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ICSE Class 10 Water Resources — practice questions

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Match the damsRead the answer and worked solution →A job for the damRead the answer and worked solution →The multi-purpose sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Water facts, true or falseRead the answer and worked solution →Quick water picksRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and match water worksRead the answer and worked solution →Water word huntRead the answer and worked solution →About how much of the earth's surface is covered with water?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra-Nangal project stands in which river basin?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud project is built in the basin of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Dams that serve many uses at once are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Jawaharlal Nehru proudly called dams the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bhakra-Nangal project water is used for hydel power production and:Read the answer and worked solution →Water scarcity in most cases is caused by:Read the answer and worked solution →A growing concern about over-using ground water is that it may lead to:Read the answer and worked solution →The 'guls' or 'kuls' of the Western Himalayas are:Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop rainwater harvesting tanks of Rajasthan are locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →The tankas of Rajasthan were connected to the sloping roofs through:Read the answer and worked solution →Among the many jobs of dams, the list includes flood control, recreation, fish breeding and:Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru's 'temples' vision tied dam building to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud project integrates water conservation with:Read the answer and worked solution →Water is a renewable resource because it is renewed through the:Read the answer and worked solution →A tank in Phalodi, Rajasthan measured:Read the answer and worked solution →The tankas were built as part of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Multi-purpose projects integrate their many uses:Read the answer and worked solution →Dams are classified by height into low dams, medium height dams and:Read the answer and worked solution →Traditional harvesting adapted to 'local ecological conditions' means people built:Read the answer and worked solution →In hill regions the guls and kuls carried water chiefly for:Read the answer and worked solution →The demand for water keeps rising mainly because of growing population and:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Match the dams

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Bhakra-Nangal
    Right
    Satluj-Beas basin
  2. Left
    Hirakud
    Right
    Mahanadi basin
  3. Left
    Multi-purpose
    Right
    Many uses in one dam
  4. Left
    Hydel power
    Right
    Electricity from water
  5. Left
    Impounded water
    Right
    Held behind the dam
Instructions
Tap a project on the left, then its river basin on the right.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 3 'Water Resources' (jess103)_

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A job for the dam

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Upper category
DAM JOB
Lower category
NOT
Items
  1. Category
    DAM JOB
    Item
    Irrigation
  2. Category
    NOT
    Item
    Mining
  3. Category
    DAM JOB
    Item
    Hydel
  4. Category
    NOT
    Item
    Printing
  5. Category
    DAM JOB
    Item
    Flood hold
  6. Category
    NOT
    Item
    Weaving
Instructions
Flip the points: is this one of a dam's jobs?
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 3 'Water Resources' (jess103)_

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The multi-purpose sentence

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    multi-purpose
    Choices
    1. multi-purpose
    2. single-use
    3. temporary
  2. Answer
    impounded
    Choices
    1. impounded
    2. evaporated
    3. imported
  3. Answer
    integrated
    Choices
    1. integrated
    2. confused
    3. competed
Complete the statement
Dams are called {0} projects because many uses of the {1} water are {2} with one another.
Instructions
Tap a chip from the bank to fill each blank.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 3 'Water Resources' (jess103)_

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