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Question 1.
\nDams can be categorised as large or major or small dams according to:
\n(a) Width
\n(b) Height
\n(c) Depth
\n(d) Volume<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) Height
\nAccording to the height, dams can be categorised as large or major or small dams.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 2.
\nWho proudly proclaimed dams as the temples of modern India:
\n(\u0430) Mahatma Gandhi
\n(b) Lai Bahadur Shastri
\n(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
\n(d) Indira Gandhi<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
\nIt was Jawaharlal Nehru who proclaimed the dams \u2018temples of modern India\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 3.
\nThe Sardar Sarovar Dam is being built across the ………………………… river.
\n(a) Mahanadi
\n(b) Satluj
\n(c) Ravi
\n(d) Narmada<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Narmada
\nIt is being build across the Narmada river.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 4.
\nIn Gujarat, the Sabarmati-basin farmers were agitated and almost caused a riot over the high priority given to water supply in:
\n(a) Rural areas
\n(b) Urban areas
\n(c) Industrial area
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) Urban areas
\nThe farmers agitated because more water was being given to the urban areas.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 5.
\nThe which of the following government are involved in the Krishna-Godavari dispute:
\n(\u0430) Punjab and Haryana.
\n(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
\n(c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
\n(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
\nThe Krishna-Godavari dispute is due to the objections coused by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 6.
\nMany dams were constructed to control floods but have triggered flood due to:
\n(\u0430) Sedimentation in the reservoir
\n(b) Jamming of water supplies
\n(c) Excessive rains
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (\u0430) Sedimentation in the reservoir
\nDue to sedimentation in the reservoir.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 7.
\nThe floods in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006, have not only devasted life and property but also caused:
\n(\u0430) Jamming of the water supplies
\n(b) Sedimentation in the reservoir
\n(c) Extensive soil erosion
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Extensive soil erosion
\nFloods cause extensive soil erosion.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 8.
\nMulti-purpose projects also induce:
\n(a) Earthquakes
\n(b) Pollution
\n(c) Water borne diseases
\n(d) All the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) All the above
\nMulti-purpose projects also induce all the above three.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 9.
\nFor agricultural purpose people in hills and mountains, build diversion channels known as:
\n(a) Pubs or kuls
\n(b) Guls or kuls
\n(c) Drip or kuls
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) Guls or kuls
\nThey were called guls or kuls.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 10.
\nTo store rooftop rain water harvesting was commonly practiced drinking water in:
\n(a) Assam
\n(b) Gujarat
\n(c) West Bengal
\n(d) Rajasthan<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Rajasthan
\nRooftops rain water harvesting was started in Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 11.
\nPeople developed inundation channels to irrigate their fields in the flood plains of:
\n(a) Bengal
\n(b) Assam
\n(c) Rajasthan
\n(d) Gujarat<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (a) Bengal
\nIt was started in Bengal.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 12.
\nIn Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer region of Rajasthan, almost all the houses had under-ground tankas for:
\n(\u0430) storing eatables
\n(b) storing cereals
\n(c) storing household items
\n(d) storing drinking water<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Storing drinking water
\nTanks were used to store drinking water.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 13.
\nPolar Pani is also referred to as:
\n(\u0430) pure water
\n(b) filtered water
\n(c) rain water
\n(d) portable water<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Rain water
\nPalar Pani is also referred to as rain water.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 14.
\nGendathur a remote backward village is in:
\n(a) Delhi
\n(b) Mysore
\n(c) Bangalore
\n(d) Chennai<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) Mysore
\nIt is in Mysore, Karnataka.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 15.
\nWhich of the following is the first and only state in India to have made rooftop rain water harvesting structure compulsory to all the homes:
\n(a) West Benga
\n(b) Rajasthan
\n(c) Karnataka
\n(d) Tamil Nadu<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu
\nIn Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 16.
\nThe percent of the total volume of water to exist as oceans is:
\n(a) 94.5
\n(b) 95.5
\n(c) 96.5
\n(d) 97.5<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) 96.5
\nIt is 96.5 percent.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 17.
\nThe percent of fresh water on the earth is:
\n(a) 2.5
\n(b) 2.6
\n(c) 2.7
\n(d) 2.8<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (a) 2.5
\nIt is 2.5 percent.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 18.
\nThe percent of fresh water as ice sheets and glaciers is:
