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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Water resources

Question:

Match List - I with List - II

 

List – I

 

List - II

 

Water Resource in India

 

Characteristics

(a)

India's percentage of World's Water Resource

(i)

1,869 cubic km

(b)

Annual volume of available water from precipitation

(ii)

4 percent

(c)

Availability from surface water and replenishable ground water    

(iii)

4,000 cubic km

(d)

Total utilisable water

(iv)

1,122 cubic km

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(a) - (iii), (b) – (ii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

(a) – (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iv), (d) – (iii)

(a) - (iv), (b) – (ii), (c) - (i), (d) – (iii)

(a) – (ii), (b) – (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

Correct Answer:

(a) – (ii), (b) – (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

Explanation:
India accounts for about 2.45 per cent of the world’s surface area, 4 per cent of the world’s water resources and about 16 per cent of the world’s population. The total water available from precipitation in the country in a year is about 4,000 cubic km. The availability from surface water and replenishable groundwater is 1,869 cubic km. Out of this, only 60 per cent can be put to beneficial uses. Thus, the total utilisable water resource in the country is only 1,122 cubic km.

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