Water Scarcity — MCQ Practice

A city’s main reservoir is well stocked, but several settlements receive unreliable water of poor quality. Which diagnosis is best supported?

How can a region experience both floods and water scarcity within the same year?

A farm reduces irrigation withdrawal per hectare from 10 to 8 units but expands irrigated area from 100 to 150 hectares. What happens to total withdrawal?

A pollutant makes part of an aquifer unsuitable for drinking without treatment, while its physical water volume is unchanged. Which measure is directly reduced?

Which monitoring pair best tests whether a water-scarcity programme is improving outcomes?