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Worksheetswater resources -ii
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
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
