Water Resources Geography

The process that results in precipitation clouds

• Reflection

• Conduction

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Which is the largest by volume and deepest fresh water lake in the World?

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Superior

• Lake Vostok

• Lake Tanganyika

Off the following which one is termed as 'Kidneys of Earth'

• Wetlands

• Watershed

• Forest

• Catchment

What is the term for permanently water saturated region underground

• Aquiclude

• Aquifer

• Vodos Zone

• Non of the Above

Name the Largest Fresh Water Lake in India?

• Vembanad Lake

• Chikla Lake

• Wular Lake

• Kolleru

What is the difference between the saturated and the unsaturated zones of groundwater?

• The saturated zone has a higher porosity than the unsaturated zone

• The saturated zone has a lower porosity than the unsaturated zone

• The pore spaces in the saturated zone are completely full of water; the pore spaces in the unsaturated zone are not completely full of water.

• The pore spaces in the saturated zone are not completely full of water; the pore spaces in the unsaturated zone are completely full of water

Coliform bacteria in the water is an indication of the presence of

• Radioactive waste

• Excess Fertilizer

• Decaying Animals and Plants

• Human Feces

A Watershed is generally defined as

• A building that stores water

• A Geohydrological unit

• A water supplying agency

• A Man Made Tank

Which of the following materials has the lowest porosity?

• Shale

• Gravel

• Granite

• Limestone

Permeability is

• The ability of a solid to allow fluids to pass through

• The process by which plants release water vapor to the atmosphere

• The amount of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold.

• The percentage of pore space in the rock