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CBSE Class 10 Social Studies Worksheet

Geography - Water Resources

1.
What was common across the towns and villages of the Thar ?
2.
Fill in the blanks: The ever-increasing number of industries has made matters worse by exerting pressure on existing ____________ resource.
3.
What is Krishna-Godavari dispute?
4.
State Yes or No: Rooftop rain water harvesting was commonly practiced to store drinking water, particularly in Kerala.
A) Yes B) No
5.
Fill in the blanks: Much of ____________ energy comes from hydroelectric power.
6.
State Yes or No: Rainwater is considered the purest form of natural water.
A) Yes B) No
7.
Fill in the blanks:____________ rain water harvesting is the most common practice in Shillong, Meghalaya.
8.
State Yes or No: Fragile water resources are being overexploited and have caused their depletion in several of cities.
A) Yes B) No
9.
State Yes or No: The Hirakud project in the Mahanadi basin integrates conservation of water with flood control.
A) Yes B) No
10.
How dams can be categorized?
11.
What is successfully adapted to store and conserve water ?
12.
What were connected to the sloping roofs of the houses through a pipe ?
13.
Fill in the blanks: During the time of ____________, dams, lakes and irrigation systems were extensively built.
14.
State Yes or No: Roof top rain water harvesting is the most common practice in Shillong, Meghalaya.
A) Yes B) No
15.
State Yes or No: The tankas were part of the well-developed rooftop rainwater harvesting system and were built inside the main house or the courtyard.
A) Yes B) No
16.
Which region receive the highest rainfall in the world?
17.
State Yes or No: Dams were traditionally built to impound rivers and rainwater.
A) Yes B) No
18.
Fill in the blanks: The floods have not only devastated life and property but also caused extensive ___________.
19.
What per cent of the total volume of worlds water is estimated to exist as oceans ?
20.
What aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006 ?

CBSE Class 10 Social Studies Worksheet

Geography - Water Resources

Answers

1.
Rooftop harvesting was common across the towns and villages of the Thar.
2.
Gendathur
3.
The Krishna-Godavari dispute is due to the objections raised by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments, it is regarding the diversion of more water at Koyna by the Maharashtra government for a multipurpose project.
4.
Option B

5.
electrical
6.
Option A

7.
freshwater
8.
Option A
9.
Option A

10.
According to the height, dams can be categorized as large dams and major dams or alternatively as low dams, medium height dams and high dams.
11.
Fortunately, in many parts of rural and urban India, rooftop rainwater harvesting is successfully adapted to store and conserve water.
12.
The tankas were connected to the sloping roofs of the houses through a pipe.
13.
Chandragupta Maurya
14.
Option A
15.
Option A

16.
Cherapunjee and Mawsynram situated at a distance of 55 km from Shillong receive the highest rainfall in the world.
17.
Option A

18.
soil erosion
19.
96.5 per cent of the total volume of worlds water is estimated to exist as oceans. 
20.
The release of water from dams during heavy rains aggravated the flood situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat in 2006.

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