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Water: A Precious Resource Class 7 MCQs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an inexpensive solution to providing everyone with more fresh water to use?

a)

desalination

b)

water conservation

c)

drilling more wells into aquifers

d)

building more dams

2.
Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ____.
a)
fresh water
b)
infiltration
c)
surface water
d)
groundwater
3.

The most efficient way of irrigation is _______

a)

Sprinkler irrigation

b)

Surface irrigation

c)

Drip irrigation

d)

Canal Alignment

4.

------------- pressure on agriculture forces increasing use of groundwater?

a)

Population

b)

industries

c)

all the above

5.

Which of the following does not allow water to seep in easily?

a)

graas

b)

mud

c)

pukka floor

d)

all the above

6.

Which year was observed as International Year of Fresh Water?

a)

2003

b)

2004

c)

2006

d)

2002

7.

Which of the following does not show water shortage?

a)

Taps running dry

b)

Long queue for getting water

c)

Marches and protests for demand of water

d)

A family gets three buckets of water per person per day

8.

Water in the ……………….. can be easily pumped out with the help of tube wells or handpumps.

a)

water table

b)

infiltration

c)

aquifer

9.

Water on the earth has been maintained for millions of years by various processes which make ……………….

a)

ground water

b)

water cycle

c)

surface water

10.

……………….. was the traditional way of collecting water.

a)

drip irrigation

b)

bawri

c)

dams

d)

rainwater harvesting

11.

The upper limit of ground water is called__________________

a)

aquifer

b)

infiltration

c)

water table

d)

ground water

12.

The process of ……………….. of water into the ground is called infiltration.

a)

seeping

b)

making

c)

digging

d)

storing

13.

The main source of freshwater is _____.

a)

oceans

b)

glaciers

c)

rain

d)

rivers

14.

_____ can be done by collecting rainwater from rooftops and storing it in tanks.

a)

water harvesting

b)

surface water harvesting

c)

rainwater harvesting

15.

the ............... form is the water vapour present in the air around us

a)

glacious

b)

moisturous

c)

gaseous