Water Quiz questions and answers:
Question: A special type of well in which water rises automatically under the pressure of a column of water to the ground surface through a hole is known as
(a) Artisan well
(b) Spring
(c) Hot spring
(d) Geyser
Question: If the pressure on the surface of water increases, the boiling point of water
(a) Increases
(b) Decreases
(c) Remains the same
(d) First increases then decreases
Question: Water is transparent, but in the deep sea, it appears blue because of
(a) Deflection of light from the sky
(b) Reflection of light from the sky
(c) Refraction of light from the sky
(d) Dispersion of light from the sky
Question: To obtain pure water for medical and laboratory use, we make use of the following process :
(a) Filtration
(b) Sedimentation
(c) Distillation
(d) Crystallization
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Question: How much water does our body contain by mass?
(a) 65%
(b) 70%
(c) 60%
(d) None of these
Question: Which of the following properties of water shows unique variation?
(a) Volume
(b) Pressure
(c) Electricity
(d) Density
Ques. What is the groundwater stored at places between the layers of hard rock below the water table called?
(a) Water cycle
(b) Water table
(c) Ground water
(d) Aquifer
Question: When cold water is kept in a glass for sometime, droplets are formed on its surface, because air contains
(a) Water
(b) Water vapor
(c) Liquid water
(d) Distilled water
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Question: A crystal ice is called
(a) Dew
(b) Frost
(c) Fog
(d) Snow
Question: The water which gets collected in lakes, ponds and puddles is :
(a) Runaway water
(b) Surface water
(c) Soil water
(d) Ground water
Question: Sea water can be purified by the process of—
(a) Distillation
(b) Evaporation
(c) Filtration
(d) Fractional distillation
Question: All forms of water that come down on Earth, including rain, snow, hail etc are known as __
(a) Calcification
(b) Fixation
(c) Precipitation
(d) none
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Question: Enrichment of water body by nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen is called
(a) Succession
(b) Eutrophication
(c) Stratification
Question: Choose the property given below to state that “water is a liquid”.
(a) Water has a definite mass and volume
(b) Water has a number of free surfaces
(c) Water has more density
(d) Water has no definite shape
Question: Foul smell in the water of tanks, ponds etc. is due to
(a) Anaerobiosis
(b) Aerobiosis
(c) Biological magnification
(d) Psammophytes
