Shortage of Water

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What are the four types of water?

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3. What has resulted in the lowering of water table?

Q. Who built the Gadsisar lake in Jaisalmer?

1. King Ashoka
2. King Shah Jahan
3. King Giridhar
4. King Ghadsi

Q. Which state in India has suffered water shortage majorly due to less rivers and less rainfall?

1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Kerala
3. Rajasthan
4. Punjab

Q. In Srinagar, houses can be found in lakes, like the Dal Lake. What are these houses called?

1. Rebo
2. Lekha
3. Tent
4. Donga

Q. Which activities do you observe in the following picture?

1. Defecating near water bodies
2. Bathing
3. Cleaning water
4. Throwing garbage

Q. Less rainfall for a long period of time leads to water ____.

1. supply
2. pollution
3. scarcity
4. surplus

Q. Which of the following are the sources for water pollution?

1. Oil spills
2. Domestic sewage
3. Washing clothes
4. Industrial smoke

Q. Which of the following were so famous about Gadsisar lake?

1. Its decorated verandahs and halls.
2. Its highrise buildings and colonies.
3. People worshipped the lake.
4. Flow of rainwater into the lake.

Q. Scanty rainfall for a long period leads to ____ of water.

1. surplus
2. scarcity
3. wastage
4. pollution

Q. What kind of wastes make water bodies dirty?

1. Kitchen
2. Toilet
3. Rainwater
4. Industrial

Q. Polluted water is unfit for which of the following purpose(s)?

1. Drinking
2. Bathing
3. Washing utensils
4. Swimming

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6. What makes the fresh rainwater become saline after reaching the earths surface?

Q. Issue of water shortage refers to:

1. Less availability of water
2. Enough availability of water
3. Available water is not usable
4. Available water is usable

Q. Who built the Gadisar lake in Jaisalmer?

1. King Giridhar
2. King Ghadsi
3. King Ashoka
4. King Shah Jahan

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What are the main source of water pollution.

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Why is rainwater called the purest kind of naturally occurring water?

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Pollution of which of the following would lead to polluted drinking water?

1. Lake

2. Land

3. River

4. Pond

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Rainwater is considered the purest form of natural water. Explain the statement.

Q. Which state in India has suffered water shortage majorly due to less rivers and less rainfall?

1. Rajasthan
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Kerala
4. Punjab

Q. "Indian farmers gamble with the monsoon". IlIustrate this statement.

Q. Which of these are sources of freshwater?

1. Rivers
2. Underground water
3. Seas
4. Lakes

Q. What could be the possible reasons for not using the available water?

1. Available water is salty water.
2. Available water is fresh water.
3. Available water is dirty.
4. Available water is clean.

Q. Bathing animals in ponds and lakes causes

1. excessive rainfall
2. groundwater scarcity
3. water pollution
4. All of the above.

Q. Which among the following states get less rainfall throughout the year?

1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Meghalaya

Q. Which of the following are the sources of fresh water?

1. Rivers
2. Oceans
3. Glaciers
4. Groundwater

Q. Which among the following states get less rainfall throughout the year?

1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Meghalaya

Q. Which among the following states get less rainfall throughout the year?

1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Rajasthan
4. Meghalaya

Q. Fresh water is the unusable form of water.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which among the following states get less rainfall throughout the year?

1. Kerala
2. Meghalaya
3. Karnataka
4. Rajasthan