current affairs MCQ #6997

Pakistan's water scarcity is projected to reach critical levels by 2035 due to glacial retreat and growing demand. A comprehensive water security strategy would need to address all EXCEPT which assumption?

current affairs MCQ #6997

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Pakistan's water scarcity is projected to reach critical levels by 2035 due to glacial retreat and growing demand. A comprehensive water security strategy would need to address all EXCEPT which assumption?

    • A) Reducing agricultural water wastage through canal lining and drip irrigation technologies
    • B) Building water storage capacity through small and medium dams to capture monsoon runoff
    • C) Negotiating a revised Indus Waters Treaty to account for climate-induced flow changes
    • D) Increasing groundwater extraction from the Indus basin aquifer as a long-term sustainable solution

    Answer: Increasing groundwater extraction from the Indus basin aquifer as a long-term sustainable solution

    Explanation: Increasing groundwater extraction from the Indus basin aquifer is NOT a sustainable long-term solution because the aquifer is already being depleted faster than it is recharged; expanding extraction would accelerate depletion and land subsidence, worsening long-term water scarcity.