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About what share of the earth's surface is covered with water?Read the answer and worked solution →Water is called a renewable resource because all of it moves within the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 2025, nearly how many people are predicted to live in absolute water scarcity?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest consumer of water is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hydroelectric power contributes about what share of India's total electricity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first-century BC site near Allahabad had a water harvesting system channelling Ganga flood water?Read the answer and worked solution →The tank at Hauz Khas, Delhi, built in the 14th century to supply Siri Fort, was constructed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra-Nangal project, used for hydel power and irrigation, lies in which river basin?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud project, integrating water conservation with flood control, is in the basin of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who proclaimed dams to be the temples of modern India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river is known as the river of sorrow in the Bhadu songs of its valley?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada Bachao Andolan opposed which dam being built across the Narmada in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna-Godavari dispute concerns diversion of water at Koyna by which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Guls or kuls are diversion channels for agriculture built in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the flood plains of Bengal, people developed which structures to irrigate their fields?Read the answer and worked solution →Khadins, fields turned into rain-fed storage structures, are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Underground tankas for storing drinking water were traditional in Bikaner, Phalodi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Rainwater stored in the tankas of western Rajasthan is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in which state capital, despite record rainfall 55 km away?Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop harvesting is declining in western Rajasthan because of water from the perennial:Read the answer and worked solution →Gendathur, a village famed for rooftop rainwater harvesting in nearly 200 households, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Each house in Gendathur can collect and use about how much rainwater annually?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the traditional harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the big damsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the riversRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the water wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dam or harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Water resources bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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About what share of the earth's surface is covered with water?

  1. Three-fourth
  2. One-fourth
  3. One-half
  4. Two-third
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Correct answer: A. Three-fourth

1. Only a small part of it is usable freshwater. 2. Three-fourth of the surface is water. 3. Freshwater comes from run off and groundwater. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Water is called a renewable resource because all of it moves within the:

  1. Rock formation cycle
  2. Hydrological cycle
  3. Carbon dioxide cycle
  4. Nitrogen gas cycle
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Correct answer: B. Hydrological cycle

1. Surface run off and groundwater are recharged. 2. The hydrological cycle renews water. 3. Scarcity still occurs from over-use. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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By 2025, nearly how many people are predicted to live in absolute water scarcity?

  1. Two billion
  2. Two million
  3. Ten billion
  4. Five billion
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Correct answer: A. Two billion

1. Scarcity is caused by over-exploitation and unequal access. 2. Nearly two billion people are at risk. 3. Growing populations raise demand. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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