Practice Test- Class 10 – Social Science -Geography-Chapter 3 Social Geography Water Resources

True, the availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to

Fresh water on the surface is recharged through a process called ___________

Post-independent India witnessed intensive industrialisation and urbanisation, creating vast ______

Given the abundance and renewability of water, it is difficult to imagine that

Which one of the following statements is not an argument in favour of multipurpose river projects?

Most of the objections to the projects arose due to their failure:

While a little less than ________per cent is stored as groundwater in the world’s aquifers.

Where water is sufficiently available to meet the needs of the people, but, the area still suffers from water scarcity due to which of the following reasons?

Freshwater is mainly obtained from surface ________and ________ .

During whose reign were the dams, lakes and irrigation systems built extensively?

The moment we speak of water shortages, we immediately associate it with regions having

Women in Rajasthan carry water from long distance by balancing __________on their heads.

Multi-purpose projects and large dams have also been the cause of many new__________.

You may have seen in many television advertisements that most farmers have their

Many thought that given the disadvantages and rising resistance against the multi -purpose projects ________is an alternative for water scarcity.

________% of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to exist as oceans.

Irrigation has also changed the cropping pattern of many regions with farmers shifting to water

The housing societies or colonies in the cities have their own

Is it possible that an area or region may have ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity?

The floods not only devastate life and property but also cause