Question

Which of the following does not show water shortage?
(A) Taps running dry
(B) Long queues for getting water
(C) A family getting $3$ buckets of water per person per day
(D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: As we know that water is a very essential part of our daily life. Water is abundant in nature and easily available. Water comes under the category of non-exhaustible components because there are a number of water resources.

Complete Step By Step Answer:
Due to a wide variety of water sources we are facing the problem which is commonly known as water crises which is related to the extreme shortage of fresh water which is safe to drink by the human population. This shortage of water occurs due to a number of problems like over population of the world, over exploitation of water, change in climatic conditions. High demand of water by the large industries because it acts as a universal solvent also adds to the cause of water crises. Due to unavailability of water the water supply to the public is interrupted which causes the empty taps. Similarly, we see in some states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan there is an extreme shortage of water and people have to walk miles to get drinking water after standing in long queues.
But after all of these situations if any family gets 3 buckets of water per person per day, they do not experience the water crises because they have more than enough water for their daily requirements.
$ \Rightarrow $ A family getting $3$ buckets of water per person per day does not show the case of water shortage. Therefore, option $\left( 3 \right)$ is the correct option.

Note:
Major source of water is ocean and others may include saline lakes, ice at poles, glaciers, ground water, water vapours present in atmosphere, rivers etc. however, out of these sources only some sources are used as a source of drinking water like river, rainfall water, ground water.