3(b) Punjab: Drainage
B) Answer the following
questions in a single or one sentence length:
Q1.
Which river originates from Rakashtal near lake Mansarovar:
1. Ghaggar 2. Beas 3. Satluj 4. Brahmaputra
Ans: Satluj
Q 2. How
many rivers are there in Punjab:
1. Three 2. Four 3. Five 4. Eight
Ans: Three
Q 3. Ranjit Sagar
or Thein Dam has been built on which river:
1. Beas 2. Ravi 3. Satluj 4.
None of these
Ans: Ravi
Q 4. In
which district do Bhangi and Basha choes fall:
1. Ferozepur 2. Gurdaspur 3. Hoshiarpur 4.
None of these
Ans: Hoshiarpur
Q 5. Which
statement is right and which is wrong:
1)
2) Kali Bein and
Parvati are tributaries of Beas. (Right)
3) Purest form of natural
water is rain water. (Right)
4) Punjab has 10 headworks and 20,786 km.
canals.
Q
6. What does word 'bist'
mean in term Bist doab?
Ans: Bist means Beas and Satluj rivers.
Q 7. Name two canals which take water
to Rajasthan from Harike lake.
Ans: Indira Gandhi Command Canal.
Q
8.Which canal of Punjab provides
water to Haryana? Ans: Ghaggar.
Q 9: What is the source of Upper Bari
Doab canal?
Ans: Madhopur Headworks.
built Q10. On which river
has Pong Dam been? Ans: On Beas
River.
C. Give short answer
for the following questions:
Q 1.
Enlist tributaries of Beas and Ravi.
Ans: Tributaries of Beas: The
major tributaries of Beas are Parbati, Sukantari, Uhl, Sohan and Kali Bein.
Tributaries
of Ravi: The major
tributary of Ravi is Ujjh.
Q 2. What are choes? Name any four choes.
Ans: Kandi area of Punjab
is full of seasonal streams or channels called Choes. These choes originate
from Katardhar and Solasinghi hills. These choes are full of water during a
rainy season. 1. Balachaur Choe 2.
Gharshankar Choe 3. Nariala Choe 4.Malley Choe 5. Bahowal Choe etc. are some of
the major Choes.
Q 3
Introduce the pollution of drainage system of Punjab.
Ans: Almost all the rivers in Punjab are highly polluted. Punjab Pollution Control
Board, Central Pollution
Control Board and Bhabha Atomic Research Center have admitted that the water in
rivers in Punjab and underground aquifers has become highly toxic and these
toxins are entering in our food chain
and spreading deadly diseases like cancer and many other diseases too. We need to save our future generations. We should protect
the environment and judicious
use of water is the need of the hour.
D)
Long Answer Questions:-
Answers the following questions in detail:
Q 1.Enlist information about Satluj its tributaries and
dams built on them.
Ans: Satluj
river originates at west of lake Rakshastal situated at the height 4,575 meters
near Mansarovar Lake in Tibet. It makes gorges while crossing Himalayas. It
enters into plains at Bhakra. It turns towards the south from Nangaland move
towards Ropar. It enters Pakistan at distance of 60 km. from Harike at
Sullemanki.
Tributaries: Soan, Beas and Chitti vein are the major
tributaries of the Satluj. Chitti Vein meets Satluj at Giddar Pinddi near Makhu
in Ferozpur district.
Dams: The famous Bhakra Dam is being built on
the Satluj River. Apart from the Bhakra Dam, Ganguwal, Nathpa-Jhakri, Nangal
are the major dams built on this river.
Q2.Give details of
canal system of Punjab. How agriculture got benefitted by it?
Ans: Canal system of Punjab is good. It includes
5 headworks and 14500 km long canals.
Sirhind Canal, Bist Doab Canal, Bari Doab Canal, Bhakra Mainline (BML),
Ferozepur / Sirhind Feeder system, Makkhu Canal, Shahnehar Canal, Kashmir
Canal, Rajasthan Feeder and Bikaner Canal are
major canals. Eight among 10 canals are most important.
