Environmental Studies · Geography

Water Conservation and Management

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Water conservation and management questions evaluate techniques for preserving water resources, traditional harvesting methods, and modern irrigation systems. Topics include wastewater treatment, groundwater extraction, and the economic role of wetlands. These concepts are essential for environmental studies and geography exams.

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Water Conservation and Management Questions

Multiple choice

Floods can be controlled by

  1. Forests

  2. Constructing temporary shelters

  3. Constructing Pits

  4. By allowing the water to flow into the sea
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Forests hold the soil particles.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the mantra to help conserve water?

  1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  2. Reduce, Reproduce, Reuse

  3. Renew, Recycle, Reduce

  4. Reuse, Renew, Reproduce
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Explanation

Reduce, reuse and recycle is the mantra to help conserve water. The water waste hierarchy refers to the three R's of reduce, reuse and recycle which classify water waste management strategies according to their desirability. 

Multiple choice

The passage is on

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

Water is the basis of life. Every animal and every plant contains a substantial proportion of free or combined water in its body, and no kind of physiological activity is possible in which this fluid does not play an essential part. Water is, of course, necessary for animal life, while moisture in the soil is equally imperative for the life and growth of plants and trees, though the quantity necessarily varies enormously with the species. The conservation and utilisation of water is thus fundamental to human life. Apart from artesian water, the ultimate source in all cases is rain or snowfall.

  1. the use of water in day-to-day life

  2. the use of water in agriculture

  3. the use of wastewater

  4. the importance of water in the life of living beings
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Water is the basis of life, is the theme of the passage.

Multiple choice

What do you attain by repairing a leaky tap?

  1. Reduction in the usage of natural resources

  2. Recycling of natural resources

  3. Rebuilding of natural resources

  4. Reuse of natural resources
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Explanation

A leaky tap is required to be repaired so as to reduce the usage of natural resources.

Multiple choice

Some uses of water use

  1. it is essential for life

  2. it is a universal solvent

  3. it acts as a catalyst for some processes

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

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Multiple choice

The development of primary resources of land and water to produce secondary resources to be used by plants and animals in a manner that will not cause any ecological imbalance is known as

  1. watershed management

  2. water harvesting

  3. water conservation

  4. aqua management
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Explanation

Watershed management emphasises soil and water conservation in order to increase biomass production. The aim is to develop primary resources of land and water to produce secondary resources to be used by plants and animals in a manner that will not cause any ecological imbalance.

Multiple choice

Khadin system is a ___________.

  1. biogas plant

  2. soil conservation system

  3. power management system

  4. water harvesting system
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Khadin, also called dhora, is a structure designed to harvest surface runoff water for agriculture. It was first designed in western Rajasthan in the 15th century.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is associated with the Tawa Dam?

  1. It could not be used to store water.

  2. Its oustees are still fighting for the benefits they were promised.

  3. It is still unbuilt due to people’s protests.

  4. It could not produce electricity.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Tawa Dam is located at the joining of Tawa river and Denwa river, in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh. It was built in 1978. It was mainly built for irrigation purpose. This dam irrigates a large area of Hoshangabad district.