Water Resources

____ per cent of the earth’s surface is covered with water

• 71

• 70

• 72

• 74

fresh water constitutes only about ___ %of the total water.

• 2

• 6

• 3

• 9

India accounts for about ___ per cent of world’s surface area

• 3

• 2.4

• 2.45

• 2

India accounts for about ______ per cent of the world’s water resources

• 8

• 5

• 4

• 3

India accounts for about ___ per cent of world’s population

• 19

• 20

• 16

• 4

The total water available from precipitation in the country in a year is about ___cubic km.

• 5,000

• 3,000

• 4,000

• 7,000

The availability from surface water and replenishable groundwater is ____ cubic km.

• 1569

• 1869

• 1996

• 1786

The total replenishable groundwater resources in the country are about____ cubic km

• 438

• 563

• 332

• 432

In Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh more than ____ per cent of their net sown area is under irrigation.

• 85

• 78

• 76

• 89

Out of the total net irrigated area 76.1 per cent in Punjab and _____ per cent in Haryana are irrigated through wells and tube-wells.

• 63.1

• 51.3

• 58.4

• 45.9