Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements:
1. The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater.
2. The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: B
• Polar ice caps and glaciers hold ~68.7% of freshwater, exceeding groundwater at ~30.1%.
• Rivers and lakes combined account for less than 1% of freshwater, far below groundwater.
• Statement 1 is wrong: groundwater vastly exceeds surface water in rivers and lakes.
Attempt Prelims MCQs or open Mains questions by paper — then continue the same bank inside the app with visual decks.
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