Water Resources of India

Rivers help to produce hydro-electricity. True or False?

• True
• False

The following are the benefits of rivers in India...

• Rivers bring flood and destroy properties
• Rivers obstructs the way and give hardship to people to cross
• Rivers are helpful for dumping industrial, domestic and sewage wastes
• Rivers provide water for drinking and irrigation

Which among the following is not a perennial river

• Ganga

• Indus

• Brahmaputra

• Narmada

A lack of water in an area is called ____.

• water scarcity
• water footprint

A hole dug by the people to bring underground water to the surface for daily household activities.

• canals

• dams

• sea

• well

The process of suppling fresh water to farm fields for growing crops.

• aqueduct
• irrigation
• spring
• runoff

More than ____ % of the Earth is covered with water.

• 75%

• 70%

• 60%

• 80%

The farmers in India depend a lot on _____ for irrigating their fields

• River

• Underground water

• Rain

• Lakes and ponds

It is a mechanical way of lifting water from open wells with the help of animals like buffaloes or camels.

• Persian wheel

• Tube wells

• Dams

• Canals

_______ are small channels through which water from the rivers or dams is diverted to the fields.

• Rivers

• Wells

• Dams

• Canals