Update

Muft Shiksha™ एक 100% Free Education Portal है 🇮🇳, जिसका उद्देश्य Class 9–12 के हर विद्यार्थी तक High-Quality Education को पूरी तरह मुफ्त पहुँचाना है। 🇮🇳 हम मानते हैं कि अच्छी शिक्षा किसी student की आर्थिक स्थिति पर निर्भर नहीं होनी चाहिए। 🇮🇳 हर विद्यार्थी को वही Quality Study Material, MCQs, Quizzes, Exam Preparation, Concept-Based Learning और Bilingual Support मिलना चाहिए, जो आमतौर पर महंगी Coaching या Premium Platforms में मिलता है। Muft Shiksha™ 🇮🇳 इसी सोच के साथ बनाया गया है

Subjects
0 reads0 ratings0 helpful

If a country's total population is rising while water availability per person is falling and total water supply is constant, what is the most direct reason?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: The same water supply is being shared among more people

Per-person water availability is found by dividing the total available water by the number of people. If the total water supply remains constant while population increases, the denominator becomes larger. The same total amount must then be shared among more people, so the amount available to each person falls. This is a direct result of division, not automatic destruction of water.

Therefore, option A is correct. Population growth does not necessarily destroy water, and per-capita availability is directly related to total supply and population size. The statement that water supply automatically rises with population contradicts the condition that total supply is constant. The important change is that more people share the same resource.

Related tags

Per Capita WaterResource PressurePopulation GrowthWater AvailabilityThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

Was this question useful?

No ratings yetWrite a review / Rate this question

Student Reviews

No published reviews yet.

Add Muft Shiksha to your Home Screen

In Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.