Canal
Network of Punjab
|
Sr.No. |
Name of Canal |
Length (in Km) |
Starting Point |
|
1. |
Sirhind |
59.44 |
Ropar
Headworks |
|
2. |
Bist Doab |
43.00 |
Ropar
Headworks |
|
3. |
Upper Bari Doab |
42.35 |
Madhopur
Headworks |
|
4. |
Sirhind Feeder II |
136.53 |
Harike
Headworks |
|
5. |
East Canal |
8.02 |
Hussainiwala
Head works |
|
6. |
Bhakhra Main
Line |
161.36 |
Nangal
Barrage |
|
7. |
Shah Nehar |
2.23 |
Mukerian
Hydel Channel |
|
8. |
Rajasthan Feeder |
149.53 |
Harike
Headwork (Tarn Taran) |
Agricultural
Benefits
1.
Q3. Write
a detailed note on choes of Punjab.
Ans: Kandi area of Punjab is full of seasonal Streams or
channels called Choes. These Choes originates from Katardhar and Solasinghi
hills. These choes are full of water during a rainy season. Government has plugged most of these choes. Their water
is now collected and used for irrigation and other purposes.
Around 93 Choes which
flows through south of Hoshiarpur district, fall in Chitti bein and Kali bein.
Bna Choa, Tosan Choe, Balachaur Choe, Garhshankar Choe, Nariala Choe, Malley
Choe, Bahowal Choe, Nangal Choe, Bhangi Choe, Dasuhya Choe, Mahingrowal Choe, Gondpur
Choe etc. are some of the major choes of Hoshiarpur. The Punjab Government has set up ‘Kandi
Area Development Project’ in order to control the Choes. Apart from these
choes, Jayintia Devi Ki Rao, Patiala
Ki Rao and Buddha Nallah
are other seasonal
streams.
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4. Very Short Answers type Questions: |
Q1. What do you
mean by food security?
Ans: Food
security means accessibility, availability and affordability of food to all
people at all times.
Q2 Explain the need for food security?
Ans: There is a need for
food security due to continuous and rapid growth in population.
Q3 What do you mean
by Famine?
Ans: Famine means severe
shortage of food and starvation.
Q
4. Give two examples of epidemics.
Ans: Famine and Drought.
Q 5. In which year
Famine of Bengal
occurred? Ans: In 1943.
Q 6 How many people were killed
during the famine in Bengal?
Ans: About
3 million people.
Q7 Who were the main sufferers during
famine?
Ans: Women
and children
.
Q 8. Who gave the term' entitlement'?
Ans: Dr.
Amartya Sen
Q 9. Who are food insecure
people?
Ans: Landless
people, artisans, petty self employed workers, casual labour, women
and children etc.
Q10 Name the states where food insecure people exist in
large numbers.
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B) Short Answer type Questions: |
Ans: Uttar Pradesh, Odisha,
Bihar, Jharkhand, West
Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh and and Maharashtra etc.
Q1 What
do you mean by Green Revolution?
Ans: Green Revolution means
increasing the production of food grains by adopting new strategies in agriculture in 1968s. Wheat and
rice production in India increased tremendously during the Green Revolutio
Q2 What do you mean by Buffer stock?
Ans Buffer
stocks is the stock of food grains namely wheat and rice procured by the
government through food corporation of India (FCI).Buffer stock
is created by the government to distribute
food grains in the deficit areas and among poorer section of society at a price
lower than the market price. Buffer stock helps to resolve the problem of
shortage of food during adverse weather conditions and during the periods of calamity.
Q3.What do you mean by Public Distribution System?
Ans: The food procured by
the FCI is distributed through government regulated Ration Shops among the
poorer sections of the society. This is called the Public Distribution
System(PDS). Ration shops are now present
in most localities, villages, towns and cities. Ration
shops are also known as ‘Fair Price Shops’.
Q 4 What is Minimum Support Price?
