MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. Which of the following data shows the percentage of global precipitation
that is received
by India?
(a) 96.5 per cent (b) 30 per
cent (c) 4 per cent (d) 2.5 per cent
Ans. (c)
Q.2. Which of the following areas would you immediately associate with water
scarcity?
(a) Deserts of Rajasthan (b)
The Ganga Plains
(c) Hills of North-Eastern
India (d) Coastal areas of Orissa
Ans. (a)
Q.3. Which of the following is a reason for water scarcity in a region with
sufficient water to
meet the requirements of the people?
(a) Huge population (b) Less
rainfall (c) Power requirement (d) Pollution
Ans. (d)
Q.4. Which of the following contributes approximately 22 per cent of the total
electricity
produced in India today?
(a) Solar power (b)
Hydroelectric power
(c) Industries (d) Geothermal
energy
Ans. (b)
Q.5. Which of the following problems arises due to water pollution?
(a) Sedimentation of water
bodies (b) Water-borne diseases
(c) Discharge of industrial
waste (d) Spawning of aquatic life
Ans. (b)
Q.6. Which of the following hydraulic structures is not a feature of ancient
times?
(a) Multipurpose river valley
projects (b) Dams built of stone rubble
(c) Reservoirs or lakes (d)
Embankments and canals
Ans. (a)
Q.7. Which of the following is one of the largest artificial lakes of ancient
India built in the
11th century?
(a) Govindsagar Lake (b) Hauz
Khas (c) Bhopal Lake (d) Dal Lake
Ans. (c)
Q.8. Which of the following hydraulic structures was constructed by Iltutmish in
the 14th
century for supplying water to Siri Fort area?
(a) Water harvesting at
Sringaverapura near Allahabad
(b) Bhopal Lake
(c) Tank in Hauz Khas, Delhi
(d) Irrigation work at
Nagarjunakonda
Ans. (c)
Q.9. Which of the following hydraulic structures is built in river basins?
(a) Lakes (b) Dams (c) Tanks
(d) Water harvesting
Ans. (b)
Q.10. In which of the following areas can you find one of the oldest
water-harvesting systems
of India?
(a) Sringaverapura near
Allahabad (b) Kalinga, Orissa
(c) Bennur, Karnataka (d)
Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh
Ans. (a)
Q.11. For which of the following purposes were dams traditionally built?
(a) For generating electricity
(b) For supplying water to industries
(c) For flood control (d) To
impound river and rain water for irrigation
Ans. (d)
Q.12. Which of the following multipurpose projects is found in the Satluj-Beas
river basin?
(a) Hirakud Project (b)
Damodar Valley Corporation
(c) Bhakra Nangal Project (d)
Rihand Project
Ans. (c)
Q.13. On which of the following rivers is the Hirakud dam constructed?
(a) Satluj (b) Beas (c)
Mahanadi (d) Narmada
Ans. (c)
Q.14. On which of the following issues did the Narmada Bachao Andolan first
focus?
(a) Benefits of irrigation to
landless farmers
(b) Environmental issues
related to submergence of trees under the dam water
(c) Rehabilitation of the
people displaced due to construction of the dam
(d) Economic issues of wastage
of money for the construction of the dam
Ans. (b)
Q.15. In which of the following areas were farmers agitated when higher priority
was given to
water supply in urban areas, particularly during drought?
(a) Krishna-Godavari basin (b)
Koyna basin, Maharashtra
(c) Sabarmati basin, Gujarat
(d) Rihand basin, Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (c)
Q.16. Which of the following state governments have raised the Krishna-Godavari
dispute?
(a) Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh (b) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh (d) Karnataka and Maharashtra
Ans. (a)
Q.17. On which of the following rivers are the Tilaiya, Panchet, Maithon, Konar
and Bokaro
dams located?
(a) R. Satluj (b) R. Damodar
(c) R. Mahanadi (d) R. Krishna
Ans. (b)
Q.18. Which of the following river projects or groups of river projects provide
hydroelectricity
to the industries of Maharasthra?
(a) Pravara Project and Koyna
Project
(b) Hirakud Project
(c) Nagarjuna Sagar Project
and Tungabhadra Project
(d) Ghatprabha Project and
Mettur Project
Ans. (a)
Q.19. Which of the following dams are part of Chambal Project?
(a) Maithon, Panchet, Tilaiya,
Konar, Bokaro
(b) Pravara, Ramagundam
(c) Rana Pratap Sagar, Gandhi
Sagar (d) Sardar Sarovar Dam
Ans. (c)
Q.20. Which of the following environmental damages are not induced due to
multipurpose
projects?
(a) Water-borne diseases and
pests
(b) Pollution resulting from
excessive use of water
(c) Earthquakes (d) Volcanic
activity
Ans. (d)
Q.21. In which of the following areas are ‘guls’ and ‘kuls’ used to channel
water for
agriculture?
(a) Deccan Plateau (b) Deserts
of Rajasthan
(c) Western Himalayas (d)
Ganga Plains
Ans. (c)
Q.22. Due to which of the following reasons are rooftop rainwater harvesting
commonly
practised, particularly in Rajasthan?
(a) To store water for
irrigation (b) To keep the house cool
(c) To store drinking water
(d) To clean the rooftops
Ans. (c)
Q.23. Which of the following structures are known as ‘tankas’?
