RBSE Solutions for Class 10 Rajasthan Adhyayan Chapter 3 Conventional Water Management

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Board RBSE
Textbook SIERT, Rajasthan
Class Class 10
Subject Rajasthan Adhyayan
Chapter Chapter 3
Chapter Name Conventional Water Management
Number of Questions Solved 50
Category RBSE Solutions

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 10 Rajasthan Adhyayan Chapter 3 Conventional Water Management

TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS SOLVED

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Which of the following is not the conventional source of water?
(a) Khadeen
(b) Lake
(c) Jhalara
(d) Ditch
Answer:
(d).

Question 2.
Which district has the Kalasagar pond?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Jodhpur
(c) Ranthambore
(d) Chittorgarh
Answer:
(c).

Question 3.
In which district is the Sambhar lake situated?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Tonk
(c) Dausa
(d) Kota
Answer:
(a).

Question 4.
Where is the Chand Bawadi located?
(a) Amer
(b) Abhaneri
(c) Dausa
(d) Sambhar
Answer:
(b).

Question 5.
Khadeen was discovered by the
(a) Paliwal Brahmans of Jaisalmer
(b) Barmer’ Brahmans
(c) Paliwal Brahmans of Pali
(d) Brahmans of Nagaur
Answer:
(a).

Question 6.
Which conventional water management resources are found maximum in the districts adjoining Indo-Pak Border?
(a) Jhalara
(b) Tanka
(c) Kui or Beri
(d) Khadeen
Answer:
(c).

Question 7.
Which conventional water resource of Rajasthan has the maximum of water conservation?
(a) Tobas
(b) Lakes
(c) Khadeens
(d) Ponds
Answer:
(b).

Question 8.
Which king was the first to construct Nadi in Rajasthan?
(a) Raja Jaisingh
(b) Rao Jodhaji
(c) Raja Jawahar Singh
(d) Rao Mokal
Answer:
(b).

Question 9.
Aagore or Payataan means –
(a) Keeping clean
(b) Throwing water out
(c) Accumulation
(d) Keeping covered
Answer:
(c).

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
By which conventional water resource is water supplied to Nagaur, Barmer and Jaisalmer?
Answer:
It is by means of Nadi that the water is supplied to Nagaur, Barmer and Jaisalmer.

Question 2.
What is the difference between Toba and Nadi?
Answer:
Toba is deeper than the Nadi.

Question 3.
In which part of Rajasthan is the Tanka built?
Answer:
Tanka is built in the sandy part of Rajasthan.

Question 4.
What is Jhalara? Clarify it.
Answer:
Jhalara does not have any Aagora (Payataan) of its own. It gets water seeping from the ponds and lakes located above it. It is shaped oblong and has storeys on its three sides. Its water is used for the religious ceremonies and the community baths.

Question 5.
What is the significance of the Pushkar lake?
Answer:
The Pushkar lake has its religious significance.

Question 6.
To which conventional water management system does Meghdoot refer?
Answer:
Meghdoot refers to the Bawadi as the conventional water management system.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
What is Aagorr (Payataan)?
Answer:
Aagro (Payataan) is a sort of Verandah which is raised around nadi or pond by pressing the soil to lower down the rain water in it. Thus it collects the rain water.

Question 2.
What is Nehata?
Answer:
Nehata is built for the exit of the surplus water in the nadi or pond. Through it the extra water of the pond or nadi reaches another nadi, pond or farm.

Question 3.
What do you known about Madaar?
Answer:
The land boundary marked for letting the water enter nadi or pond is known as Madaar.

Question 4.
Name the important lakes of Rajasthan.
Answer:
The important lakes of Rajasthan are Lalsagar lake (1800), Kelana lake (1872) Takhatsagar lake (1932) and Umed sagar lake (1931), Pushkar lake, Annasagar lake, Mansarovar lake, Jaisamand lake, Pichola lake etc.

Question 5.
Write about Khadeen Bandh and Khadeen regions.
Answer:
Khadeens are mainly, built below the sloppy land. The place where the water collects is known as Khadeen region and the dam built to check this water is known as the Khadeen dam or Bandh.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
Write about the Khadeen as the conventional water resource.
Answer:
It was in the 15th century that the Paliwal Brahmans of Jaisalmer started the practice of Khadeens. The state used to give land for constructing Khadeen for exchange of  ¼ th share of the produce. There are about 500 big and small Khadeens in the Jaisalmer district, which irrigate about 1300 hectare land. Khadeen is built below the sloppy land and the soil embankment is raised around its two sides and the pucca sheet around the third side. It spreads over an area of about 5 to 7 Km. Usually embankment is around 2 to 4 m high. The excess water goes to the next Khadeen. When dried up, the crops are grown in the land of the previous Khadeen on the basis of moisture. Wheat is grown in the Maru region on this pattern. Even the barren land can be made cultivable by the Khadeen technique.

