Question

Water pollution is caused due to

• A. Sewage and other wastes
• B. Industrial effluents
• C. Agricultural discharges
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

Anthropogenic sources of water pollution include domestic waste, sewage, soaps, detergents, run-off from agricultural fields having fertilizers and pesticides, industrial wastes as effluents, heat, waste from animal sheds and slaughter houses, oil spills etc. Thus, the correct answer is option D.