GEOGRAPHY - Water Resources

Water Resources

Short Questions1. Correct the following statement and rewrite: Sardar Sarovar Dam has been built over the Ganga River in...

Question Mark - 3

1. How has agriculture aggravated the problem of water scarcity in India Explain. Answer : (i) Water is a basic inpu...

2. Analyse the merits of multipurpose projects. Answer : Merits of multipurpose projects are given below: i. Dams ar...

3. Explain how water becomes a renewable resource. Answer : Water, whether above or below the Earth's surface, gets p...

4. How is fresh water renewed or obtained? Answer : Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is covered with water, but o...

5. How has agriculture aggravated the problem of water scarcity in India? Explain. Answer : i. Water is essential for...

6. How does urbanisation leads to over-exploitation of water resource? Explain. Answer : i. Many of our cities have...

7. Explain the Rooftop rainwater harvesting technique. Answer : i. Rooftop rainwater harvesting technique uses PVC p...

8. How do increasing number of industries exert pressure on existing freshwater resources? Answer : (i) industries u...

9. Explain three ways in which irrigation schemes have changed the social landscape of the region. Answer : i. Displa...

10. What is the importance of water? OR "Water is a very important and critical resource in India." Support the statem...

11. “Water scarcity may be an outcome of large and growing population”. Justify. Answer : (i) A large population mean...

12. What is a multipurpose project? OR Why did Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru proclaim the river dams as the 'Temples of Mod...

13. "Multipurpose projects have failed to achieve the purpose for which they were built". Justify by giving reasons. A...

14. Why did Krishna-Godavari dispute arise? Answer : There was a disagreement between Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and...

15. How do the dams create conflicts among the people? Answer : 1. Dams have caused disagreements among people becaus...

16. "Irrigation has changed the cropping pattern of many regions in India." Analyse the statement. Answer : Having a...

17. Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to conserve and st...

18. "The dams that were constructed to control floods have triggered floods." Analyse the statement. Answer : Our f...

19. What is rainwater harvesting What is its importance . Answer : It is a technique of increasing the recharge of g...

20. “Multipurpose projects have failed to achieve the purpose for which they were built”. Justify by giving reasons. A...

21. Is it possible that an area or region may have ample water resources but is still facing water scarcity? Explain wit...

Question Mark - 5

1. Why is it necessary to conserve water resources in India? Explain. OR Why is it essential to conserve, and manage o...

2. Give any four objectives of the multipurpose river valley projects. OR Examine the importance of the river valley...

3. Why are multipurpose projects facing resistance? Explain with three reasons. OR How may the multipurpose river vall...

4. "Water scarcity is on an increase day by day :" Justify the statement citing three reasons. Answer : The reasons f...

5. Why is rooftop rainwater harvesting important in Rajasthan Explain. Answer : (i) The rainwater stored in tankas i...

6. Explain the quantitative and qualitative aspects of water scarcity. OR Water is available in abundance in India eve...

7. How has the ever increasing number of industries in India made the position worse by exerting pressure on the existin...

8. ‘Large multipurpose projects also lead to land degradation.’ Explain. Answer : Multipurpose projects lead to land...

9. Name any two movements that have been started to oppose multipurpose projects. Who are benefitted from such projects...

10. Give three reasons for water scarcity in post independent India. OR 'Three-fourths of the earth's surface is cove...