3.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)
1. Which one of the following villages has most successfully adapted roof top rainwater harvesting?
a) Korana
b) Gendathur
c) Satara
d) Jaisalmer
2. Tehri Dam Andolan is mainly concerned with the state of ____________ .
a) Uttarakhand
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhattisgarh
d) None of these states
3. Bhakra Nangal is constructed on the river ___________ .
a) Ganga
b) Mahanadi
c) Kaveri
d) Kosi
4. Damodar Valley project is situated on the rivers _____________ .
a) Satluj
b) Kosi
c) Ganga
d) Damodar
5. Indira Gandhi Nehru or Rajasthan Canal is concerned with the states of __________ .
a) Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan
b) Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
c) Bihar, West Bengal and Haryana
d) Rajasthan, Gujarat and West Bengal
6. The Longest dam in the world is _____________ .
a) Hirakud
b) Bhakra Nangal
c) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
d) Tungabhadra Dam
7. Total volume of fresh water of the world’s water is estimated to be ________ .
a) Only 2.5 per cent
b) Only 1.5 per cent
c) Only 7.5 per cent
d) Only 8.5 percent
8. The total volume of the world’s water estimated to exist as oceans is __________ .
a) 16.5 per cent
b) 36.5 per cent
c) 96.5 per cent
d) 88.5 per cent
9. Multipurpose projects have been proclaimed ‘Temples of Modern India’ by ____ ___________ .
a) M.K Gandhi
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c) Jawarharlal Nehru
d) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
10. Which one of the following has caused a poor habitat for the aquatic life in the river ?
a) Excessive sedimentation at the river bottom
b) Limited flow of water over dams
c) Very less rainfall in the catchment area
d) Too much use of forest cover
11. _________ were traditionally built to impound rivers and rainwater that could be used later .
a) Canals
b) Tanks
c) Artificial lakes
d) Dams
12. Full form of NGO is __________ .
a) Non Government Organisation
b) Non Government Office
c) Non Governing Office
d) None of these
13. _________ has also changed the cropping pattern of many regions with farmers shifting to grow commercial crops .
a) Sprinkler system
b) Irrigation
c) Drip system
d) Pipe system
14. _____________also meant that the flood plains were deprived of silt, adding to the problem of land degradation .
a) Fertilisers
b) Farming
c) Sedimentation
d) None of these
15. In the mountainous regions people built diversion channels like ________ of the Western Himalayas for agriculture .
a) Canals
b) Lakes
c) Guls
d) Duls
16. In the arid and semi arid regions of Rajasthan almost all the houses traditionally built the underground tanks called as _________ .
a) Wells
b) Tanks
c) Tankas
d) None of these
17. Rain water or __ in Rajasthan is considered as the purest form of natural water .
a) Palar pani
b) Palak pani
c) Barsaat pani
d) Well water
18. _________ rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in Shillong .
a) Tanka
b) Drums
c) Rooftop
d) None of these
19. ____________ is the first state in India which has made rooftop water harvesting structure compulsory for all houses across the state .
a) Maharashtra
b) Goa
c) Kerala
d) Tamil Nadu
20. Today in Rajasthan plenty of water is available due to the perennial _____ canal .
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Jawarharlal Nehru
d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee .
21. The major source of fresh water in India is _____
29. In which of the following regions, people built ‘Guls’ and ‘Kuls’ for irrigation?
2. (a) Uttarakhand
3. (d) Kosi
4. (d) Damodar
5. (a) Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan
6. (a) Hirakud
7. (a) Only 2.5 per cent
8. (c) 96.5 percent
9. (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
10. (a) Excessive sedimentation at the river bottom
11. (d) Dams
12. (a) Non Government Organisation
13. (b) Irrigation
14. (c) Sedimentation
15. (c) Guls
16. (c) Tankas
17. (a) Palar pani
18. (c) Rooftop
19.(d) Tamil Nadu
20. (b) Indira Gandhi .
21. (b) Ground water
22. (a) Ground water
23. (c) Rajasthan
24. (a) Sardar Sarovar Dam
25. (c) Three- fourth
26. (d) Narmada
27. (c) Gendathur
28. (c) Krishna
29. (b) Western Himlayas
30. (b) Mahanadi
