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Multiple choice water resources and irrigation in karnataka water resources of karnataka geography

Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below:
The two states involved in the Cauvery water dispute are ________.

  1. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

  2. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

  3. Kerala and Tamil Nadu

  4. Orissa and Kolkata
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cauvery water dispute has arisen between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The water stored in Krishanasagar dam in Karnataka is used for irrigation and for meeting the needs of the people of Bangalore. The water stored in Meetur dam in Tamil Nadu is used for crops grown in the delta region of Tamil Nadu.

A conflict arises because both dams are on the same river and the downstream dam in Tamil Nadu can only be filled up if the water is released from the upstream that is located in Karnataka.  Therefore, both states can't get as much water as they need for the people in their state.

Multiple choice our life and environment geography

Yield, vigour and quality of organisms can _____.

  1. Offer better resistance to drought

  2. Be improved through more tropical rain forests

  3. Disruption of water and carbon cycles

  4. Be improved through more pesticides
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Good yield, vigour and quality of organisms can help am animal sustain a drought and survive. Drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

Multiple choice our life and environment geography

Eutrophication is a _____.

  1. Neutral sign for ecosystem

  2. Dual-sided sign for ecosystem

  3. Bad sign for ecosystem

  4. Good sign for ecosystem
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Eutrophication can have serious effects, like algal blooms that block light from getting into the water and harm the plants and animals that need it. If there's enough overgrowth of algae, it can prevent oxygen from getting into the water, making it hypoxic and creating a dead zone where no organisms can survive.

Multiple choice our life and environment geography

Arsenic is an example of _____.

  1. Organic waste

  2. Inorganic waste

  3. Acid

  4. Base
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Wastes which consist of materials those are difficult to biodegrade so that destruction takes a very long time are known as inorganic wastes. Inorganic wastes come from non renewable natural resources such as minerals and petroleum, or from industrial processes. Some inorganic wastes as a whole cannot be explained by nature, while others can only be described in a very long time.

Examples of inorganic wastes- chemical solvents, paints, sandpaper, paper products, industrial by-products, metals, and radioactive wastes, sand, salt, Iron, Calcium and other mineral materials like  Arsenic.