This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Geography > Water Resources > Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An underground layer of rock or soil through which water easily moves. A) Aqueduct. B) Aqueifer. C) Water reclamation. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aqueifer. 2. Tara lives in a rural area where access to clean water is limited. To ensure her family has a reliable source of water, she decides to dig a hole into the ground. What is this hole called? A) Well. B) Watershed. C) Groundwater. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well. 3. ..... & connects catchment and storage tank A) Catchment. B) Conduits. C) Contact. D) Connect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduits. 4. Oceans contain ..... volume of water. A) 98 per cent. B) 75 per cent. C) 90 per cent. D) 96.5 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 96.5 per cent. 5. In which country would many more people receive electricity, get out of poverty, and get overall easier access to water from the Nile from the Grand Renaissance Dam? A) Egypt. B) Ethiopia. C) Blochanda. D) Sudan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethiopia. 6. Though not specifically built for Sudan, farmers in Sudan would be happy with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam because it would reduce flooding. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. In what ways industrialization leads to water scarcity A) Overuse of water for manufacturing processes. B) Mixing of industrial waste-water in freshwater. C) Ownership of Water sources. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 8. Which of the following statements helps to explain why fresh water is a limited resource? A) Most of Earth's water is salt water. B) About 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water. C) Most of Earth's fresh water is not liquid water usable by humans. D) Both (a) and (c). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (c). 9. Identify the sector that consumes the highest amount of water in India. A) Industry. B) Agriculture. C) Domestic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 10. From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of fresh water around the world. A) Agriculture, industry, personal. B) Industry, personal, agriculture. C) Personal, industry, agriculture. D) Industry, agriculture, personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture, industry, personal. 11. What causes depletion of oxygen during eutrophication? A) Excessive growth of plants on the surface. B) Increase of animals eating surface plants. C) Death of fish. D) Death of plants beneath the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death of plants beneath the surface. 12. What is algal bloom? A) Extremely rapid growth of algea. B) Too much of nutrients. C) Water becomes cloudy. D) Plants bloom early down stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extremely rapid growth of algea. 13. In the region of Himachal Pradesh, the Bhakra-Nangal project is a significant source of water. It is utilized for both hydel power production and irrigation, benefiting local farmers and providing electricity to nearby towns. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification are associated with what kind of pollution? A) Toxic Chemical. B) Sediment. C) Nutrient. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toxic Chemical. 15. When water changes from a GAS to a LIQUID? A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Precipitation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 16. Making it illegal to to release pollution from a point source without a permit, the ..... was the single most important law to prevent water pollution. A) Pollution Water Law. B) Pollution Water Act. C) Chemical Water Act. D) Clean Water Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clean Water Act. 17. Aarav is planning to implement sustainable practices in his community to conserve water. He wants to know which of the following are effective Rainwater Harvesting Techniques that he can use. A) Gul or Kul. B) Inundation Channels. C) Underground Tanks. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 18. Which of the following are Reasons for Water Scarcity? A) Seasonal Rainfall. B) Increasing Population. C) Over-Exploitation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. Which of the following contributes approximately 22% of the total electricity produced in India today A) Geothermal Energy. B) Solar power. C) Industries. D) Hydroelectric power. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydroelectric power. 20. Ancient ways to manage water resources? A) Stone rubble dams. B) Embankments. C) Canal system. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 21. Human activities that clear large areas of land and increase erosion contribute directly to what type of pollution? A) Sediment. B) Toxic chemical. C) Groundwater. D) Biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sediment. 22. When a pathogen makes it way into our water it is known as ..... pollution. A) Biological. B) Thermal. C) Chemical. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biological. 23. A lack of water in an area is called ..... A) Water scarcity. B) Water footprint. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water scarcity. 24. Agricultural fields which are used as rainfed storage structures are called: A) Snowling. B) Khadins/Johads. C) Recharge pits. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khadins/Johads. 25. Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 26. What do untreated (raw) sewage and fertilisers have in common? A) They encourage excessive growth of aquatic plants. B) They are eaten by animals in the water. C) They accumulate in the tissues of aquatic organisms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They encourage excessive growth of aquatic plants. 27. What are Inundation Channels? A) Transferring rainwater to underground wells. B) Canals from large rivers. C) The diversion channels built-in hilly areas to store water for irrigation. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canals from large rivers. 28. What is the share of India in the world's water resources? A) 1%. B) 4%. C) 2%. D) 3%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4%. 29. How much percentage (%) of the Earth's Surface is covered with water? A) About 70%. B) About 90%. C) About 60%. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About 70%. 