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A large population affects water resources adversely due to _____.

A
Building of dams
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Digging of canals
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C
Prayers offered for rain
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Higher food grain production
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Solution

The correct option is C Higher food grain production
Water scarcity may be an outcome of large and growing population and consequent greater demands for water, and unequal access to it. A large population means more water not only for domestic use but also to produce more food.

Hence, to facilitate higher food-grain production, water resources are being over-exploited to expand irrigated areas and dry-season agriculture.

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