This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 10 > Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources β Quiz 3 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a rapidly growing city, Aashi notices that the local water supply is dwindling. She learns that this water scarcity occurs due to ..... A) Population growth. B) Agricultural modernization. C) Urbanisation and industrialisation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. Bhakra Nangal River Valley Project is made on the river: A) Sutlej-Beas. B) Ravi-Chenab. C) Ganga. D) Son. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sutlej-Beas. 3. The size of an aquifer's recharge zone is affected by the ..... of the surface above the aquifer. A) Permeability. B) Porosity. C) Water table. D) Desalinization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permeability. 4. Which one is not related to watershed development project: A) (Shri) Haryali. B) (EE) water-you. C) (iii) arwariPaniSansad. D) (V) Forest Festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (V) Forest Festival. 5. Water is a renewable resource because A) It is being recycled by human beings. B) It is renewed and recharged through hydrological cycle. C) It is being renewed through reduction. D) It can be reused again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is renewed and recharged through hydrological cycle. 6. Dia is studying various types of dams for her environmental science project. She learns that according to their height, dams can be categorised as A) Large dams and major dams. B) Low dams. C) Medium height dams. D) High dams. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 7. Akhil lives in a small town where he relies on freshwater for his daily needs. He often wonders where this water comes from and learns that it is mainly obtained from surface run off and ground water that is continually being renewed and recharged through the ..... A) Oxygen cycle. B) Nitrogen cycle. C) Hydrological cycle. D) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrological cycle. 8. As rock becomes more porous ..... A) The more water it can hold. B) The less water it can hold. C) The porosity of rock does not determine how much water it can hold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The more water it can hold. 9. Which is the cheap means of irrigation A) Tubewell. B) Drip. C) Canal. D) Wells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wells. 10. Which of the following social movement is/are not a resistance to multipurpose projects? A) Narmada Bachao Aandlanan. B) Tehri Dam Movement. C) Navdanya. D) Chipko movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Navdanya. 11. Why is fresh water a limited resource? A) It isn't because it is a renewable resource. B) 97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink. C) Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes. 12. The process of removing salt from seawater A) Desalination. B) Runoff. C) Saliniization. D) Wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desalination. 13. An underground layer of rock or soil through which water easily moves. A) Runoff. B) Water reclamation. C) Aqueduct. D) Aqueifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aqueifer. 14. 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) Watershed. B) Desalination. C) Groundwater. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well. 15. ..... & connects catchment and storage tank A) Catchment. B) Conduits. C) Connect. D) Contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conduits. 16. Oceans contain ..... volume of water. A) 90 per cent. B) 75 per cent. C) 96.5 per cent. D) 98 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 96.5 per cent. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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). 21. 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. 22. From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of fresh water around the world. A) Personal, industry, agriculture. B) Industry, agriculture, personal. C) Agriculture, industry, personal. D) Industry, personal, agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture, industry, personal. 23. What causes depletion of oxygen during eutrophication? A) Excessive growth of plants on the surface. B) Death of fish. C) Death of plants beneath the surface. D) Increase of animals eating surface plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death of plants beneath the surface. 24. What is algal bloom? A) Plants bloom early down stream. B) Water becomes cloudy. C) Too much of nutrients. D) Extremely rapid growth of algea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extremely rapid growth of algea. 25. 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. 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