The place where the water collects is known as Khadeen and the dam which checks it is known as the Khadeen dam. The Khadeen dam is so constructed that it lets the extra water pass over it. In case of deep Khadeens, water is let out through gates as and when required. Water in the Khadeens is accompanied by alluvial soil where the crops grow well. The cattle graze in the Khadeen Payataan region and the cattle dung makes the land fertile. The wells are dug in the slop below the Khadeen, and the Khadeen water seeps into the wells and this water is used for drinking. The conventional Khadeens should be maintained under the water management programmes. The Rajasthan Government has planned to make new Khadeens but they are of inferior quality. They cannot stand the heavy rains, and develop cracks.

Question 2.
Write about the utility of the conventional systems of water management.
Answer:
Uses or utility of the conventional system of water management –

  1. By renovating the conventional water resources, the agricultural economy can be boosted in the state.
  2. This type of conventional water management can help to cope with emergency situations.
  3. The state can meet the worst situations arising out of drought or floods.
  4. The conventional water management system can promote agriculture and can thus become strong pillar.
  5. Employment opportunities can be generated for the new generation by reviving the conventional water resources.

Question 3.
The conventional water management systems are losing their significance. Give the reasons.
Answer:
According to the well known scholars Agrawal and S. Narayana, the causes for the decline of the significance of the conventional water management system are-

  1. Rapid growth of population and increasing demand for water. The conventional systems are not sufficient to meet the increase in demand or water for the evergrowing population. Hence they are being neglected and no step is being taken to renovate or maintain them.
  2. Promotion of the schemes by the government, which benefit the individuals. The community participation in reviving the conventional system is not getting the government attention. On the contrary the new schemes which benefit the individual are being promoted.
  3. Commercialisation of farming and expansion of cash crops – They are responsible for the negligence of the government for the conventional systems of water management.
  4. The investment plans during the dominion period ignored the small irrigation schemes.
  5. Incompetence of the government agencies to understand the significance of water management as an environmental necessity.
  6. Social contradiction and break up of communities are responsible for the decline of the conventional water management. In the absence of voluntary and willing contribution of labour and funds the existing conventional means cannot survive.
  7. The National policy no longer takes into consideration the small water accumulation systems and natural water resources. On the contrary the modem water management systems are very complicated and comprehensive. They cannot be worked out in the absence of huge government funds. Bureaucratic structure creates further problems.

Question 4.
Clarify the relevancy of the conventional water resources in the present context.
Answer:
Relevance of the conventional water resources’ in the present context –

  1. Rains in India are seasonal. 80% parts of the country get 80% rains in three months. A large part of the rain water flows through rivers. Hence it is required to accumulate water keeping in mind local needs and geographical situations.
  2. The conventional systems of water accumulation meet the domestic and irrigational needs of the people.
  3. The conventional systems of water management prove beneficial especially in times of droughts or famines. In the gone by times these conventional means of water accumulation met the minimum needs of each and every individual.
  4. The conventional systems become indispensable source of water especially when the electricity is not available, the water pumps dry up and the dams get filled with mud.
  5. The conventional water accumulation resources are of a great relevance especially in the areas where the modem means of water supply cannot be reached due to heavy investment, complicated techniques and involvement of bureaucracy.
  6. The conventional techniques of water conservation are still relevant in the context of developing communal harmony and affinity.
  7. Water is one of the major bases of economic development. Conventional system of water management have a great relevance even today, for the optimum exploitation of water available on the earth and its utilisation for the economic development.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SOLVED

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
Where is Edward sagar located?
(a) Dungarpur
(b) Tonk
(c) Chittorgarh
(d) Jalore
Answer:
(a).

Question 2.
Kuhal Water Management system is related with the following state-
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer:
(c).

Question 3.
Where is Jait sagar located?
(a) Jodhpur
(b) Karauli
(c) Sirohi
(d) Bundi
Answer:
(d).

Question 4.
Which of the following water resource is mainly used for the religious purposes?
(a) Khadeen
(b) Nadi
(c) Jhalara
(d) Kui
Answer:
(c).

Question 5.
Which lake has the religious significance?
(a) Pushkar lake
(b) Umed sagar lake
(c) Kelana lake
(d) Takhat sagar lake
Answer:
(a).

Question 6.
Bagolia pond is found in the district.
(a) Jodhpur
(b) Udaipur
(c) Alwar
(d) Jaipur
Answer:
(b).

Question 7.
What is the position of Rajasthan in India as regard to its population?
(a) Fifth
(b) Sixth
(c) Seventh
(d) Eighth
Answer:
(d).

Question 8.
References to the water management and conservation is found in the –
(a) Jain-Buddhist literature
(b) Excavations of the Harappan city
(c) Puranic scriptures
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d).

Question 9.
Kund is another name for –
(a) Tanka
(b) Nadi
(c) Stepwell
(d) Kui
Answer:
(a).

