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UPSC 2010: Consider the following statements: 1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found. 2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (a) 1 only
Usable fresh water (surface water + accessible groundwater) is well under 1 % of all Earth’s water, so statement 1 is correct. Of total fresh water, about 69 % is locked in ice caps/glaciers—not 95 %—making statement 2 incorrect; hence only statement 1 is correct. ([edurev.in](https://edurev.in/t/203174/Physical-Geography-Solved-Questions-2021-1995-1?utm_source=openai))
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