Quiz about Water

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

Ans. (a)

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

Ans. (a)

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

Ans. (b)

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

Ans. (c)

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Question: How much water does our body contain by mass?
(a) 65%
(b) 70%
(c) 60%
(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

Question: Which of the following properties of water shows unique variation?
(a) Volume
(b) Pressure
(c) Electricity
(d) Density

Ans. (d)

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

Ans. (d)

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

Ans. (b)

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Question: A crystal ice is called
(a) Dew
(b) Frost
(c) Fog
(d) Snow

Ans. (b)

Question: The water which gets collected in lakes, ponds and puddles is :
(a) Runaway water
(b) Surface water
(c) Soil water
(d) Ground water

Ans. (b)

Question: Sea water can be purified by the process of—
(a) Distillation
(b) Evaporation
(c) Filtration
(d) Fractional distillation

Answer. (a)

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

Answer. (c)

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Question: Enrichment of water body by nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen is called
(a) Succession
(b) Eutrophication
(c) Stratification

Answer. (b)

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

Ans. (d)

Question: Foul smell in the water of tanks, ponds etc. is due to
(a) Anaerobiosis
(b) Aerobiosis
(c) Biological magnification
(d) Psammophytes

Ans. (a)

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