Question 10.
5.5% population of India lives in Rajasthan but it has only of the total water supply –
(a) 2%
(b) 3%
(c) 1%
(d) 4%
Answer:
(c).

Question 11.
Which lake is found in Churu?
(a) Taal Chhapar lake
(b) Mansarovar lake
(c) Jawahar Sagar lake
(d) Aanasagar lake
Answer:
(a).

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
What is Beri?
Answer:
A small Kui built in the western Rajasthan is known as Beri.

Question 2.
Name the conventional water resources of Kerala and Karnataka.
Answer:
Surangam in Kerala and Katta in Karnataka are the conventional water resources.

Question 3.
What are the other popular names of Bawadi?
Answer:
Bawadi is also known as Vapika, Vapi, Karkandhu, Shakandhu etc.

Question 4.
What is Nehata (Neshta)?
Answer:
Nehata or Neshta is built to let out the surplus water from the Nadi or pond and to reach it another nearby farm, Nadi or pond.

Question 5.
What is Palar Pani?
Answer:
Palar Pani is the rain water collected in Nadi or Tanka.

Question 6.
What is Tanka?
Answer:
Tanka is a reservoir built to collect rain water.

Question 7.
Where is Chand Bawadi of Abhaneri?
Answer:
Chand Bawadi of Abhaneri is near Harshad Mata Mandir.

Question 8.
Which edicts make reference to the Sudarshan lake?
Answer:
The Junagarh edicts of Chandragupta Maurya refer to the Sudarshan lake.

Question 9.
Name the main ponds of Chittorgarh.
Answer:
Padmini, Vankia, Muraliya and Senapani are the main ponds of Chittorgarh.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
Cite some of instances of water management of the times immemorial in India.
Answer:
A few instances of the water management systems in the ancient India are:

  1. The excavations in the Harappa city.
  2. Ancient Edicts
  3. Pre-medieval and medieval period.
  4. Puranic scriptures.
  5. The Jain and the Buddhist literature.
  6. Junagarh edicts of the Chandra Gupta Maurya.

Question 2.
Why are there so many diversities in India, in the water management system?
Answer:
India is a land of geographical diversities and there are diversities in the availability of water resources. Consequently diverse water management systems have developed e.g. in the Himalayas there is a river water accumulation system and in Rajasthan it is the rain water storage accumulation system of water management.

Question 3.
What is Kui or Beri considered as a conventional source of water? Clarify it.
Answer:
Kui or Beri is ordinarily built by the side of pond and the pond water keeps on seeping in to it. Kui is generally 10 to 12 mt deep. Its mount remains covered with the logs of wood. They are found in a large number in the western Rajasthan, mostly in the districts bordering Indo-Pak territory. In 1987 when all the ponds had dried up due to scarcity of water, there was water in the Beri or the Kuis.

Kuis stand a witness to the knowledge of the locals as regards their technique of water management in the time of crisis. Boundary is raised high around all the four sides of the farm. As a result the rain water is sucked by the earth. A shallow well is dug in the centre of the farm, where a part of the water seeps and collects, which is put to use to meet emergency situations created by scarcity of water.

Question 4.
Write about the significance of the concept of water management with a particular reference to Rajasthan.
Answer:
The concept of water management and conservation in Rajasthan is talked specifically in reference to the many development plans and the industrial houses. The conventional water management system are surfacial in Rajasthan. The convention of water conservation is significant because here the water resources are worshipped. The people of Rajasthan have discovered the artificial sources of water, which have solved the hardships of their lives. There are many folk tales which reveal the significance of water in many regions of Rajasthan. Water determines the quality of life and its management is the base of many development plans.

Question 5.
Why is it necessary to revive the conventional sources of water in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Regarding area Rajasthan is the largest state and in population it is ranked 8th. 5.5% population of India lives in Rajasthan, but there is only 1% of the total water of the country. Therefore it has become necessary to revive the conventional sources of water.

Question 6.
Write about the ponds as the conventional water management source and name a few ponds of Rajasthan.
Answer:
Ponds have been existing since times immemorial in Rajasthan. Ponds collect rain water. There used to be wells too by the side of ponds. They were under the care of the community/society. Ponds of religious significance have been looked after and conserved very well. Many of the ponds have been urbanised. Ponds of Rajasthan need to be properly and instantly taken care of because they are the source of water for many wells and stepwells (Bawadis).
A few important ponds of Rajasthan are –

  1. Sukhsagar, Kalasagar, Jangali ponds of Ranthambor.
  2. Bagolia pond of Udaipur.
  3. Edward sagar of Dungarpur.
  4. Sareri, Khari, Meja ponds of Bhilwara,
  5. Parvati and Baretha ponds of Bharatpur.
  6. Hemavas, Dantiwada & Muthana ponds of Pali.

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