water resources -ii

Which of the following pairs is not matched correctly ?

• Water Act - 1974

• Environment Protection Act - 1986

• Water Cess Act - 1977

• The central pollution control board - 1997

Which of the following agents are not the main source of pollution in rivers ?

• Chemicals

• Solid waste and garbage

• Soil erosion

• Micro-organisms

In India water is mainly used for which of the following purposes ?

• Rearing of livestock

• Irrigation

• Industries

• Hydroelectricity generation

Which of the following method is not associated with watershed management program ?

• Tube wells

• recharge of ground water

• recharge wells

• Percolation tanks

Which of the following is the aim of watershed management program ?

• Grow more and more trees

• Bringing about balance between natural resources on the one hand and society on the

  other

• Distribution of water equally among all the sections of society

• Digging of well for rain water harvesting

Which of the following is not the benefit of rain water harvesting?

• Helpful in production of hydro electricity

• It improves the quality of ground water through dilution of contaminants like fluoride and nitrates

• It increases water availability

• It checks the declining ground water table

Which of the following rainwater harvesting structures have not been constructed under

Arvary Pani Sansad Program ?

• Percolation tanks

• Wells

• Check dams

• Dug out ponds

At which place , river Yamuna is the most polluted?

• KANPUR AND VARANASI

• AHMADABAD

• DELHI AND ETAWAH

• LUCKNOW

Consider and evaluate the following statements and choose the correct answer from the given options.

Options-

I. The availability of usable water is limiting day by day.

II. The available water resource is getting polluted due to increase in population, industrial, agricultural and domestic effluents.

• Only statement II is correct

• Both are correct. Statement II correctly explains statement I

• Both are correct but not related to each other

• Both are wrong

Consider the following and choose the correct answers from the given options.

I. Over withdrawals of groundwater in Rajasthan and Maharashtra increased fluoride concentration.

II. This practice has led to increase in concentration of arsenic in parts of West Bengal and Bihar.

• Only statement I is correct

• Only statement II is correct

• Both I and II are correct

• Both statements are wrong