Q 1 – Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is located in
(a) Odisha
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
Q 2 – Which of the following is a reason for water scarcity in a region with sufficient water to meet the requirements of the people?
(a) Huge population
(b) Less rainfall
(c) Power requirement
(d) Pollution
(d) Pollution
Q 3 – In Gujarat, the Sabarmati-basin farmers were agitated and almost caused a riot over the high priority given to water supply in:
(a) Rural areas
(b) Urban areas
(c) Industrial area
(d) None of the above
(b) Urban areas
Q 4 – Which of the following social movements is/ are not resistant to multi-purpose projects?
(a) Narmada Bachao Andolan
(b) Tehri Dam Andolan
(c) Navdanya
(d) Chipko Movement
(c) Navdanya
Q 5 – Which of the following government are involved in the Krishna-Godavari dispute:
(а) Punjab and Haryana.
(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
(c) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Q 6 – Which of the following problems arises due to water pollution?
(a) Sedimentation of water bodies
(b) Water-borne diseases
(c) Discharge of industrial waste
(d) Spawning of aquatic life
(b) Water-borne diseases
Q 7 – The remote village that has earned the rare distinction of being rich in rainwater?
(a) Gari
(b) Kaza
(c) Gendathur
(d) none of the above
(c) Gendathur
Q 8 – Many dams were constructed to control floods but have triggered flood due to:
(а) Sedimentation in the reservoir
(b) Jamming of water supplies
(c) Excessive rains
(d) None of the above
(а) Sedimentation in the reservoir
Q 9 – Which of the following data shows the percentage of global precipitation that is received by India?
(a) 96.5 per cent
(b) 30 per cent
(c) 4 per cent
(d) 2.5 per cent
(c) 4 percent
Q 10 – On which of the following rivers is the Koyena dam built?
(a) Krishna
(b) Kaveri
(c) Ganga
(d) Mahanadi
(a) Krishna
Q 11 – Which of the following contributes approximately 22 percent of the total electricity produced in India today?
(a) Solar power
(b) Hydroelectric power
(c) Industries
(d) Geothermal energy
(b) Hydroelectric power
Q 12 – Multi-purpose projects also induce:
(a) Earthquakes
(b) Pollution
(c) Waterborne diseases
(d) All the above
(d) All the above
Q 13 – Which of the following structures are known as ‘tankas’?
(a) Underground tanks for storing rainwater harvested from rooftops for drinking purposes
(b) Tanks constructed on rooftops for storing rainwater
(c) Tanks constructed in agricultural fields to store rainwater
(d) Tanks constructed to store floodwater
(a) Underground tanks for storing rainwater harvested from rooftops for drinking purposes
Q 14 – Which of the following areas would you immediately associate with water scarcity?
(a) Deserts of Rajasthan
(b) The Ganga Plains
(c) Hills of North-Eastern India
(d) Coastal areas of Orissa
(a) Deserts of Rajasthan
Q 15 – Gendathur a remote backward village is in:
(a) Delhi
(b) Mysore
(c) Bangalore
(d) Chennai
(b) Mysore
Q 16 – Which one of the following is not an adverse effect of dams?
(a) Interstate water disputes
(b) Excessive sedimentation of Reservoir
(c) Displacement of population
(d) Flood control
(d) Flood control
Q 17 – The percent of freshwater as ice sheets and glaciers are:
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 70
(d) 80
(c) 70
Q 18 – Which of the following is one of the largest artificial lakes of ancient India built in the 11th century?
(a) Govindsagar Lake
(b) Hauz Khas
(c) Bhopal Lake
(d) Dal Lake
(c) Bhopal Lake
Q 19 – Dams can be categorized as large or major or small dams according to:
(a) Width
(b) Height
(c) Depth
(d) Volume
(b) Height
Q 20 – The total renewable water resources of India are estimated at …………….. sq.km per annum.
(a) 1,697
(b) 1,797
(c) 1,897
(d) 1,997
(c) 1,897
Q 21 – Who proudly proclaimed dams as the temples of modern India:
(а) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Lai Bahadur Shastri
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q 22 – Which of the following hydraulic structures is built in river basins?
(a) Lakes
(b) Dams
(c) Tanks
(d) Water harvesting
(b) Dams
Q 23 – According to Falken Mark, water stress occurs when water availability is less than …………….. cubic metres per person per day.
(a) 1,000
(b) 2,000
(c) 3,000
(d) 4,000
(a) 1,000
Q 24 – Most of the small rivers of India have been turned into:
(a) Holy streams
(b) Poisonous streams
(c) Toxic streams
(d) None of the above
(c) Toxic streams
Q 25 – Which of the following hydraulic structures is not a feature of ancient times?
(a) Multipurpose river valley projects
(b) Dams built of stone rubble
(c) Reservoirs or lakes
(d) Embankments and canals
(a) Multipurpose river valley projects
Q 26 – Evidence of sophisticated irrigation works have been found in:
(a) Kalinga
(b) Nagarjunakonda
(c) Bennur
(d) All the above
(d) All the above
Q 27 – Which of the following was the largest artiÊcial lake built in the 11th century:
(a) Kalinga lake
(b) Bennur lake
(c) Kolhapur lake
(d) Bhopal lake
(d) Bhopal lake
Q 28 – Which of the following hydraulic structures was constructed by Iltutmish in the 14th century for supplying water to Siri Fort
area?
