Geography water resources

Question 1

What is the largest consumer of water?

Answer 1

Irrigated agriculture

Question 2

causes of water scarcity?

Answer 2

Large or growing population, irrigated agriculture, increasing industries ( industrialisation and urbanisation) and scarcity due to bad quality of water

Question 3

How much power does hydro electric power supply to India?

Answer 3

22 percent of total electricity produced

Question 4

during whose period dams, lakes and irrigation system were extensively built?

Answer 4

Chandragupta maurya

Question 5

when was Bhopal lake built?

Answer 5

Bhopal lake, one of the largest artificial lakes of its time was built on 11th century.

Question 6

On which river is hirakud project built on?

Answer 6

Mahanadi. integrated conservation of water with flood control

Question 7

How did jawaharlal Nehru proclaim the dams?

Answer 7

Temples of modern India

Question 8

what is the section in most of the dams through which water will flow intermittently or regularly?

Answer 8

Spillway or weir

Question 9

how are the dams classified based on materials used?

Answer 9

timber dams, embankment dams or masonry dams.

Question 10

What are the various environmental movements due to dams?

Answer 10

Narmada bachao andolan, Tehri dam andolan

save narmada movement

Question 11

What is the major dam built over narmada river in gujarat?

Answer 11

Sardar Sarovar dam - save narmada movement. one of the largest water resource project covering four states- Maharashtra, Madhya pradesh, gujarat and rajasthan.

Question 12

What is one of the consequence due to irrigation (dam) ?

Answer 12

Salination of the soil.

Question 13

where did farmers riot due to high priority given to water supply in urban areas particularly during droughts?

Answer 13

Sabarmati-basin in gujarat

Question 14

Due to which river basin did karnataka, andhra pradesh government raised disputes regarding diversion of more water?

Answer 14

Krishna- godavari, Maharashtra diverted more water at koyna which would reduce downstream flow in their states

Question 15

What was the diversion channels used in hill and mountaineous regions?

Answer 15

‘Guls’ or ‘kuls’ like in western himalayas for agriculture.

Question 16

Where was rain water harvesting used to store drinking water?

Answer 16

Rajasthan

Question 17

What was the underground tanks for storing drinking water called?

Answer 17

tankas

Question 18

Where is tankas used to store drinking water?

Answer 18

In semi-arid and arid areas of Rajasthan particularly in Bikaner, Phalodi and Barmer

Question 19

What is the rainwater referred in rajasthan(not exactly- bkaner,etc)?

Answer 19

Palar pani - rainwater

Question 20

nearly how much percent of total water requirement comes from rooftop water harvesting in shillong?

Answer 20

15-25 percent.

Question 21

Rainwater harvesting in the common practice in ___

Answer 21

Shillong and meghalaya (shillong is 55 km from cherapunjee)

Question 22

Why is rooftop harvesting is on decline in western rajasthan?

Answer 22

Due to the flow of perennial flow of indira gandhi canal.

Question 23

Bhakra Nangal River Valley Project is made on the river

Answer 23

Sutlej-Beas

Question 24

Agricultural fields which are used as rainfed storage structures are called

Answer 24

Khadins/Johads

Question 25

The only State which has made rooftop rainwater harvesting structure compulsory to all the houses is:

Answer 25

Tamil nadu

Question 26

Where is bamboo drip irrigation system used?

Answer 26

Meghalaya - 18-20 litres enter the bamboo pipe system - finally reduce to 20-80 drops per minute at the site of the plant

Question 27

The remote village in Mysuru, Karnataka which has earned the rare distinction of being rich in rainwater is

Answer 27

Gendathur - 200 houses installed - annual precipitation_ 1,000mm - 80 percent collection efficiency - Every house can collect - 50,000 litres - total water harvested_ 1,00,000 litres.

Question 28

In which regions the release of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated the flood situation in 2006?

Answer 28

Maharashtra and gujarat