30. Roof top rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in- A) Guwahati. B) Imphal. C) Shillong. D) Patna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shillong. 31. Which of the following options describe water as a resource? A) Biotic resource and non-renewable. B) Biotic and renewable resource. C) Abiotic and non-renewable resource. D) Abiotic and renewable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic and renewable resource. 32. Which of the following are not causes of water scarcity? A) Growing population. B) Growing of water intensive crop. C) Water harvesting technique. D) Individual wells and tubewells in farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water harvesting technique. 33. How much percent of surface water in India can be used? A) 25%. B) 22%. C) 32%. D) 35%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 32%. 34. On which river is the Bhakra Nangal Dam located? A) Jhelum. B) Honeycomb. C) Chenab. D) Chambal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honeycomb. 35. Hirakud Dam is constructed on the river: A) Manas. B) Manjira. C) Mahanadi. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahanadi. 36. True or false:Besides for farming, water can be used for generating electricity A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Which of these is not a solution for fixing freshwater depletion? A) Eutrophication. B) Desalinization. C) Drip-irrigation. D) Xeriscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication. 38. Recycling of water in nature is known as A) Hydrological Cycle. B) Carbon Cycle. C) Nitrogen Cycle. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrological Cycle. 39. Out of total freshwater quantity ..... % of water occurs as ice sheets and glaciers? A) 50%. B) 72%. C) 20%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70%. 40. Water scarcity that is the result of inadequate natural water resources to supply a region's demand A) Water stress. B) United Nations. C) Economic water scarcity. D) Physical water scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical water scarcity. 41. What is the rank of India in the world countries in the terms of Water availability per person p.a.? A) 133 response. B) 131st. C) 130th. D) 129th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 133 response. 42. In a small town, the availability of water resources for farming and daily use varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in ..... A) Regional and annual precipitation. B) Industries. C) Seasonal and annual precipitation. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seasonal and annual precipitation. 43. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which humans directly can change water resources? A) Irrigation (diverting water away from original water source to farm lands). B) Building dams. C) Droughts. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Droughts. 44. Landscaping using plants adapted to dry conditions A) Red tide. B) Cultural eutrophication. C) Algal bloom. D) Xeriscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xeriscaping. 45. The total useful water resources of India are: A) 1422 cubic km. B) 1322 cubic km. C) 1222 cubic km. D) 1122 cubic km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1122 cubic km. 46. Septic tank leaking and contaminating groundwater. A) Point Source Pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point Source Pollution. 47. The rapid growth of algae in an area that can cover the surface of the water and block sunlight from reaching plants below A) Point-source pollution. B) Algal bloom. C) Cultural eutrophication. D) Red tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algal bloom. 48. What impacted the changes to the Aral Sea more? A) Human Causes. B) Natural Causes. C) Geb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human Causes. 49. Which of the following are Rainwater Harvesting Techniques? A) Gul or Kul. B) Inundation Channels. C) Underground Tanks. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gul or Kul. 50. ..... mining turns groundwater into a nonrewable resource. A) Surface. B) Groundwater. C) Underwater. D) Underground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 51. What are aquifers? A) Hold potable water above ground. B) Water found in Earth's streams, rivers and lakes. C) Reservoirs of water maintained by dams. D) Underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains safe, clean fresh water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains safe, clean fresh water. 52. River system is ..... A) Water that flows over land and has not been absorbed into the ground. B) Water that moves downhill according to gravity, forming a network of connceted streams and rivers. C) Water found on the crust of the earth's surface. D) All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water that moves downhill according to gravity, forming a network of connceted streams and rivers. 53. Which method of irrigation is called lift irrigation A) Drip. B) Canal. C) Tubewell. D) Wells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tubewell. 54. A disease-causing organism A) Algal bloom. B) Xeriscaping. C) Red tide. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathogen. 55. The effect of sediment and nutrient pollution are the same in that A) Oxygen is depleted. B) The water becomes acidic. C) Toxic substances accumulate. D) Pathogens are spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen is depleted. 56. A region of land that drains into a river. A) Water reclamation. B) Watershed. C) Irrigation. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 57. Which one of the following South Indian states has the highest groundwater utilisation (in percent) of its total groundwater potential? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Karnataka. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tamil Nadu. 58. Cultural eutrophication can result from ..... pollution. A) Toxic-chemical. B) Nutrition. C) Nutrient. D) Toxic-biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nutrient. 59. In which state and river Nagarjuna Sagar dam is situated? A) Andhra Pradesh, Krishna River. B) Andhra Pradesh, Godavri River. C) Andhra Pradesh, Kaveri River. D) Andhra Pradesh, Mahanadi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh, Krishna River. 60. Water that has been used in households, businesses, industries, or public facilities and drained or flushed down the pipes, as well as the polluted runoff from streets and storm drains A) Point-source pollution. B) Wastewater. C) Pathogen. D) Nonpoint-source pollution. 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