\n(a) 50
\n(b) 60
\n(c) 70
\n(d) 80<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) 70
\nIt is 70 percent.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 19.
\nIndia ranks ………….. in the world in
\nterm of water availability per person per annum:
\n(a) 133
\n(b) 134
\n(c) 135
\n(d) 136<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (a) 133
\nIn terms of water availability per person per annum India ranks 133.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 20.
\nThe total renewable water resources of India are estimated at …………….. sq.km per annum.
\n(a) 1,697
\n(b) 1,797
\n(c) 1,897
\n(d) 1,997<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) 1,897
\nIt was estimated at 1,897 sq. km per annum.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 21.
\nAccording to Falken Mark, water stress occurs when water availability is less than …………….. cubic metre per person per day.
\n(a) 1,000
\n(b) 2,000
\n(c) 3,000
\n(d) 4,000<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (a) 1,000
\nWater stress occurs when water availability is less than 1000 cubic metre per person.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 22.
\nIn the hydrological cycle, fresh water can be obtained directly from:
\n(a) Precipitation
\n(b) Surface run off
\n(c) Ground water
\n(d) All the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) All the above
\nFresh water can be available by all the these processes.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 23.
\nIn India, today hydroelectric power contributes approximately ………………. percent of the total electricity produced.
\n(a) 21
\n(b) 22
\n(c) 23
\n(d) 24<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (b) 22
\nHydro-electric power contributes approximately 22 percent of the total electricity produced.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 24.
\nMost of the small rivers of India have been turned into:
\n(a) Holy streams
\n(b) Poisonous streams
\n(c) Toxic streams
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Toxic streams
\nDue to waste by humans most of the small rivers of India have turned into toxic streams.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 25.
\nDams, lakes and irrigation systems were extensively built during the reign of:
\n(a) Bimbisara
\n(b) Harsha
\n(c) Chandragupta Maurya
\n(d) Ashoka<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Chandragupta Maurya
\nDuring Chandragupta\u2019s reign dams, lakes and irrigation systems were extensively built.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 26.
\nEvidence of sophisticated irrigation works have been found in:
\n(a) Kalinga
\n(b) Nagarjunakonda
\n(c) Bennur
\n(d) All the above<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) All the above
\nIn all the three regions sophisticated irrigation works have been found.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 27.
\nWhich of the following was the largest artificial lake built in the 11th century:
\n(a) Kalinga lake
\n(b) Bennur lake
\n(c) Kolhapur lake
\n(d) Bhopal lake<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Bhopal lake
\nIt was Bhopal lake.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 28.
\nHauz Khas, in Delhi was constructed by:
\n(a) Iltutmish
\n(b) Jahangir
\n(c) Shah Jahan
\n(d) Razia Sultan<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (a) Iltutmish
\nIt was constructed by Iltutmish.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 29.
\nMulti-purpose projects where the many uses of the impounded water are integrated with one another are called:
\n(a) Barriers
\n(b) Channels
\n(c) Dams
\n(d) Reserves<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (c) Dams
\nThese are called dams.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Question 30.
\nThe Hirakud dam is situated on the:
\n(a) Beas river
\n(b) Satluj river
\n(c) Ganga river
\n(d) Mahanadi river<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: (d) Mahanadi river
\nHirakud dam is situated on the river Mahanadi.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Write true (T) or false (F)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. About three-fourth of the earth\u2019s surface is covered with water.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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2. The fresh water is mainly obtained from surface run off and ground water that is continually being renewed and recharged through the oxygen cycle.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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3. It is predicted that by 2025, nearly two billion people will live in absolute water scarcity.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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4. Nearly 70 percent of the fresh water occurs as ice sheets and glaciers in Antarctica, Greenland and the Mountain regions of the world.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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5. A little less than 40 percent of fresh water is stored as groundwater in the world\u2019s aquifers.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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6. By 2025, it is predicted that large parts of India will join countries having absolute water scarcity.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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7. The availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in seasonal and annual precipitation.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\n