(a) Water harvesting at Sringaverapura near Allahabad
(b) Bhopal Lake
(c) Tank in Hauz Khas, Delhi
(d) Irrigation work at Nagarjunakonda
(c) Tank in Hauz Khas, Delhi
Q 29 – Hauz Khas, in Delhi was constructed by:
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Jahangir
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Razia Sultan
(a) Iltutmish
Q 30 – Match the following:
| Column-A | Column-B |
| 1. Shringaverapura | (a) Orissa |
| 2. Kalinga | (b) Andhra Pradesh |
| 3. Nagarjunakonda | (c) Karnataka |
| 4. Bennur | (d) Maharashtra |
| 5. Kolhapur | (e) Allahabad |
| Column-A | Column-B |
| 1. Shringaverapura | (e) Allahabad |
| 2. Kalinga | (a) Orissa |
| 3. Nagarjunakonda | (b) Andhra Pradesh |
| 4. Bennur | (c) Karnataka |
| 5. Kolhapur | (d) Maharashtra |
Q 31 – Which of the following multipurpose projects is found in the Satluj-Beas river basin?
(a) Hirakud Project
(b) Damodar Valley Corporation
(c) Bhakra Nangal Project
(d) Rihand Project
(c) Bhakra Nangal Project
Q 32 – Against the construction of which one of the following multipurpose projects was the Narmada Bachao Andolan launched?
(a) Sardar Sarovar
(b) Bhakra Nangal
(c) Rihand
(d) Tehri
(a) Sardar Sarovar
Q 33 – Roof tap rainwater harvesting system in Rajasthan is known as:
(a) Guls
(b) Kuls
(c) Tankas
(d) Baobs.
(c) Tankas
Q 34 – In which of the following areas can you find one of the oldest water-harvesting systems of India?
(a) Sringaverapura near Allahabad
(b) Kalinga, Orissa
(c) Bennur, Karnataka
(d) Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh
(a) Sringaverapura near Allahabad
Q 35 – What is the contribution of hydroelectricity to the total generation of electricity?
(a) 52%
(b) 42%
(c) 32%
(d) 22%
(d) 22%
Q 36 – Salal Dam is built on which river?
(a) Chenab
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Krishna
(d) Satluj
(a) Chenab
Q 37 – On which of the following rivers is the Hirakud dam constructed?
(a) Satluj
(b) Beas
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Narmada
(c) Mahanadi
Q 38 – In which of the following regions, people built ‘Guls’ and ‘Kuls’ for irrigation?
(a) Northern Plains
(b) Western Himalayas
(c) Coastal areas
(d) None of these
(b) Western Himalayas
Q 39 – Which of the following is not a method of water harvesting used in Rajasthan?
(a) Johads
(b) Khadins
(c) Guls
(d) Tankas
(c) Guls
Q 40 – Which of the following state governments have raised the Krishna-Godavari dispute?
(a) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(b) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(c) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
(d) Karnataka and Maharashtra
(a) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Q 41 – On which one of the following rivers Mettur dam is constructed?
(a) River Kaveri
(b) River Krishna
(c) River Godavari
(d) River Mahanadi
(a) River Kaveri
Q 42 – On which of the following rivers are the Tilaiya, Panchet, Maithon, Konar, and Bokaro dams located?
(a) Satluj
(b) Damodar
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Krishna
(b) Damodar
Q 43 – True or False
(a) freshwater is mainly obtained from surface runoff and groundwater that is continually being renewed and recharged through the oxygen cycle. (False)
(b) Nearly 70 per cent of the freshwater occurs as ice sheets and glaciers in Antarctica, Greenland and the Mountain regions of the world. (True)
(c) It is predicted that by 2025, nearly two billion people will live in absolute water scarcity. (True)
(d) A little less than 40 per cent of freshwater is stored as groundwater in the world’s aquifers. (False)
(e) Water stress occurs when water availability is less than 2,000 cubic metres per person per day. (False)
(f) Water scarcity may be an outcome of large and growing population. (True)
(g) To facilitate higher food-grain production water resources are being over-exploited to expand irrigated areas and dry season agriculture. (True)
(h) Increasing number of industries have made matters worse by exerting pressure on existing freshwater resources. (True)
(i) Sometimes scarcity of water may be due to bad quality of water. (True)
Q 44 – Which of the following environmental damages are not induced due to multipurpose projects?
(a) Water-borne diseases and pests
(b) Pollution resulting from excessive use of water
(c) Earthquakes
(d) Volcanic activity
(d) Volcanic activity
Q 45 – Which one of the following is not an adverse effect of dams?
(a) Interstate water disputes
(b) Excessive sedimentation of Reservoir
(c) Displacement of population
(d) Flood control
(d) Flood control
Q 46 – Who among the following proclaimed dams as the temple of modern India?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
Q 47 – In which of the following areas are ‘guls’ and ‘kuls’ used to channel water for agriculture?
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Deserts of Rajasthan
(c) Western Himalayas
(d) Ganga Plains
(c) Western Himalayas
Q 48 – Which of the following dams are part of Chambal Project?
(a) Maithon, Panchet, Tilaiya, Konar, Bokaro
(b) Pravara, Ramagundam
(c) Rana Pratap Sagar, Gandhi Sagar
(d) Sardar Sarovar Dam
(c) Rana Pratap Sagar, Gandhi Sagar
Q 49 – Due to which of the following reasons are rooftop rainwater harvesting commonly practised, particularly in Rajasthan?
(a) To store water for irrigation
(b) To keep the house cool
(c) To store drinking water
(d) To clean the rooftops
(c) To store drinking water
Q 50 – Which of the following river projects or groups of river projects provide hydroelectricity to the industries of Maharashtra?
(a) Pravara Project and Koyna Project
(b) Hirakud Project
(c) Nagarjuna Sagar Project and Tungabhadra Project
(d) Ghatprabha Project and Mettur Project
(a) Pravara Project and Koyna Project