Question

Study the pie-chart given below and answer the questions that follow-

1.  Which sector’s share is the maximum in the usage of surface and ground water? 

2.  What is the percentage of agricultural sector in the usage of surface water and Ground water? 

3.  Why the development of irrigation was assigned a very high priority in the Five years plans and how?

Answer 1

1.  Agricultural sector share is the maximum in the usage of surface water and groundwater. 

2.  Surface water- 89% and Groundwater- 92%. India has traditionally been an agrarian economy with two-third of its population depends on agriculture.

3.  Multipurpose river valley projects were launched to meet the irrigational needs of the country in five years plans.