8. Water stress occurs when water availability is less than 2,000 cubic metre per person per day.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\n

9. Fresh water cannot be directy obtained from precipitation, surface run off and groundwater.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\n

10. Water scarcity may be an outcome of large and growing population.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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11. To facilitate higher food-grain production water resources are being over-exploited to expand irrigated areas and dry-season agriculture.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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12. Excess irrigation can lead to an increase in the level of the groundwater.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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13. Increasing number of industries have made matters worse by exerting pressure on existing fresh water resources.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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14. In India, hydroelectric power contributes approximately 32 percent of the total electricity produced.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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15. Sometimes scarcity of water may be due to bad quality of water.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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16. India\u2019s rivers, especially the smaller ones, have all turned into toxic streams.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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17. The waters of the big rivers like the Ganga and Yamuna are still pure.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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18. Over-exploitation and mismanagement of water resources will impoverish this resource and cause ecological crisis.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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19. Sophisticated hydraulic structures like dams were not constructed during the ancient times.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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20. During the time of Chandragupta Maurya dams, lakes and irrigation systems were extensively built.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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21. Bhopal lake, one of the largest artificial lakes of its time was built in the 12th century.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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22. Haus Khas, in Delhi was constructed by Iltutmish in the 15th century.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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23. Dams are built not just for irrigation but for electricity generation, water supply for domestic and industrial uses, flood control, recreation, etc.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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24. In the Satluj-Beas river basin, the Bhakra-Nangal project water is being used both for hydel power production and domestic uses.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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25. The Hirakud Project in the Mahanadi basin integrates conservation of water with flood control.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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26. Dam refers to the reservoir rather than the structure.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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27. Dams are classified according to structure, intended purpose or width.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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28. Multi-purpose projects were thought of as the vehicle that would lead the nation to development and progress.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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29. In recent years, multi-purpose projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny and opposition for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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30. The reservoirs that are created on the flood plains also submerge the existing vegetation and soil leading to its decomposition over a period of time.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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Match the following<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-A<\/strong><\/td>\nColumn-B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Oustees<\/td>\n(a) to observe carefully.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Scrutiny<\/td>\n(b) social movement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Tehri Dam Andolan<\/td>\n(c) rain water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Palar Pani<\/td>\n(d) tanks for storing drinking water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Matkas<\/td>\n(e) displaced people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-A<\/strong><\/td>\nColumn-B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Oustees<\/td>\n(e) displaced people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Scrutiny<\/td>\n(a) to observe carefully.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Tehri Dam Andolan<\/td>\n(b) social movement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Palar Pani<\/td>\n(c) rain water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Matkas<\/td>\n(d) tanks for storing drinking water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/details>\n
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2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-I<\/b><\/td>\nColumn-II<\/b><\/td>\nColumn-III<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Irrigation has changed the cropping<\/td>\n(a) hydrological<\/td>\n(A) regions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. All water moves within the<\/td>\n(b) floods at the time of<\/td>\n(B) cycle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. India receives nearly 4 percent of<\/td>\n(c) pattern of many<\/td>\n(C) precipitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. A dam is a barrier across<\/td>\n(d) a flowing<\/td>\n(D) excessive rainfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Big dams have been unsuccessful in controlling<\/td>\n(e) the global<\/td>\n(E) river<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-I<\/b><\/td>\nColumn-II<\/b><\/td>\nColumn-III<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Irrigation has changed the cropping<\/td>\n(c) pattern of many<\/td>\n(A) regions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. All water moves within the<\/td>\n(a) hydrological<\/td>\n(B) cycle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. India receives nearly 4 percent of<\/td>\n(e) the global<\/td>\n(C) precipitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. A dam is a barrier across<\/td>\n(d) a flowing<\/td>\n(E) river<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Big dams have been unsuccessful in controlling<\/td>\n(b) floods at the time of<\/td>\n(D) excessive rainfall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/details>\n
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3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-A<\/strong><\/td>\nColumn-B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Shringaverapura<\/td>\n(a) Orissa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Kalinga<\/td>\n(b) Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Nagarjunakonda<\/td>\n(c) Karnataka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Bennur<\/td>\n(d) Maharashtra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Kolhapur<\/td>\n(e) Allahabad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Column-A<\/strong><\/td>\nColumn-B<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Shringaverapura<\/td>\n(e) Allahabad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Kalinga<\/td>\n(a) Orissa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Nagarjunakonda<\/td>\n(b) Andhra Pradesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Bennur<\/td>\n(c) Karnataka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. Kolhapur<\/td>\n(d) Maharashtra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/details>\n
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Fill in the blanks<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The total ……………………… water resources of India are estimated at 1,897 sq. km. per annum.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: renewable<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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2. The availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in seasonal and annual ……………………… .<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: precipitation<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

\n

3. In the ……………………… cycle, fresh water can be obtained directly from precipitation, surface run off and ground water.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: hydrological<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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4. A large population means more water not only for ……………………… use but also to produce more food.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: domestic<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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5. The over-increasing number of industries has made matters worse by exerting pressure on existing ……………………… resources.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: fresh water<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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6. In India ……………………… power contributes approximately 22 percent of the total electricity produced.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: hydro-electric<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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7. ……………………… water resources are being over-exploited and have caused their depletion in several cities.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: Fragile<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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8. Scarcity of water can also be due to ……………………… quality of water.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: bad<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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9. The need of the hour is to ……………………… and manage our water resources.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: conserve<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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10. Archaeological and ……………………… records show that from ancient times we have been constructing sophisticated hydraulic structures.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: historical<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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11. Hauz Khas was constructed by Iltutmish for supplying water to ……………………… area.<\/p>\n

\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\n

Answer: Siri Fort<\/p>\n<\/details>\n

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12. \u2018Dam\u2019 refers to the ……………………… rather than the structure.<\/p>\n

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13. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is being built across the ……………………… river in Gujarat.<\/p>\n

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