Water Resources - Exam Pack
Water Resources - Exam Pack
Exam Pack
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
b. Afforestation
c. Decrease of rainfall
d. Increase in population
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
b. Recharge groundwater
c. An NGO that mobilised support in demand for the rehabilitation of the displaced
people
Que. Which of the following is a negative externality associated with the construction of
a dam?
b. Dams are water reservoirs and suppliers for industrial as well as domestic
purposes.
Que. Which of the following remote backward villages in Mysore, Karnataka installed
household rooftop rainwater harvesting system?
a. Gendathur
b. Vanasthalipuram
c. Chilkunda
d. Kallahalli
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
a. Kerala
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Himachal Pradesh
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
a. Underground tanks for storing rainwater harvested from roof tops for drinking
purpose
Que. Who among the following proclaimed the dam as the 'Temple of Modern India'?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
A dam built across a river often serves more than one purpose
at a time and is termed as a multipurpose project. These
Multipurpose river projects are planned for various purposes like irrigation,
Projects
hydropower generation, water supply for drinking and
industrial purposes, flood control, and navigation.
Water pollution affects the quality of water available. That is the qualitative aspect
of water scarcity.
Water quality is degrading due to pollution from domestic trash, industrial waste,
pesticides, and fertilisers used in agriculture, making it unsafe for human
consumption.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
(i) Arrival of MNC's: Apart from fresh water, they require electricity, which comes from hydroelectric
power.
(ii) Multiplying urban centres with large and dense populations and urban lifestyles have not only
added to water and energy requirements, but have further aggravated the problem.
(iii) Large-scale migration from rural to urban areas is causing over exploitation of water resources.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed the dams as the “temples of modern India” because
it will integrate development of agriculture and the village economy with rapid
industrialisation and growth of the urban economy:
(i) They eliminate or reduce flooding.
(ii) Provide water for agriculture.
(iii) Provide water for human and industrial consumption.
(iv) Provide hydroelectricity for houses and industries.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
Describe any three different rain water harvesting systems practised in India.
(i) In hilly and mountainous regions, people build diversion channels like 'gul' or 'kul' in Western
Himalaya for agriculture.
(ii) Roof-top rainwater harvesting integrated with tanks was commonly practised to store drinking
water particularly in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
(iii) In West Bengal, people develop inundation channels to irrigate their fields.
(iv) In semi-arid regions agricultural fields are converted into rain-fed storage structures that allowed
the water to stand and moist the soil known as Khadins and Johads.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
The shortage of water; an imbalance between the demand and supply of water, also good quality of
water, is referred to as water scarcity.
Causes of water scarcity are :
I. The availability of water resources varies over space and time, mainly due to the variations in
seasonal and annual precipitation.
II. In agricultural sector to facilitate higher food-grain production, water resources are being
over-exploited.
III. Overuse of water resources due to rapid industrialisation and urbanisation.
IV. Scarcity due to the bad quality of water.( Pollution )
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
(i) In the first century BCE, Sringaverapura near Allahabad had a sophisticated water harvesting system
which could channel the flood water of river Ganga.
(ii) During his reign Chandragupta Maurya, constructed many lakes, dams and irrigation systems.
(iii) Sophisticated irrigation works are also found in Kalinga (Odisha), Kolhapur (Maharashtra),
Nagarjunakonda (Andhra Pradesh), Bennur (Karnataka), etc.
(iv) One of the largest artificial lake was built in Bhopal in the 11th century.
(v) In the 14th century, Iltutmish constructed the tank in Hauz Khas, Delhi to supply water to the Siri Fort
area.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
In recent years, multipurpose projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny and
opposition. Explain why?
In recent years, multipurpose projects and large dams have come under great scrutiny and opposition for a
variety of reasons.
(i) Regulating and damming of rivers affect their natural flow.
(ii) River's diversion and barricading due to building of dams impact migration and spawning of aquatic life.
(iii) The dams have triggered floods due to sedimentation in the reservoir and release of excess water during
heavy rains.
(iv) Large scale displacement of local communities, local people who give up their land for the projects
hardly receive any benefit.
(v) Sometime multipurpose projects induced earthquakes, caused water borne-diseases and pests, and led
to pollution resulting from excessive use of water.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
Explain the working of underground tanks as a part of roof top rainwater harvesting system
practised in Rajasthan.
(i) In semi-arid and arid regions of Rajasthan, almost all the houses traditionally had underground
tanks for storing drinking water.
(ii) The tanks can be as large as big rooms.
(iii) The tanks were part of the well-developed rooftop rainwater harvesting system.
(iv) Tanks were connected to the sloping roofs of the houses through a pipe.
(v) Rain falling on these rooftops would travel down the pipe and stored in these underground tanks.
(vi) Usually, first rain water is not collected to clean the rooftop and the pipe.
Class 10th - Water Resources - Exam Pack - Most Important Question
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