Ncert -class 10 – geography-Chapter 3: Water Resources Welcome to your Ncert -class 10 - geography-Chapter 3: Water Resources 1. Women in Rajasthan carry water from long distance by balancing __________on their heads. bucket drums matkas vessels None 2. Post-independent India witnessed intensive industrialisation and urbanisation, creating vast ______ production employment opportunities unemployment farming inputs None 3. Multi-purpose projects and large dams have also been the cause of many new__________. Local movements pressure movements community movements social movements None 4. During whose reign were the dams, lakes and irrigation systems built extensively? Ashoka Chandragupta Maurya None of these Akbar None 5. Many thought that given the disadvantages and rising resistance against the multi -purpose projects ________is an alternative for water scarcity. less use of water water management system water storage system water harvesting system None 6. The housing societies or colonies in the cities have their own rivers connection groundwater pumping devices to meet their water needs under ground water sources streams of rain water None 7. Fresh water on the surface is recharged through a process called ___________ precipitation rivers hydrological cycle humidity None 8. Most of the objections to the projects arose due to their failure: silt accumulation water storage to achieve the purposes to reduce the water scarcity. None 9. While a little less than ________per cent is stored as groundwater in the world’s aquifers. 20 40 30 None 10. The moment we speak of water shortages, we immediately associate it with regions having low rainfall or those that are drought prone. low temperature or those that are abundance water high rainfall or those that are drought prone heavy temperature and heavy rainfall. None 11. Which one of the following statements is not an argument in favour of multipurpose river projects? Multi purpose projects bring water to those areas which suffer from water scarcity Multi purpose projects by regulating water flow help to control floods. Multi purpose projects lead to large scale displacements and loss of livelihood. Multi purpose projects generate electricity for our industries and our homes None 12. True, the availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in seasonal and annual precipitation. the variations in geographical locations the variations in temperature the variations in availability of rivers. None 13. ________% of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to exist as oceans. 90.5 96.5 50.69 80.4 None 14. Is it possible that an area or region may have ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity? This possibly can be due to: heavy temperature growing population scanty rainfall low population None 15. You may have seen in many television advertisements that most farmers have their own cattle own labour own tools own wells & tube wells None 16. Irrigation has also changed the cropping pattern of many regions with farmers shifting to water required crops intensive and commercial crops. more consuming less required crops None 17. Freshwater is mainly obtained from surface ________and ________ . lakes and tanks rainfall and streams oceans and wells run off and ground water None 18. The floods not only devastate life and property but also cause diseases water level increases extensive soil erosion soil fertility None 19. 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? more usage over experimental attitude unequal distribution much of it may be polluted by domestic and industrial wastes. None 20. Given the abundance and renewability of water, it is difficult to imagine that we will distribute water unnecessarily we may suffer from water scarcity. we will generate hydro power from that we will use that waste water for our needs None Time's up Please Share This Share this content Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to commentEnter your email address to commentEnter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
