GPSC Class 1-2 · GS-3Official PYQ · GPSC 2021-22 · Q8Environment · Environment & Pollution · 10 marks · 200 words
English
Is groundwater continuously depleting because “Groundwater is everybody’s property and nobody’s responsibility?” – Elaborate.
ગુજરાતી
“ભૂગર્ભજળ એ દરેકની મિલકત છે અને કોઈની જવાબદારી નથી.” શું આ કારણસર ભૂગર્ભજળમાં સતત ઘટાડો થઈ રહ્યો છે? – સવિસ્તાર સમજાવો.
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Advt 30/2021-22, Paper VI (GS-3) Source
Syllabus
Environment · Environment & Pollution
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
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