Question

A depletion in the water table of a place is caused by which of the following?

• A. Constructing factories and houses
• B. Making concrete roads and floors
• C. Deforestation
• D. All of these

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of these

Constructing factories and houses involve a large scale of deforestation. Due to deforestation, the soil will not remain intact due to which the water holding capacity of the soil decreases which causes a depletion in the water table. Making of concrete floors and roads do not allow the rainwater to seep through the soil and therefore causes a fall in the level of the water table.

Hence, the correct option is $\text{D}$