Class 12 Geography Water Resources MCQ Question Answers CUET 2025

1. How much part of the earth is covered with water?
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2. How much percent of the Net sown area is irrigated in Punjab?
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d.

3. What is the share of India in the world’s water resources?
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d.

4. Which part of the river has good quality water?
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b.
c.
d.

5. What is the local name of a rainwater harvesting structure in Rajasthan?
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d.

6. The area from which rainfall flows into a river, lake or reservoir is called an area.
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d.

7. Which one of the following rivers has the highest replenishable groundwater resource in the country?
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d.

8. Which one of the following South Indian states has the highest groundwater utilisation (in per cent) of its total groundwater potential?
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c.
d.

9. How much percent of surface water in India can be used?
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10. Identify the sector that consumes the highest amount of water in India.
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c.
d.

11. The purity of water or water without unwanted foreign substances is known as:
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c.
d.

12. Which chemical has concentrated in water in Bihar?
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c.
d.

13. Sewage disposal, urban run-off, toxic effluents from industries,run-off over cultivated lands and nuclear power plants are examples of:
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c.
d.

14. Which of the following figures in cubic kilometers correctly shows the total annual precipitation in India?
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b.
c.
d.

15. Provision of irrigation makes cropping possible.
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b.
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d.

16. Recycled Water generally refers to treated wastewater.
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b.
c.
d.

17. Which of the following is a programme under watershed management?
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d.

18. What is the mean annual flow in India?
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b.
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d.

19. Why is irrigation required?
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20.  In which year, the Government of India has launched ‘Jal Kranti Abhiyan’ ?
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b.
c.
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21. Which of the following options describe water as a resource?
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b.
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d.

22. The total useful water resources of India are:
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b.
c.
d.

23.  An area of shallow body of water separated from the sea by barrier islands or reefs is known as:
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b.
c.
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