Morning Star solutions for Total Geography [English] Class 10 chapter 10 - Water Resources [Latest edition]

What is an aquifer?

Which of the following measures are not used to conserve water?

Which of the following is not a secondary source of water?

Sprinkler irrigation is also known as ______.

Tanks form the main source of irrigation in ______.

______ is not a conventional means of irrigation.

The most advanced and efficient method of irrigation is ______.

Most of the canals in India belong to which category?

Which of the following least irrigated state of India is solely dependent on canals?

Which of the following is the most advanced and efficient method of irrigation?

What do you understand by the term 'water resource'?

Give two points of difference between 'surface water' and 'groundwater'.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Need to adopt different means of irrigation.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Need for conserving water.

Man is responsible for water crisis in India.

What is meant by Rainwater Harvesting?

Mention any two rainwater harvesting systems practised in India.

What is meant by the term irrigation?

What is meant by the term 'water scarcity'?

What has caused water scarcity in India?

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Inundation canals are being converted to perennial canals.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Tank irrigation is preferred over other means of irrigation in Peninsular India.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Groundwater reserves are depleting at a fast rate.

What is meant by traditional or conventional methods of irrigation?

Name any two conventional methods of irrigation.

State any two drawbacks of conventional methods of irrigation.

Answer the following question.
Mention any three advantages of good irrigation in India.

Give two disadvantages of well irrigation.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Well irrigation is confined mainly to the alluvial plains.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

In Tamil Nadu, nearly one-third of the net irrigated area is under canal irrigation.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Drip irrigation reduces loss of water through evaporation.

Name any two states where well irrigation is practised.

Give one advantage of tubewell irrigation.

Give one disadvantage of tubewell irrigation.

What are the two types of canals?

Name two states where perennial canals are widely used.

How are the fields irrigated using the Persian wheel method?

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Canals make the soil infertile

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Tubewell irrigation is quite expensive.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Excessive accumulation of salts make the soils unsuitable for cultivation.

Name two states in which tube wells are extensively used. Give a reason to explain its importance as a source of irrigation.

State why tubewell irrigation is important in Punjab.

What is meant by Rainwater Harvesting?

State any two methods of rainwater harvesting.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Many farmers in India still use wells.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

There is very little recharge of groundwater.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

The traditional wells dry up.

What is watershed management? Do you think it can play an important role in sustainable development?

How is it beneficial for farmers in the long run?

What is 'drip irrigation'? How is it useful?

Explain briefly the need to conserve water.

“The modern means of irrigation are gaining popularity.” Give two reasons to justify this statement. 

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Sprinkler irrigation helps in conserving water

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Spray irrigation is quite expensive.

What is meant by furrow irrigation? What is its advantage?

With the help of a suitable sketch show the various methods of rainwater harvesting.

Enlist the ways in which water can be reused and recycled in various activities.

Make a Power Point Presentation showing the various methods used for rainwater harvesting from ancient times to the present.

Nature has endowed India with plentiful water resources. Despite this, acute shortage of water is noticed in some states. What could be the reasons for this shortage?

In your city, critical shortage of water has been reported due to a sharp fall in the groundwater level. What steps you will take to check this scarcity of water?

A number of water saving technologies have been developed in recent decades. Which one would you to prefer to use in your area and why?

If you are given a choice between using traditional or modern methods of irrigation, which method you would prefer to use in your area and why?