Water Resources Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1.
Which of the following options describe water as a resource?
(a) Biotic resource and non-renewable
(b) Abiotic and non-renewable resource
(c) Biotic and renewable resource
(d) Abiotic and renewable resource
Answer
Answer: (d) Abiotic and renewable resource
Question 2.
Which one of the following rivers has the highest reptenishable groundwater resource in the country?
(a) The Indus
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Ganga
(d) The Godavari
Answer
Answer: (c) The Ganga
Question 3.
Which of the following figures in cubic kilometres correctly shows the total annual precipitation in India?
(a) 2,000
(b) 3,000
(c) 4,000
(d) 5,000
Answer
Answer: (c) 4,000
Question 4.
Which one of the following South Indian states has the highest groundwater utilisation (in per cent) of its total groundwater potential?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerala
Answer
Answer: (a) Tamil Nadu
Question 5.
Identify the sector that consumes the highest amount of water in India.
(a) Industry
(b) Agriculture
(c) Domestic
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Agriculture
Question 6.
What is the mean annual flow in India?
(a) 1,869 cubic km
(b) 1,988 cubic km
(c) 1,698 cubic km
(d) 3,869 cubic km
Answer
Answer: (a) 1,869 cubic km
Question 7.
Which of the following is a programme under watershed management?
(a) Haryali
(b) Neeru-Meeru
(c) Arvary Pani Sansad
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Question 8.
Which of the following states has a high use of groundwater?
(a) ArunachaL Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(C) Gujarat
(d) KeraLa
Answer
Answer: (b) Punjab
Question 9.
What stands for the CPCB?
(a) The Commandant Pollution Control Board
(b) The Central Pollution Control Board
(c) The Central Polythene Control Board
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) The Central Pollution Control Board
Question 10.
In which year, Government of India has launched ‘Jal Kranti Abhiyan’ ?
(a) 2011-12
(b) 2013-14
(c) 2015-16
(d) 2017-18
Answer
Answer: (c) 2015-16
Question 11.
Complete the following table by writing appropriate names in the blank.
Answer
Answer: Lagoon and Back water.