Ans: The farmers are paid a pre announced price called Minimum
Support Price(MSP) for their
crops. The MSP is declared
by the government every year before the sowing season
to provide incentives to the farmers
for raising the production of these crops.
Q 5. What do you mean by Seasonal hunger and chronic
hunger?
Ans: Seasonal hunger is
related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is common in rural areas because of the seasonal
nature of agricultural activities and in urban areas because
of the casual labouring. On the other hand Chronic hunger is a consequence of
persistently inadequate diets in terms of quantity or quality. Poor people
suffer from chronic hunger because of their
low income and inability to buy food
for their family
even for survival.
Q 6.Why buffer
stock is created
by the government?
Ans: Buffer
stock is created by the government to distribute food grain in the deficit
areas and among poorer sections of society at a price lower than the market
place. It helps to resolve the problem of shortage
of food during adverse conditions.
Q 7. What do you mean by issue price?
Ans: When the food grains stored
in buffer stocks
are distributed in the deficit
areas and among the poorer sections of the society
at a price lower than the market
price, this price is known as
Issue Price.
Q 8 Explain the problems of the functioning of ration
shops.
Ans:1. PDS Dealers sometimes resort to malpractices like diverting the grains to open market
to get better margin.
2.
Poor quality grains
are sold at ration shops.
3. Ration shops are opened irregularly.
4. It is common
to find that the ration
shops regularly have unsold stocks
of poor quality
grains left. This has proved to be a big problem
as a large stock of food grains
piles up with the FCI.
5.
Q 9. Explain the role of cooperatives in providing food.
Ans: The cooperative
societies set up shops to sell goods at low price to the poor people. For
example, in Tamil Nadu, around
94% of total fair price shops are being run by the cooperatives.
In Delhi, Mother Dairy making Commendable contribution to the consumers by
providing milk products at controlled rates decided by government of Delhi.
Amul is another success story of
cooperative in milk and milk products from Gujarat. Similarly in Maharashtra,
Academy of Development Sciences (ADS) has facilitated a network of NGOs for
setting up grain banks in different regions.
EXERCISES
Show in the outline map of Punjab:
(i)
Ravi, Beas, Satluj and Ghaggar.
(ii)
Any four Zanals
(iii)
Any four Choes
1.
Discuss in class, how can we check pollution in rivers.
2.
Inform your teacher and officials about polluting river or canal near you.
Answer the following questions in a
single word to one sentence length :
1.
Which river originates from Rakashtal near lake Mansarover:
(i)
Ghaggar (ii) Beas (iii) Satluj (iv) Brahmputtar
2.
How many rivers are there in Punjab:
(i)
Three (ii) Four (iii) Five (iv) Eight
3.
Ranjit Sagar or Thein dam has been built on which river:
(i)
Beas (ii) Ravi (iii) Satluj (iv) None of these
4.
In which district do Bhangi and Basha choes fall:
(i)
Ferozepur (ii) Gurdaspur (iii) Hoshiarpur (iv) None of these
5.
Which statement is right and which in wrong:
(i)
Ravi, Beas and Satluj are perennial rivers
(ii)
Kaali bein and Parvati are tributories of Beas
(iii)
Purest form of natural water is rain water
(iv)
Punjab has 10 headworks and 20,786 km canals
6.
What does word ‘bist’ mean in term Bist doab?
7.
Name two canals which take water to Rajsthan from Harike lake.
8.
Which canal of Punjab provides water to Haryana?
9.
What is the source of Upper Bari Doab canal?
10.
On which river has Pong Dam been built?
Give short answers for the following questions:
1.
Enlist tributaries of Beas and Ravi.
2.
What are choes? Name any four choes.
3.
Introduce with pollution of drainage systems of Punjab.
Answer the following questions in detail:
1.
Enlist information about Satluj its tributories and dams built on them.
2.
Give details of canal system of Punjab. How agriculture got benefitted by it?
3.
Write a detailed note on Choes of Punjab.
