This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Water > Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Precipitation is water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, sleet, snow, or hail. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Gallon is also a measure of ..... A) Volume of liquid. B) Volume of solid. C) Volume of gas. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volume of liquid. 3. Ganga action plan was launched in? A) 1986. B) 1988. C) 1987. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1986. 4. The groundwater in a certain area is being pumped out to provide drinking water. What must happen for the water table to remain unchanged? A) The rate of discharge must be greater than the rate of recharge. B) The rate of discharge must fluctuate less than the rate of recharge. C) The rate of discharge must equal the rate of recharge. D) The rate of discharge must be less than the rate of recharge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rate of discharge must equal the rate of recharge. 5. What is the main reason why water is scarce? A) Population. B) Climate. C) Priced too low. D) Over use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 6. Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 7. Which of the following is the purest form of fresh water? A) Well water. B) Rain water. C) Sea water. D) Tank water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain water. 8. A mixture that looks clear contains ..... substance. A) Soluble. B) Insoluble. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soluble. 9. What is the process by which water evaporates from plants called? A) Condensation. B) Percolation. C) Infiltration. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 10. Typically, how many ounces of fluid should you drink for every 20 minutes of athletic activity? A) Ten. B) Twelve. C) Six. D) Eight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eight. 11. ..... are formed when winds scrape across the ocean surface A) Air. B) Currents. C) Waves. D) Tides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Waves. 12. Irrigation ditch A) A small, narrow river. B) The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream. C) A ditch to supply dry land with water artificially. D) An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A ditch to supply dry land with water artificially. 13. When fertilizers enter surface water, they cause problems in the watershed by- A) Increasing the amount of nutrients available to fish in lakes and streams. B) Clogging narrow streams and preventing water from flowing properly. C) Raising the water level in nearby rivers to levels leading to flooding. D) Causing rapid algal growth that decrease oxygen levels and choke aquatic life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Causing rapid algal growth that decrease oxygen levels and choke aquatic life. 14. What percentage of Earth's water is available in rivers, lakes, underground, and in the atmosphere? A) 97%. B) 71%. C) 3%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1%. 15. How many people in big cities depend primarily on the surface water sources A) 1.6 million. B) 5.60 billion. C) 1.20 billion. D) 2.8 crore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.20 billion. 16. Where is most of the freshwater frozen? A) Ice caps. B) Glaciers. C) In deep underground aquifers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. If you are making Kool-Aid, what is the SOLUTE? A) Water. B) Container. C) Spoon. D) Kool-aid powder. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kool-aid powder. 18. Adhesive means ..... A) The water molecules stick to other surfaces. B) The water molecules are far apart. C) The water molecules stick to each other. D) The water molecules are less dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The water molecules stick to other surfaces. 19. Which of the following is the smallest water body? A) Dams. B) Oceans. C) Rivers. D) Ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ponds. 20. The intermolecular forces consequence of the attraction of the positive and negative poles of water molecules are called ..... A) Covalent bonds. B) Ionic bonds. C) Oxygen bonds. D) Hydrogen bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrogen bonds. 21. Which of the following is not a part of water cycle? A) Rain. B) Distillation. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distillation. 22. What statements best describes Decantation? A) Separating liquids with different boiling points. B) Separating solid and liquid substances using a filter. C) Separating a mixture of a liquid and a heavier solid. D) Separating non-metals to metal substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separating a mixture of a liquid and a heavier solid. 23. Ice is a ..... ? A) Solid. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solid. 24. Why does ice stay at the top of oceans instead of sinking to the bottom? A) Ice is colder than liquid water. B) Ice is less dense than liquid water. C) Ice is more dense than liquid water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice is less dense than liquid water. 25. A drop of water sticking to a windshield is an example of water displaying ..... A) Cohesion. B) Adhesion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adhesion. 26. Water, lemonade, rivers and streams are examples of ..... A) Solid water. B) Liquid water. C) Water as a gas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liquid water. 27. More than ..... of the Earth's surface is covered by water. A) 80%. B) 70%. C) 97%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70%. 28. What is permeable mean? A) Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance. B) Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. C) The state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it. D) Having small spaces or holes through which liquid or air may pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it. 29. What happens to liquid water when it is cooled? A) It changes from a liquid to a gas. B) It changes from a solid to a liquid. C) It changes from a liquid to a solid. D) It changes from a gas to a solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It changes from a liquid to a solid. 30. How does the water cycle begin? A) With rain energy. B) With wind power. C) With the ocean's energy. D) With the Sun's energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With the Sun's energy. 