Water Resources Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

In the semi-arid Alwar district of Rajasthan, which traditional structure have communities revived to store rainwater for drinking and irrigation?

Question 2

Quick review: which social movement questioned dams on the Narmada river?

Question 3

Does contemporary rainwater harvesting in India build on entirely new ideas, or revive and adapt older traditional methods?

Question 4

Name one Indian city where water resources are described as being overexploited.

Question 5

In which village in Mysore, Karnataka, did villagers construct a notable rooftop rainwater harvesting system?

Question 6

What effect does a large, growing population have on the demand for water?

Question 7

What mainly causes water availability to vary across different regions and times of year?

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About Water Resources

This quiz covers Chapter 3 of CBSE Class 10 Geography (Contemporary India II), Water Resources.

It opens with water scarcity in India, including how much freshwater is actually available, and the causes of scarcity, such as population growth, unequal access, and over-exploitation by agriculture and industry.

It then covers multi-purpose dam projects like the Bhakra Nangal and Hirakud projects, why large dams are built, and the ecological and social criticisms they have faced.

It moves on to the conflicts large dams can create between states and between different users of water, and India's ancient traditions of rainwater harvesting, including tanks, guls, and inundation channels.

It covers Rajasthan's traditional rainwater harvesting methods in detail, including tankas, khadins, and johads, and the difference between "palar pani" and "patal pani."

It closes with contemporary rainwater harvesting efforts, including the revival of johads in Alwar district, rooftop harvesting in Gendathur and Shillong, and Tamil Nadu's law making rooftop rainwater harvesting compulsory.

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