This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 10 > Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources β Quiz 5 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Class 10 Geography Chapter 3 Water Resources Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Out of total freshwater quantity ..... % of water occurs as ice sheets and glaciers? A) 70%. B) 50%. C) 20%. D) 72%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 70%. 3. Water scarcity that is the result of inadequate natural water resources to supply a region's demand A) Economic water scarcity. B) Physical water scarcity. C) Water stress. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical water scarcity. 4. What is the rank of India in the world countries in the terms of Water availability per person p.a.? A) 129th. B) 130th. C) 131st. D) 133 response. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 133 response. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Landscaping using plants adapted to dry conditions A) Xeriscaping. B) Algal bloom. C) Cultural eutrophication. D) Red tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xeriscaping. 8. The total useful water resources of India are: A) 1222 cubic km. B) 1322 cubic km. C) 1122 cubic km. D) 1422 cubic km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1122 cubic km. 9. 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. 10. The rapid growth of algae in an area that can cover the surface of the water and block sunlight from reaching plants below A) Algal bloom. B) Cultural eutrophication. C) Point-source pollution. D) Red tide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algal bloom. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. ..... mining turns groundwater into a nonrewable resource. A) Groundwater. B) Underwater. C) Underground. D) Surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Which method of irrigation is called lift irrigation A) Wells. B) Tubewell. C) Canal. D) Drip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tubewell. 17. A disease-causing organism A) Pathogen. B) Red tide. C) Algal bloom. D) Xeriscaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pathogen. 18. The effect of sediment and nutrient pollution are the same in that A) Oxygen is depleted. B) Toxic substances accumulate. C) The water becomes acidic. D) Pathogens are spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen is depleted. 19. A region of land that drains into a river. A) Water reclamation. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 20. 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. 21. Cultural eutrophication can result from ..... pollution. A) Nutrient. B) Toxic-chemical. C) Nutrition. D) Toxic-biological. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrient. 22. 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. 23. 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) Wastewater. B) Point-source pollution. C) Nonpoint-source pollution. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wastewater. 24. The surface of a layer of saturates ground. A) Water table. B) Groundwater. C) Watershed. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water table. 25. What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER? A) 97.5%. B) 2.5%. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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