Answer:(b) Khadins/Johads
EXPLANATION: -In the arid and semi-arid regions, agricultural fields were converted into rain fed storage
structures that allowed the water to sand and moisten the soil, these water storage structures are known
as Khadins in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) and Johads in other parts of Rajasthan.

Q9.Underground tanks seen in Rajasthan to store rainwater for drinking is called:

(a) Tankas
(b) Khadin
(c) Ponds
(d) Kuls
Answer:(a) Tankas
EXPLANATION: -Taanka, also known as kund or kundi, is the simplest and most common water

Q10.Bamboo drip irrigation system is prevalent in:

(a) Manipur
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Mizoram
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:(b) Meghalaya
EXPLANATION: -Bamboo Drip Irrigation of the Noartheastern Hills

Q11.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

Answer: (c) Tamil Nadu
EXPLANATION: -Therefore, Tamil Nadu is the correct answer, since Tamil Nadu is the first and the only
state in India, which has made rooftop rainwater harvesting structures and is compulsory to all
the houses across the state.

Q12.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
Answer:(c) Gendathur

EXPLANATION: -In Gendathur, a remote backward village in Mysore,
Karnataka,villagers have installed rainwater harvesting system to meettheir water needs

Q13.The major source of fresh water in India is

(a) rainfall
(b) ground water
(c) atmospheric water
(d) ocean water
Answer: (b) ground water

EXPLANATION: -Ground water and surface waters are the major sources of Fresh water in India.
Ground water is the water present beneath the earth’s surface which
can be extracted through various ways.

Q14.Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is located in

(a) Odisha
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (c) Rajasthan
EXPLANATION: -The Ranapratap
Sagar Dam is a gravity masonry dam
of 53.8 metres (177 ft) height built on
the Chambal River at Rawatbhata in
Rajasthan in India.

Q15.Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river?

(a) Clenab
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Krishna
(d) Satluj
Answer: (c)Krishna
EXPLANATION: -Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna
River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda
district in Telangana and Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.

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