Geography
Rahul is constructing a house in Mathura. Of the following methods select those that he can use to ensure rainwater harvesting.
(i) A garden
(ii) Porous tiles in his driveway
(iii) Rooftop rainwater harvesting
(iv) Borewell
- (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
- (i), (ii), (iii)
- (i), (ii), (iv)
- None of them.
Related Questions
Assertion (A): Cherrapunji, which receives about 11,000 mm of rainfall annually, suffers from acute shortage of drinking water.
Reason (R): Most of the rain falling on the surface tends to flow away rapidly, leaving very little for the recharge of groundwater.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
……………. is not a conventional means of irrigation.
- Furrow irrigation
- Wells
- Tanks
- Inundation canals
Assertion (A): Runoff from only paved surfaces is used for storing rainwater.
Reason (R): It is relatively free of bacteriological contamination.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.
- A is true but R is false.
- A is false but R is true.
Most of the canals in India belong to which category?
- Perennial canals
- Inundation canals
- Navigation canals
- None of the above.