31. More freshwater exists as ..... than is found in all of Earth's rivers and lakes. A) Groundwater. B) Runoff. C) Salt water. D) Ocean water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 32. Groundwater will not be depleted due to A) Establishing thermal power plants. B) Cultivating high yielding crops. C) Deforestation. D) Aforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aforestation. 33. Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ..... A) Groundwater. B) Streams and rivers. C) Oceans. D) All of these choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these choices. 34. Water striders can walk on water because of ..... A) Capillary action. B) Universal solvent. C) Adhesion. D) Surface tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface tension. 35. Which of the following is not a function of water in humans? A) Cushions and lubricates joints. B) Solvent to transport nutrients. C) Is a component of cell membranes. D) Helps regulate body temperature. E) Is a medium for excretion of wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is a component of cell membranes. 36. Insects like daddy longlegs can move on the surface of the water because of A) The higher density of water. B) The special ability of floating. C) The high surface tension of water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The high surface tension of water. 37. Evaporation is fast in ..... A) When speed of wind is high. B) When speed of wind is very low. C) When speed of wind is low. D) When speed of wind is moderate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When speed of wind is high. 38. An area experiences a long period of drought forcing towns to pump out almost all of the water held in aquifers. What is the most likely result of this over pumping? A) Stability of underground rock layers will be weakened. B) Excessive growth of plants will occur in local lakes. C) Rainfall levels will increase and fill the aquifer. D) A dead zone will be created in the watershed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stability of underground rock layers will be weakened. 39. The word "SOLUBLE" meaning A) Something which dissolve in water/liquid. B) Something which do not dissolve in water/liquid. C) None. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something which dissolve in water/liquid. 40. What property of water explains why the oceans are salty? A) Universal solvent. B) Polarity. C) Specific heat. D) Expands when it freezes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal solvent. 41. What name is given to a crystal that does not contain any water of crystallization? A) Hydrated. B) Anhydrous. C) Dry. D) Insoluble. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anhydrous. 42. Which of the following habits should be followed to avoid wastage of water? A) Turn off taps when not in use. B) Use bucket and mug instead of pipe. C) Mop the floor instead of washing. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 43. When droughts occur which resources are exploited for irrigation A) Rivers, tanks and ponds. B) Lakes, tap water and dams. C) Groundwater, lakes and rivers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater, lakes and rivers. 44. What percentage of our blood is made up of water? A) 35. B) 55. C) 75. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 55. 45. What is at the lowest points in a watershed? A) Country/State lines. B) Ridges/high elevation. C) Rivers/streams. D) Roadways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers/streams. 46. Volume of liquid is measured by ..... A) Gallon. B) Litre. C) Estuaries. D) Cusec. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cusec. 47. Which of the following contaminate water? A) Fertilizers. B) Pesticides. C) Human waste. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 48. ..... and ..... are built to use water in rivers. A) Wells and Hand pumps. B) Dams and Canals. C) Drums and Tanks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dams and Canals. 49. Which of the following is an example of a tributary? A) Nile River. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Amazon River. D) Cub Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cub Run. 50. FeSO$_{4}$.7H$_{2}$O is also called: A) Epsom Salt. B) Glauber's salt. C) Green vitriol. D) Blue vitriol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Green vitriol. 51. What is it called when smaller streams join together to make a larger river? A) Watershed. B) Groundwater. C) Topography. D) Tributaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tributaries. 52. Salt dissolves in water because A) The water molecules wiggle between the Na and Cl atoms. B) Water gets warm and moves around too much. C) The polar areas of water molecules stick to the Na and CL ions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The polar areas of water molecules stick to the Na and CL ions. 53. The boundary around a watershed is called the A) Watershed. B) Transpiration. C) Sub-watershed. D) Divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Divide. 54. It is a technique of watering plants in which we make use of narrow tubing's to deliver water directly at the base of the plant. It is A) Irrigation. B) Fountain irrigation. C) Drip irrigation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drip irrigation. 55. In the era of technology and information, ignorance about ..... is unacceptable. A) Water footprint. B) Footprint. C) Paper print. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water footprint. 56. Farmers in India depend upon ..... for irrigating their crops. A) Soil. B) Seeds. C) Rain. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 57. Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers. A) Watershed. B) Ground water. C) Surface water. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ground water. 58. Plants do not need water to live. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Meaning of 'sar' in the word 'Ghadisar' is ..... A) Lake. B) Spring. C) Sea. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake. 60. Which of the following helps most to reduce runoff? A) Vegetation. B) Agriculture. C) Timber production. D) Urban Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 7 QuizzesClass 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 1Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 2Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 3Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 4Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 5Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 6Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 7Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books