Question

The most rapidly dwindling natural resource in the world is

• A. Water
• B. Forests
• C. Wind
• D. Sunlight

Answer 1

The correct option is B Forests

The most burning global issue of today is rapidly deteriorating environment and fast dwindling forest resources. The impact of deforestation on our earth is floods, landslides, droughts, famines, burning temperature, topsoil erosion and turning fertile river basins into unproductive swamps. India is losing forest at the rate of 2.3 million hectares per annum. As per the latest statistics the total land area of India covered by forest is 11% only now.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.