(a) Underground tanks for
storing rainwater harvested from roof tops for drinking purpose
(b) Tanks constructed on
rooftops for storing rainwater
(c) Tanks constructed in
agricultural fields to store rainwater
(d) Tanks constructed to store
floodwater
Ans. (a)
Q.24. In which of the following states is the bamboo-drip irrigation system
prevalent?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Himachal
Pradesh (c) West Bengal (d) Meghalaya
Ans. (d)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.1. Bamboo drip irrigation is prevalent in which of the following states?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Meghalaya
(c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans.
(b)
Q.2. Who among the following proclaimed dams as the temple of modern India?
(a) Rajendra Prasad (b)
Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Sardar Patel (d) Mahtama Gandhi
Ans.
(b)
Q.3. Roof tap rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan is known as :
(a) Guls (b) Kuls (c) Tankas
(d) Baobs
Ans.
(c)
Q.4. Which one of the following is not an adverse effect of dams?
(a) Interstate water disputes
(b) Excessive sedimentation of Reservoir
(c) Displacement of population
(d) Flood control
Ans.
(d)
Q.5. Which of the following is not a method of water haresting used in
Rajasthan?
(a) Johads (b) Khadins (c) Guls (d)
Tankas
Ans.
(c)
Q.6. How much of the earth surface is covered with water?
(a) About 1/4 (b) About 1/2
(c) About 3/4 (d) About 2/3
Ans.
(c)
Q.7. On which one of the following rivers the Tehri Dam is being constructed?
(a) Bhagirathi (b) Yamuna (c)
Koshi (d) Sutlej
Ans.
(d)
Q.8. Which of the following rivers is not having any multipurpose river project?
(a) Satluj-Beas (b) Mahanadi (c) Narmada
(d) Yamuna
Ans.
(d)
Q.9. On which one of the following rivers Mettur dam is constructed?
(a) River Kaveri (b) River
Krishna (c) River Godavari (d) River Mahanadi
Ans.
(a)
Q.10. What is the contribution of hydroelectricity in the total generation of
electricity?
[2010 (T-1)]
(a) 52% (b) 42% (c) 32% (d)
22%
Ans.
(d)
Q.11. How much percent of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to
exist as fresh
water?
(a) 2.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 4.5 (d)
5.5
Ans.
(a)
Q.12. Which of the following is a source of Fresh water ?
(a) Precipitation (b) Surface
runoff (c) Groundwater (d) All the above
Ans.
(c)
Q.13. In which of the following regions, people built ‘Guls’ and ‘Kuls’ for
irrigation?
[2010 (T-1)]
(a) Northern Plains (b)
Western Himalayas (c) Coastal areas (d) None of these
Ans.
(b)
Q.14. Hirakud dam is built on which river?
(a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi (c)
Krishna (d) Satluj
Ans.
(b)
Q.15. In which one of the following states was rooftop rainwater harvesting
practised?
[2010 (T-1)]
(a) West Bengal (b) Haryana
(c) Rajasthan (d) Punjab
Ans.
(c)
Q.16. Salal Dam is built on which river?
(a) Chenab (b) Mahanadi (c)
Krishna (d) Satluj
Ans.
(a)
Q.17. Against the construction of which one of the following multipurpose
projects was the
Narmada Bachao Andolan launched?
(a) Sardar Sarovar (b) Bhakra
Nangal (c) Rihand (d) Tehri
Ans.
(a)
Q.18. Tanka, a rainwater harvesting technique, is associated with which of the
following states?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Himalayas (c)
Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
Ans.
(d)
Q.19. Which of the following is not one of the reasons for criticism of
multipurpose river valley
projects?
(a) They create a rockier
stream bed
(b) They create poorer
habitats for the river’s acquatic life
(c) The reservoirs created in
the floodplain submerge vegetation
(d) They help in generation of
hydroelectricity
Ans.
(d)
Q.20. Large scale irrigation has led to :
(i) Changed cropping pattern
in many regions
(ii) Increased salinisation of
soil
(iii) Average reduction in
crop production
(iv) Increasing gap between
the rich and the poor farmers
(a) i, ii, iii (b) i, iii, iv
(c) i, ii, iv (d) i, iv, iii
Ans.
(c)
Q.21. What percentage of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to exist
as oceans?
(a) 94.5% (b) 95.5% (c) 96.5% (d) 97.5%
Ans.
(c)
Q.22. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on which river?
(a) Clenab (b) Mahanadi (c)
Krishna (d) Satluj
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed on :
(a) River Krishna (b) River
Mahanadi (c) River Cauvery (d) River Narmada
Ans.
(d)
Q.24. In which one of the following states palar pani is considered the purest
form of natural
water?
(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan (c)
Madhya Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh
Ans.
(b)
Q.25. Which of the following is not the cause of water scarcity?
(a) Rapid growth of population
(b) Uneven distribution of water resources
(c) Construction of dams and
reserves (d) Increase in demand
Ans.
(c)
Q.26. Which state has made rooftop rainwater harvesting structure compulsory to
all the
houses across the state?
(a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (c)
Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans.
(c)
Q.27. On which of the following rivers is Koyena dam built?
(a) Krishna (b) Kaveri (c)
Ganga (d) Mahanadi
Ans.
(a)
Q.28. Which of these is the major source of fresh water in India?
(a) Ground water (b) Ocean
water (c) Tanks (d) Waterfalls