Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. The total volume of the world's water is estimated to exist as ocean:
2. The Clean Water Act is a ..... law in the United States that regulates water pollution.
3. Which chemical has concentrated in water in Bihar?
4. Wells, tanks and canals are which methods of irrigation
5. The only state which has made rooftop rainwater harvesting structure compulsory to all the houses is
6. Which group of states is highly affected by the concentration of fluoride in groundwater resources:
7. True or false:The two major rivers that were connected to the Aral Sea in 1960 are still connected to the Aral Sea today.
8. Harmful algal blooms are a result of what type of pollution?
9. What is 'potable water'?
10. Water scarcity occurs due to(i) low rainfall in a region(ii) large population(iii) over-exploitation(iv) unequal access
11. A rock's ability to allow the flow of water through it is called
12. Hirakud damage constructed on the river
13. Dam situated to the most south state of India.
14. All are ways human lives are impacted because of changing water resources. Which of the following is an example of a POSITIVE impact?
15. What is it called when a persistent pollutant (like mercury or PCBs) builds up in the tissues of an organism as they continue to eat something that contains the pollutant
16. All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system
17. Which of the following was not part of the Clean Water Act?
18. Which of the following does not make up part of Earth's surface water?
19. Can be traced back to the point of origin.
20. Aanya lives in a region that often experiences droughts. To ensure she has enough water during the dry season, she decides to implement a system to collect and store rainwater. The methods of storing the rainwater in various storage structures are known as
21. Which one of the following is not an eastern tributary of the Indus River?
22. Today, Prisha is studying the energy sector in India and learns that hydroelectric power contributes approximately ..... of the total electricity produced.
23. Which one of the following rivers has the highest replenishable groundwater resource in the country?
24. Which group of states is highly affected by the concentration of Arsenic:
25. How much of Earth's water is fresh water?