Water Quality and Sources

Sea water contains salt .....................% in solution

• 1.5%

• 9.5%

• 3.5

• 6

These are the sources of water.

• Lakes

• Sea

• River

• All of the above

______________ is a source of water.

• Mountain

• Pond

• Valley

• Fields

Look at the picture and name the largest body of water.

• Ocean

• Pond

• Sea

• Lake

Mumbai derives it's water supply from...

• Sea

• Ocean

• Impounding reservoir

• Rain water

Not a property of a sanitary well

• should be located beyond 15 meters from likely source of contamination

• Located within 100-meter radius

• The top should be open for sunlight

• There should be a kachcha platform around the well, extending at least 1 meter.

The World Bank helps in.

• Atal Bhujal Yojna (Abhy)

• Pani Bachao-paise Kamao

• Both

• None

(a)   Rain Gauge is used to quantify rainfall.

Which option is correct?

• India is likely to become a water-scarce country by 2050.

• The agriculture sector uses 89% of the groundwater for irrigation

  while 11% is used in the domestic and industrial sectors.

• The amount of water required for cooking food per day constitutes 6–8% of the total water demand in urban India.

• All

Central Government formulated the National Water Policy of India in

(a)